Why I need a fall break.

So doesn't that sound like the most boring essay topic ever assigned?

Well, here is why (in my best "I'm not writing a stinkin' essay form"):

I need a fall break in order to . . .

1. Catch up on grading
2. Organizemy life outside my job
3. Organize my desk (where ever it may hiding under those mounds of papers)
4. Clean my house
5. Make my Christmas list (and check it twice)
6. Catch up on sleep
7. Write my dissertation
8. Write a book chapter
9. Write, write, write....

I'm thinking of evaluating all future postings in my field in terms of their school calendar.