With semester half over, teachers begin teaching

Procrastinating teachers all over the Austin Community College District have rolled up their sleeves, steeled their nerves and promised themselves to finally get down to teaching.

"I've really been putting this off too long," mathematics proffesor Jessica Toth said. "Now it's really coming down to the wire."

On every campus, students are beginning to notice the increased tempo of their classrooms.

"I don't get it; it's like all my teachers suddenly decided to start assigning homework and give quizzes," freshman Jennifer Bowers complained. "I thought I had easy classes, but now I'm swamped with work!"

Any seasoned student would recognize the increase in teaching as a sign that the semester is halfway done, forcing teachers to get to all that work they've been putting on the back burner.

"I always mean to get to teaching, [but] there's always something else to do," chemistry professor Megan Moore said. "Even though I only have to teach one class on Mondays and Wednesdays, I barely have enough time to grade the little homework I assign. I guess I'll have to stop going to 6th street every weekend."

Students wishing they could return to the slower pace of the first few weeks of the semester are sure to be disappointed, as experts predict that incidents of actual teaching will become more common on a weekly basis.

"This is a very predictable cycle," Karl Lebowitz said. "I've been at ACC for seven semesters now, and it's the same story every time. Teachers put off teaching until the last minute, and scramble at the end of the semester to get all their work done."

Apparently, this phenomenon isn't confined to just ACC. Students across the country have recently seen an increase in teaching incidents.

"On one hand, it's nice to know that it's not just teachers here at ACC," freshman Deva Baril said. "On the other, I don't think it's too much to wish that my teachers knew how to properly budget their time."

This increased pace has many students asking if things will ever change, or if next semester procrastination will catch up with teachers again.

"Next semester I'll stay on top of things," Toth said. Strangely, this sounded like the promise made by teachers everywhere around the same time last semester.

Editor's Note: This column is intended for entertainment purposes only and should not be considered factual in any way. All opinions and viewpoints expressed are that of the writers.