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The Evolution and Benefits of Reading Week Break at School

Shaina Tranquilino

February 17, 2024

In the midst of a bustling academic year, students often find themselves overwhelmed with coursework, deadlines, and extracurricular commitments. However, there is a beacon of respite that comes in the form of reading week break. This cherished period has become an integral part of many educational institutions worldwide. In this blog post, we will delve into the origins of reading week break and explore the numerous advantages it offers to both students and educators.

The Origins: Reading week break did not always exist; its introduction evolved over time as educators recognized the need for a designated period dedicated solely to rejuvenation and self-reflection. Universities began experimenting with breaks during the academic calendar by incorporating mini-vacations or study periods in their schedules.

The first official "reading week" was introduced in 1962 at City College (now City University of New York) as an alternative to traditional spring vacations. It aimed to provide students an opportunity to catch up on coursework, review materials, and prepare for upcoming exams. Over time, other institutions followed suit, adopting similar breaks during various parts of the academic year.

Benefits for Students: 1. Academic Recharge: Reading week acts as a much-needed pause button amid hectic semesters, allowing students to recharge mentally and physically. It provides an ideal chance to focus on catching up with assignments, reviewing course material, or delving deeper into complex subjects without competing distractions.

2. Improved Time Management Skills: During reading week break, students have ample time to reflect upon their performance so far and strategize for upcoming challenges. They can identify areas where they may be falling behind and develop effective time management techniques to stay organized throughout the remainder of the semester.

3. Reduced Stress Levels: By offering a reprieve from constant academic pressure, reading week helps alleviate stress levels among students. A temporary hiatus from deadlines and exams fosters better mental health, allowing students to return to their studies with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and focus.

Benefits for Educators: 1. Opportunity for Course Adjustments: Reading week break not only benefits students but also offers educators valuable time to evaluate the effectiveness of their teaching methods. They can reflect on course outcomes, identify areas that need improvement, and make necessary adjustments to ensure students' understanding and engagement in subsequent lessons.

2. Enhanced Student Performance: By actively utilizing reading week break as a period for self-study and review, students are more likely to excel in subsequent coursework assessments and exams. This improved performance reflects positively on teachers, highlighting the efficacy of their instruction.

3. Increased Classroom Engagement: Following reading week break, students often come back reenergized and motivated. Their refreshed mindset contributes to enhanced classroom participation and interactions, leading to an overall positive learning environment.

Reading week break has become an indispensable part of school calendars due to its numerous benefits for both students and educators alike. By granting dedicated time for reflection, rejuvenation, and academic catch-up, this period allows individuals to recharge mentally while fostering improved student performance and teacher satisfaction. As we continue to navigate through challenging academic journeys, let us appreciate the significance of reading week breaks as an essential component of our educational experiences.

[gg-ladybug]

Had a revelation about Adrien’s adverse reaction when Marinette started acting like a Texan in psychomedian, and now I’m inconsolable. Nobody touch me, I think I require sedating

[phantomrose96]

Bro WHAT now

[mephoj]

taco and mephone have fascinating parallels more people could explore if taco haters weren't biased cowards

[escapismthroughfilm]

#209

[cent-scratchnsniff]

progressing through the myth of sisyphus again

[she-toadmask]

Idk if it fits with the theming of the rest of the fic I'm planning but concept:

Bumblebee who's a little smarter (because Longbee) realizing that a double agent in the stockades wouldn't be very useful and takes the partial transmission to mean there are two double agents: Wasp, who failed, and someone else who's still on Cybertron

Obviously he tells Longarm about this and tells him to be careful

[xxhumancentipedexx]

spongebob fish sona

[cheriboms]

hm. guys ive now written two essays(? i guess) about bttf in my tumblr drafts. i kinda wanna post them but also they are the unrestrained ramblings of a madman

[jackgoodfellow]

🌸 you can take the girl out of the spiral, but you can't take the Spiral out of the girl 🌸

This is a WIP from the upcoming chapter of I Escaped My Genre. It's actually based on what I consider the scariest shot from one of the scariest movies I've ever seen (Smile, 2022). But this time, it's adorable because Samo is basically the opposite of the monster from that movie! The only thing she haunts people with is her sparkling personality!!! (Mostly.)

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a black and white digital illustration on a blue background, showing a cartoony sequence of the character Samo from "I escaped my genre". Samo is a femme person with short curly hair, large breasts, and a Japanese school girl uniform. in these images, her neck is thin, wrinkled, and at least a foot long.

the sequence shows Samo tilting her head more and more until her entire head goes upside-down, with her hair dangling over the bottom edge of the comic's panel frame. then her head continues to move in the same circular direction until it is fully upright again, making a 360 degree loop. her neck is even longer in the last panel. her expression is one of innocent confusion.

Text below image: [cherry blossom flower emoji] you can take the girl out of the spiral, but you can't take the Spiral out of the girl [cherry blossom flower emoji] - this text links to the cover page for the series.

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This is a WIP from the upcoming chapter of I Escaped My Genre. It's actually based on what I consider the scariest shot from one of the scariest movies I've ever seen (Smile, 2022). But this time, it's adorable because Samo is basically the opposite of the monster from that movie! The only thing she haunts people with is her sparkling personality!!! (Mostly.)

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Please RB for bigger sample size!

[deus-ex-mona]

when the confusion is r e a l

[sci-bax]

Yall ive drawn Starlo 15 times in the last 7 hours am i cooked

[stonedpiece]

i know powerscalers arent the most popular around here, but i love watching the arguments. im watching this agenda reverie which is 15 youtubers basically having these arguments for fun and theyre all getting so heated

[eyepatchdate]

ok. i read tom king's mister miracle run and tbh? i don't think i vibed with it. but it DOES read interestingly as a proto-strange adventures though.

[kyliafanfiction]

so, I read the full fanlore page for that whole ‘fandom ghost’ thing about m/m and the way there’s this one character that keeps being written into every character over and over, across pairings, inserted into a usually minor or underdeveloped character, etc

and there was a section on a female ghost that also tends to show up in a lot of these m/m fics, a smart, sassy, beautiful female character who is also reduced to being an enabler for the m/m ship, etc. 

And while I don’t really read m/m, that does track with my limited exposure.

BUT, I think there is also a fandom ghost in f/f fic too. I honestly don’t read the wider f/f widely enough to articulate it as much, just what’s in my fandoms and I don’t really have an expansive set of them or add new ones that easily.

BUT in my experience, and from what I see in summaries and tags on ao3 and posts here on tumblr, there is a common character archtype wedged into characters regardless of if they fit, across a lot of femmeslash stories.

I can’t give a solid point by point as I write this at 5 in the morning, coming off stewing over the thoughts in my sleep, or so it feels, but like:

the m/m fandom ghost is a type a personality, controlled and tsundere and hypercompetent and gets wrecked by the messy guy that comes in and destroys their carefully crafted life, etc.

The f/f fandom ghost that I’ve seen is actually the opposite. That is, when given two characters that seem like a viable ship, one of the characters is whacked with a hammer until she fits a mold: an often clumsy or perhaps more accurately careless, butch (and made more so than her canon presentation), very muscular (again, more so than her canon presentation), often quite a ladies woman, very toppy, definitely plays opposite a more repressed or controlled character (but usually one who is bettered rooted in canon as being that), and destroys that character’s neat little world. They are usually, despite their butchness, a lot sillier or softer outside the bedroom, again, and they think sunshine comes out of the other character’s ass even before they get together and -

I’m starting to run into some limitations on the specific words because I just don’t read this enough to stop and articulate it (because I often close out of F/F fics that get too into wedging the characters into archetypes like this rather than the characters themselves (because it does happen a lot) but I very much do have a ‘I know it when I see it’ thing happening here.

I’ve seen it crop up in Buffy/Faith, Kara/Lena, Regina/Emma and in others I have read less extensively (there are F/F ships I’ve never seen it in, like Tara/Willow) that I’m not thinking of specifically

And like, there is a bit of a difference between the m/m fandom ghost, which is really the same character being dressed in a new skin over and over, and that skin usually being a minor or secondary character, etc, and this f/f one, which is more likely (but not always) to be fit into a fairly prominent character, and is less like one character wearing different skin and more many square characters being badly bashed into one round hole, but

I feel like I’m on to something here. For some femmeslash writers, there really are a lot of fics that feel like they’re not writing the two characters. They’re writing the one character and an archetype that may not actually fit the other character all that well, but damn the Torpedos and full speed ahead.