You've been away from school for a while: how dare professor/teachers teach (on any day).
It used to be a thing, syllabus day. Not no more, I think.
Don't know if you've read the statements from Penn State Forward advocating the candidacies of the three they are backing for BoT. Nowhere is improving the quality of education mentioned. Without looking, I can't recall that education was mentioned at all.
Thanks to the internet, you're correct. Many professors contact the students a week or so prior to the first class essentially ruining a drunk first week back, better known as sylly week.
Woodpecker: 8 hours late
Irving's the morning after The Phyrst...our students will need it!
And then you had to proceed to the Reprographics window where they gave you reams of shrink-wrapped materials. And then on to the bookstore.
I'll have to check it out next time I'm there. We stopped in about 5 years ago during Blue White and it was literally still the same as when you and I were there. Same carpet, same chairs and same smell.
That Rose Bowl T-Shirt looks like an advertising sign. Not interested in one of those.
It's complicated and by no means a majority position. Makes the process of college application interesting.
Syllabus day was also known as the only day I'd show up for that class, other than for quizzes, exams or turning in projects/papers, unless it was a 400-level class in my major or a graduate class. It was rough rolling out of bed at noon to go get that syllabus, but sacrifices had to be made.
