Thursday is the new Friday?

One of the benefits of being back in school is that my "work week" has been reduced to just four days. Classes are scheduled on either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday, leaving Friday completely open. What do college students of any age do when they have a free night? Yep, drink, and usually drink heavily.

All of a sudden, I now have three weekend nights that are supposed to be filled with adult beverages and socializing. Well, as any of you who know me well know, it's been about six years since I've been able to drink two nights in a row and not feel awful. So I've had to change my weekend philosophy and now Thursday is now the new Friday, Friday is now movie night in with Meg and Saturday and Sunday haven't changed.

One of the reasons Thursday is now my new Friday is the presence of free beer. Every Thursday starting at 4:45pm, we have Anderson Afternoons. Simply put, the student counsel (yes, this really is like high school) buys a couple of kegs, a case of wine and a bunch of food and all students are invited to get shitcocked. Surprisingly, we often have corporate sponsorship (some company that is trying to recruit on campus), meaning that instead of Miller Lite and pizza we get Fat Tire or Sierra Nevada and Baja Fresh. I don't know how Anderson has convinced companies to sponsor AA, but it's got to be one of the greatest cons out there. And yes, we do refer to it as AA, which is appropriate considering that people drink enough in business school to be confused with alcoholics.

Another reason that Thursday is the new Friday and Friday is now movie night is that as a general rule of thumb, I really don't like people. Socializing three nights a week, plus socializing at school all day is just too much for me. I enjoy working with my learning team, and talking to people one-on-one, but hanging out at a bar hob-nobing it with people three nights in a row isn't really in the cards.

On a side note, professors usually teach just two courses each quarter, and often times will only teach two of the three quarters per school year (don't ask me how three quarters equals a full year, it just does). That means just six hours of teaching each week. Assignments are often graded by PhD students, so little time is spent there. Does that mean professors spend 34+ hours each week prepping for classes and conducting research? As Seth and Amy would say, Really?