The administration, always timely in their decisions, met this morning to decide what to do about finals being held this saturday and sunday. Their plan? Wait until the last minute and have finals in the dark if need be....We recieved an email from the dean which spelled it out in not so clear terms. Someone was kind enough to summate the school wide email and comment. I think they did it better than I know how so I'll quote it:
"The administration just sent out an email to all the students... can anyone help me decipher its contents?
"You should prepare for exams as you normally would. There is also a possibility of power outages even if the storm does not hit St. Maarten because of rough seas and closure of the power plant."
Slightly confused... are we expected to take an exam in the dark? I suppose the broken generator may only be a rumor.
"It is highly recommended that you have a battery operated alarm clock so there is no chance of sleeping through your final exam. "
In other words, consider yourself warned. Thanks.
"I understand that this may be the first time many students have been exposed to a possible hurricane, so if you are experiencing increased anxiety, please see Dr. S or Dr. T.If our anxiety is related to being on an island where a hurricane might hit or else fail our exams"
how will talking to anyone help?
"If you have family members whose safety you are concerned about, you should schedule their departure as soon as possible. "
So you're implying that it's possible to be worried enough to evacuate our family members, but not ourselves. Why does this sound like a lawsuit waiting to happen?
"Flights off the island will become more limited as the weekend approaches. Good luck on your final exams and we will let you know Friday at 10:00 A.M. what will happen this weekend. "
Ok.. let me try to understand this one.. flights will be more limited as the weekend approaches, yet they will not let us know what to do until the weekend approaches?"
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