It's easy to see why. I mean, you've built up so much momentum, you're finishing homework on time, you're in the groove of school, and suddenly you get a break. Some lucky idiots get a full week off, other pathetic losers -such as myself- only get a lousy three days. But still, it's a break. You eat pie and turkey, you chuckle politely at all your relatives stories that you've heard many times before, and -more often than not- you get into petty squabbles with siblings/parents/cousins/friends/cats/doors/inanimate objects.
Next thing you know, its a hop, skip, and a perilous Black Friday trip later and you're back in class. And Professor DronesAlot seems to think you'd be interested in Martin Van Buren's campaign policies. Honestly, you're just impressed you've kept your brain from leaking out your ears in sheer boredom.
It is my personal opinion that teachers love this time of year. They're nearing the end of the school year, they have a long break coming, and its time to deal a little punishment to the students they think have been slacking off. So, they grin wickedly, rub their hands together evilly, and assign a 12 page double-spaced and typed with 1 inch margins and 12 point Times New Roman font paper that must cite in proper MLA format at least 5 academically accredited sources that must be found by methods that do not include Wikipedia, the Dictionary, the school library, or the use of the internet and it must be turned in promptly the week before finals. The problem is, every single teacher does this. So, you aren't acquiring a stress ulcer from just one paper, you are developing a chronic anxiety disorder with five papers. All due, coincidentally, on almost the exact same day.
The homework that you were finishing barely on time now becomes borderline impossible to complete two days late. Plus, you're driving two hours to talk with someone for an "original source" interview that you most likely will need to have a notarized copy of the transcript to receive credit. And trying to put a twenty minute speech by a dead politician about a problem that no longer exists into a 3000 word essay. Its no wonder that students feel apathetic around this time of year. They're just satisfied that they still have the ability to feel anything.
"Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it." - George Carlin
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