There has been little activity in the world of Flunk predictions this week; shame on all of you. A few thoughts:
- Given the lateness of graduation, the lingering coldness of winter (although it seems to be lightening up a bit; now that I’ve said that, we’ll have a blizzard tomorrow), and the chilliness of last year’s Flunk Day, all signs point to a later Flunk than in the past couple of years. Which, for all of you babies out there, was the last week of April/first week of May. I’m also big on it being later, because my Honors due date is May 3 and if I lose workdays before then, the world will dissolve into a puddle of anguish and despair.
- Some days that it can’t be: May 15, because that’s the Honors Banquet. May 14, because there’s a Georgetown professor coming to give a talk, and that’s a long trip that’s probably costing the school lots of money. (Also, if this is not a real thing, I will be royally pissed, because he’s a Middle East specialist.)
- Likelihood reduced for: April 29, due to random classics lecture with outside professor. (Decoy event? Probably not when Brenda Fineberg’s at the helm.) April 30, due to Caxton Club event (but again, not the sort of thing planners typically schedule around…although creative writing major Kaitlyn Duling is a planner…so you never know). Same goes for May 2.
- I’m a fan of the week of May 6 myself: it’s week 6, which is prime Flunking time and after midterms for most people, and it’s well away from finals.
- But…on May 16, a Caxton Club event was suspiciously canceled. Due to FLUNK??? We may never know.
Am I on the mark? What are your predictions? Let me know in the comments.
