With no mid-semester fall break, students report burnout and fatigue
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers the removal of fall break in 2021 and students’ reported concerns about burnout, workload and mental health.
- The News-Letter reported that the University removed the mid-semester fall break and replaced the October break days with longer reading days.
- The paper reported that students Angel Garcia, Yared Haile and Yotaro Sueoka said a break would have helped them rest, manage daily tasks and avoid burnout.
- The article adds that Peabody students had a fall break, while Homewood students faced different campus schedules.
- The reporter writes that students disagreed about the University’s mental-health support; Garcia said, “There is just not enough of a connection between those resources and the students.”
- According to the article, the Student Government Association has pushed for one or more Mental Health Days, while spring break in 2022 was still scheduled as a full week.