That was always the best quarter of the year for me. Co-workers seem to smile more
. The kids are happier, sometimes too happy. The only thing I didn't like about this time of year was timely increase in hand to hand combat activity.
Funny, it doesn't look that way where I work. Many of my co-workers are done with the students, and vice-versa.
The biggest problem is the 8th graders, and their lack of care as they know, about half-way through the quarter, whether or not they will move on to high school which makes receiving completed work from them quite troublesome.