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The students are mostly happy on the last day of class- no more pencils, no more books, no more teacher’s dirty looks. Also, no more homework assignments. If it’s winter break, great. If it’s summer break, double great. For a student, life changes to summer mode: warm, sunny, sleeping to 2:00 and mostly non-hassled.
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For the professor, the last day of class is also nice in a way, at least after all the grading is done. But it’s melancholy as well. I tell my students that on the last day of class, they get to hear the “sappy speech”. It goes something like this:
Dear Students:
“We’ve been together for the last three months. After today, that’s it. I’m a little bit sad. In a way, a class is like a community or a family (maybe a dysfunctional family). We are together in this shared function where I get to teach, and hopefully you get to learn. Usually it’s interesting and fun because of the excellent quality of the teaching.
“But now, it’s done. It was a blip in time, a collection of personalities and goals that came together in this way. It was a snapshot. I’ve enjoyed our class [sidenote- if I didn’t enjoy the class, I don’t mention this part]. I hope you have a great break with lots of concrete [sidenote- I teach concrete]. Best wishes for a great summer and let me know how things turn out for you. Unless you end up in prison.” 
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