breaking: 90% of students already unenrolling from winter school
Words by: daniel sladojevic Considering the challenges of 2020, it comes as no surprise that the following Academic Year was met with high hopes, perhaps invigorated by face to face learning – or better yet the succulent flexibility of ~blended learning~. Hence, it was only natural that following the Semester 1 exam period, a record number of law students, perhaps energised with ‘post-exam motivation’, decided to take a proactive step for their education and enrol in Winter School courses.
recounted the extreme anxiety and flashbacks she experienced from seeing the “Getting Started” and “Welcome Back” emails flash up on her phone, as she purchased yet another vodka raspberry.
“My heart just sank”, she sighed. “I’m not sure if I was actually ready to give up my Tuesdays at the Ed, Thursdays at the West Oak, Fridays at Loverboy, Saturdays at Fats and Sundays at the Moseley just yet. It’s a huge sacrifice – I’m just so burnt out after According to recent data, enrolment rates my two exams.” for Winter School courses increased rapidly immediately following the completion of Thankfully for Rebecca and the other stulaw exams. This increase correlated with gut dents in her position, she was able to both wrenching post-exam discussions; ‘what did unenroll prior to the Census date and do so you say for Part B? Oh…Honey no’. It is also without telling her parents – because “what interesting to note that those enrolling in they don’t know, won’t hurt them.” Winter School subjects are eight times more “It does kinda suck to have to do a full load likely to be in their final year, having truly next Sem” Rebecca said. “But I’m a lot more given up on actually retaining anything from serious about my education now than I was law school. Plus, it is becoming increasingly a few months ago, and maybe I’ll lock a difficult to justify the holiday-to-study-day ra- summer school course in for the end of the tio to parents, especially with the majority of year instead.” Statistics predict that this is, in fact, highly unlikely. Rebecca has a higher students remaining in the nest. probability of enrolling in a supplementary However, as predicted by analysts (see: nerds; exam at the end of Semester 2. dorks), the opening week of Winter School in July saw the number of enrolled students As students continue to fight internal batplummet. Many students discovered they tles as to whether sacrificing their mid-year were not yet committed, nor emotionally respite is ultimately worth it, one thing we stable enough, to return to Ligertwood and can all be sure of – other than Rebecca breaking her promise (again) – is that this is re-live the horrors of the past semester. a vicious cycle for all law students, which will Rebecca (Third Year) who unenrolled from continue to claim many a victim – year after 26 year, after year. her Succession Winter School course,
