<p>@twoinanddone wrote: “Even the professors cancelled class for what I considered stupid and unfair reasons. One guy cancelled class 3 times on Fridays (at 10 am) for funerals. How many people does he know who die in one semester?”</p>
<p>Well, had my summer from a few years ago been during the academic year, I’d’ve had three funerals of reasonably close family members to (probably cancel classes to catch my plane and) go to. As one gets older, and particularly if one has a large family, these sorts of things do seem to occur more and more often.</p>