Class, class and more class

See if you can explain the logic behind the dean’s e-mail about the post-Thanksgiving class days.

He wrote this: To help minimize the number of make-up classes needed in the event of storm-related cancellations, the schedule this fall includes three class days after Thanksgiving.

In my mind, that means the logic goes like this: We might lose school days this semester because of hurricanes. Therefore, we’ll build in three extra class days after Thanksgiving break. We’ll use those days as make-up days.

But wait. The dean’s e-mail also says this: If we don’t lose class days to storms, some Professors may choose to cancel their classes on the day before Thanksgiving and/or on the three class days the following week. However, these are scheduled as class days.

So what gives? The post-Thanksgiving days aren’t make-up days. They’re regular class days. But they might be used to “minimize the number make-up” days. Huh? How is that possible if they’re regular class days? Have I done a poor job of learning basic reasoning skills during my first two years of law school or am I missing something?

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By the way, I'm sure you don't need this blog to tell you, but Ernesto is on his way. Fortunately, today's cone of death has it missing us, but as we've been told about a million times, these things shift direction all the time. Awesome. Not really.