this is what the end of the semester looks like.

Donovan: "Well, you understand that we've reclassified the Master's paper as not another hurdle, but another turtle."
Anne: "A turtle?"
Donovan: "A turtle.  They hand you another turtle and you're expected to follow it around, figure out where it's going.  What kind of turtle it is.  It barely moves.  And if you push it too hard it just curls up into its shell and doesn't do anything which is worse than barely moving.  And of course you have five other turtles all in front of you and you have to follow all of them around but this turtle ..."
Anne: "A turtle."
Donovan: "A turtle."