it is a curse. Less material is covered and if you don't have a
course in sequential trimesters, you have to spend more time
reviewing. It is very impersonal and an assembly line approach to
education
I prefer the trimester system. It allows students to be exposed
to more classes. Less material may be covered, but it is not that
big of a difference--material is just covered faster. In my school,
you don't have to spend any extra time reviewing for exams because
they are taken at the end of each trimester. The trimester system
isn't any more impersonal than the semester system. That depends on
the faculty and the general attitude of the school.