Dead Week?

Dead week might be an appropriate title for both my academic week and me personal week. I don't really understand the purpose of Dead week. A week to catch up on homework before the term is over? Hmm... nope, everything was due before Thanksgiving. A week to study for those big, bad finals? Hmm... nope, who is going to really study a week before their finals? So really, it is just a literally dead, boring week.