User blog comment:Zolnir/RWBY Episode 5 Sp!... eculations/@comment-10390252-20130814095700

I'm wondering if all we'll get this week is the pair-ups revealed and the initial arguments (of which there are going to be many) and next week will be about the adventures on the test track.

If this theory is right then Volume 1 (these 20 episodes) are going entirely going to be about the 'settling in' phase - the kids arriving, their first few days and how the teams were formed. That means we're probably have only gone a few weeks maximum, in universe, by the end of Vol. 1, which makes me suddenly understand why Miles said there's going to be a 'Season 1.2' after a break at the end of this volume.