A Blessing To A Student With No Time

Throughout elementary, middle, and high school, students learned primarily from the teaching of teacher, in class. However, in college, this is no longer true. The professor of the class is not responsible for teaching the information, but rather providing the information via a textbook, notes, etc.,  and pointing the student in a certain direction. The student is responsible for his or her own education, and they must learn the material on their own. Therefore, canceling class does not hinder our learning, but rather provides us with more time to study.

Gone are the days of students not having to study. Students have to study outside of class, because the majority of the content is not even mentioned in class, and the student is still responsible to know it. This differs greatly from high school, where if you missed a class, or the teacher didn’t cover something, you weren’t accountable for it. In college, this is no longer an excuse. Since you are liable to know all the material, it does not matter if you missed class or the professor did not cover it. This translates to the topic of having class on Friday. Regardless of if we decide to, or not to have class on Friday, we are still responsible for the work and material. Therefore, there are no repercussions or consequences if class is canceled on Friday.

Studying in college, unlike high school, is extremely important. Studying, however, takes a lot of time. One of the main reasons that schedules in college seem so open or empty is due to the fact that it is well known that students need gargantuan amounts of time to study the advanced material provided to them. Knowing this, students dedicate huge chunks of time to study and learn outside of the classroom. However, there are still conflicts of time. Canceling class on Friday would provide a large block of time that could be spent on studying and learning, and free up previous conflicts.

Because of unconditional responsibility for the student to know the material and the blessing of having more time to study, canceling class on Friday is in the best interest of student, by allowing them to devote more time to their studies, while not providing him or her with an excuse to disregard the required material.