Entry #5 School Sucks

After reading the article, it made me wonder if having shorter class sections really help us as students. I know after a few weeks in this ENG102 course that it is much more stressful that having a class lasting the full semester. It feels as if everything is squished together because there is so much work assigned in one week alone. I know now from experience that having a course like that makes it very stressful to work on the other courses I have. I do like the idea because of the fact that it can become possible to graduate sooner than it is now. I REALLY like the theory that we might even have to pay less. But it made me wonder that if that was really a concern of the education system, why can they just lower the tuition? For example, I know GCU recently bought a golf course. It makes me ask myself "is that why they take so much money from the students?" So reading that statement made by the ASU board in a way angered me. Something that really stuck out to me from this article was how the author was able to mention the questionable things about this change. However, the author right away counter argued these concerns by filling in the awkwardness of a faulty change with the benefits of the idea. To me, the idea has a bit of both: flaws and benefits. As a student, I am not too sure I would like a semester like that. It can be better to take longer sessions, and not have to be rushed with all the work a 7 1/2 week session might bring.