By Trenton Willnecker
Published on October 24, 2007
The sun hits your face as your alarm clock goes off at 6:45 in the morning, just enough time to get a shower and get to class at 7:30 a.m.
But this isn’t high school. No, this is college.
In spring 2007, PJC implemented a new schedule, starting classes at 7:30 a.m. instead of 8 a.m., with most classes meeting only two days a week. Monday-Wednesday classes were extended an extra 15 minutes to make up for not meeting on Friday.
Bill Fisher, assistant professor in the English department, said that he thinks the time change was “a great idea.”
Fisher said he supports the time change because he has noticed that more students are showing up for classes and fewer students are dropping. He also thinks that it is much better because people who have to pay for college have time to balance going to school and work now that classes are only two days a week.
Todd Kroger, a PJC student, said the time change is great because it gives him more time to make more money at a better job.
“Not only do I have time for a four-day weekend but more time to hang with friends and get paid,” Kroger said.
He also said that he enjoys being able to take in more information in an extra 15 minutes.
“I’ll constantly feel like there is so much to go over in such a short period of time, but now that classes are longer I feel that at least I’m not being thrown to the wolves,” Kroger said.