Students studying in the library during dead day.
Another cold front has descended upon Lubbock and coated the roads with ice. Texas Tech University students and professors wondered if the weather would freeze Friday’s exams, and a recent TechAlert announcement confirmed 7:30 a.m. finals will be delayed.
Stephen Corbett, an assistant professor of Spanish and Foreign Language Education, said he’s been petitioning school officials to not reschedule it on Sunday.
“A delay on Friday would make it problematic,” Corbett said. “It could definitely interfere with students’ travel plans, and it’s a religious conflict for me as well.”
Throughout Corbett’s long career as a teacher, he said he’s never had to deal with inclement weather delaying a final exam. To make accommodations, he said he would administer Friday’s exams to students on Monday or Tuesday during the finals for other classes he teaches.
Isaac Fajardo said he isn’t bothered by getting up on Sunday for a test, but he sees it as a problem for others.
One such student is Ethan Shupe, a biology major who said it could significantly take away time to study for the exams he has scheduled for the following week.
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“I prefer not to be taking tests on weekends,” Shupe said, “since I’m gonna need to study for my exams on exam week, and I prefer to go to church.”
He said his travel plans, though, haven’t been hindered by the delay.
Jessica Boisjoile, another student, said cancellations of all exams would have pushed her drive home back one day, but her exam wasn’t early enough to be delayed.
Catherine Ducatt, a student at Tech, said final exams on Sunday would undermine a lot of students’ previous plans to fly home on that day.
“My friends and I have been talking about it,” she said, “and it’s gonna suck to have your flights interrupted by delaying them until Sunday.”
Some students, like Christian Chauvin, said the new test times on Sunday put him at an advantage to study.
“That gives me more time to study and get a better grade,” he said.
Deja Glover, a student with no exams to take on Friday, said the confusion could be avoided by not having early classes at all, which would also be convenient for students who loathe the mornings.
“I just think that exams should be after 10 a.m. and not at 7:30” she said, “It’s just too early, and I need my sleep.”
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