Student Appreciation Day takes place on either the second or third Thursday of every quarter. To show its appreciation, the faculty serves food to the students for lunch and dinner between classes. To make time (?) for this, Student Appreciation Day cuts in to class time. Since I started in 2012, they always:
1. Released classes a half hour early in the morning.
2. Started class a half hour late and ended a half hour early in the afternoon.
3. Started class a half hour late in the evening.
These cuts in class time took two hours of class time out of each Student Appreciation Day.
This quarter, however, it was advertised that the afternoon and evening classes would start on time, making it an hour and a half break between each class instead of two hours.
Whiny, personal complaint #2 – I didn’t hear or see any of it this quarter (but for the last few quarters, I usually just grab food and high-tail it out of there), but students were, at one point, rationed food while faculty was given full access to whatever they wanted to eat. The faculty also did not wait until the end of the event to get their food (I think this is a habit I have kept from my Army days – subordinates eat first). I did hear one faculty member say “If this isn’t enough, come back through!” The grill is where the food use to be heavily rationed.
Another interesting note – For a class a few quarters ago, I did a little news package on what students thought of Student Appreciation Day. The vast majority of new students (in their first few quarters) absolutely loved Student Appreciation Day. Those students who generally attended school for more than a year were vastly against Student Appreciation Day.
So take it as you see it – Is stuffing my face with food the proper way to show me appreciation, or should it be done with quality education and equipment?
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