Starting with the 2011-2012 academic school year, UT Tyler will implement two extra study days before finals. Thanks to the hard work of the Student Government Association, SGA, during these two study days classes will be cancelled and the students will be allowed to study for his/her exams that will be coming up within the next week.
You all may have heard of this titled "dead week" by other schools. Hopefully, with the addition of these two extra days of having class off, students will be able to cut into the late night studying and use that time to let their brain rest by sleeping. Academic affairs will look back into the change in 2012 to monitor the pros and cons that are visible.
Personally, I am all for the extra two days. I think it allows the student to be more productive. Usually, during the last week of class many professors are somewhat dragging the semester to an end by resorting to "busy work". Why not allow that time to be available to allow for productive studying. What do you think?
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I am so happy about this! Going to class to do relatively nothing before finals takes a lot of time away from real study, especially for commuters. I will enjoy the extra hours!Hopefully students will actually use these days to study so Study Days can continue.
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