Professors that schedule classes before 9 am terrible people with unrealistic expectations. amirite?

Professors don't choose to do this. Colleges can't have all their classes start late in the day - students wouldn't be able to take the courses they need because they would overlap. Very rarely do professors get a say in their course times. Also: >they think that it's unprofessional not to be there >College students stay up late… going on dates, watching sports, playing video games Yeah, that would be the "unprofessional" part.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

When I was in uni I would do all of those things and still make it to my lectures on time, op shouldn't stay up late if they can't hack it

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Ok, I guess whoever is in charge of scheduling is who I'm angry with then.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's me. Honestly I just do it for fun

by Anonymous 1 year ago

A lot of jobs start at 7 or 8am. I don't think it's that unrealistic for someone to be working at 7am.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

OP gonna be in for a real shock when he joins the real world lmao. Most people have to wake up to go to work early, and pretty much every one of those people also have a life outside of work. All I can say is good luck if even 9 is too early for their lazy ass.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah seriously. I worked at factory I had to get up at 5am. Idk where he got this idea that most jobs don't start until 9.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Good luck when you get out of school OP.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Different stage of life, college at age 18-25 should be a considerable deal different than an office job at 25-65, and my job offer after college affords me flexibility to go in when I please.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

School before college has always started at 8. Just adapt

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Do professors really choose their class times?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Nope

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yah they all just decide when they're gonna teach and it just works out every year.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

in what world do professors get to choose the time(s) their classes run???

by Anonymous 1 year ago

World opens at 8 am. Might as well get use to it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If you work for a military branch, it's even earlier

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If earth opens at 8 am then what 8 am? Bc of time zones if we open up earth at Americas central 8 am then the Uk would be sleeping

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Very clever

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Professors don't do the scheduling. They often dislike those classes more than students because they know they'll get up and go teach empty rooms. And then waste time later in the semester when idiot students need extra support because they missed key information due to absence from class. My students always blame me. But it's out of my hands. Like completely. Scheduling is hard especially when they're trying to make a time for a class with students who have different majors and making sure the class doesn't conflict with other classes. The university does all the scheduling without input from professors.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

>And then waste time later in the semester when idiot students need extra support because they missed key information due to absence from class. Yep! I used to adjunct... They don't show up all semester and then they suddenly need all this extra support from you. I was harsh because I had to be... I was working a full-time job outside of adjuncting because adjuncting pays nothing. I let them know that they could come to my office hours, but outside of that, I didn't have the time to help because I was at work.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Pre 9am classes work great for some students. Everyone has to juggle different schedules, and the solution should be more options, not fewer. I shouldn't have to take Calculus at 8am because it's the only timeslot available; I'm going to suck and not retain any information. But someone else can only take it at 8am, because of their particular course load, or a job, or family responsibilities. The real issue is tight university \[academic\] budgets and limited flexibility.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Welcome to reality. Where you have to do things you don't want to, just so you can do things you do want to.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You are lucky 9am is the standard in your country. 7am for us here 😅

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Last semester I had classes from 8 AM to 9 PM last semester (where I live you can't pick your own hours)

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Welcome to adulthood.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I've been a TA for a basic STEM course for five years, I've taught at every single time of day and honestly, students never show up no matter what time it is. There are plenty of exceptions, but undergrads as a whole are a really unreliable lot. Also, lol, in my experience, professors stay up far later working and have much worse sleep schedules than anyone else I know over the age of 25. They don't schedule their own classes and I'm pretty sure none of them are thrilled to be teaching that early, too.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

> students never show up no matter what time it is. Exactly this. I used to teach two sections of a class—one was at 8am and the other at 2:30pm. My 8am actually had far better attendance than the 2:30 class.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The students should do better and not stay up too late. Learn to adapt to your schedule.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Sure, on an individual level that might seem plausible, but when class attendance has dropped to 30% after the first month of class and slowly creeps down further as time goes on, it's clear that the students interests and priorities have a difficult time aligning with early classes. If the population as a whole has a majority view that early class isn't worth attending, then the university should consider that and change scheduling times.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Then fail.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I disagree. "College students stay up late doing homework, going on dates, watching sports, and playing video games. Most jobs after university don't start until 9." Are you listening to yourself speak? Maybe if you weren't going on dates, watching sports, and playing video games, you'd have time to finish homework in a timely manner, and be able to get to bed on time. The real world is going to be rough for you.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

wake up buddy nobody cares

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Idk, I got a lot of feedback...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I always picked 8am classes when possible. I could be totally done with classes by noon if I played it right. Left time to hang out, pick up shifts, study, etc.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Bahahahahaha

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I attend school online and I work full-time and part-time (two jobs) so I get up at 3am to do school work every single day. 9 is lunch time.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Sir, join the ARMY, they'll teach you to do better.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

All of my high school classes started at around 7:30. This is very tame. Even 8:30, my earliest start time for two of my classes this semester, is a little late from my previous standards.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I just took a job where it starts at 4:30 AM. Even if you get a 9-5, typically, you have to be there at 8:30, maybe 8:45.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

When has school ever started after 9pm?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Professors don't choose to do this. Colleges can't have all their classes start late in the day - students wouldn't be able to take the courses they need because they would overlap. Very rarely do professors get a say in their course times. Also: they think that it's unprofessional not to be there. College students stay up late… going on dates, watching sports, playing video games. Yeah, that would be the "unprofessional" part.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Unrealistic to expect you to be somewhere before 9am? You're gonna hate the real world.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Whiney, entitled, little, Bitch.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

God forbid the students take responsibility for their actions like an adult. Don't these universities know they need to get a 3.0 KD ratio on Fortnite before Saturday?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What about 9:00 on the dot?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not an unreasonable expectation. I've had jobs start T 4 or 5 am in the morning, but most of them have started at 7:00 or 8:00 am. I was lucky as hell that my current job lets me start at 9:00 am.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Part of maturing and becoming an adult and living in the adult world is disciplining yourself to get where you need to be on time every day.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

as a former professor... we don't schedule our own classes and we don't want to be there before 9 am any more than the students do.... And classes are canceled if there aren't enough students who sign up, so blame the students for signing up to an 8 am class, not the professor who has no choice but to teach it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

At least they can get parking. Try parking on campus at 9am..

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Terrible people 😂😂😂 they have a schedule they'd like to stick to, don't like it change classes, don't like the uni change unis, it's not the world's job to cater to your concept of what is or is not inconvenient

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What you guys have classes at 9? All of my classes begin at 8, just grow up

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Professors don't choose this. Most professors would choose to not teach at all and focus on research only.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Its not really the professors fault most of the time, just poor college scheduling. If possible, try to get a few extra winks of sleep if your struggling with it that badly.

by Anonymous 1 year ago