Only five minutes until the clock strikes twelve. Sara anxiously biting her nails. She reviews again and again the classes she needs to register for. The stress amounting realizing her work schedule this semester from 8am-1pm at the bank is going to make registering for classes difficult. Its twelve. She frantically tries to sign on to Route Y. Doesn’t work. Her computer is frozen. Seconds pass and minutes fade. Internet re-connects and she is logged in. Sara worriedly locates the first class. Econ 110 at 3:00. Seats left…. 0. Desperately trying to salvage her semester, locates her next class. American HTG, only two sections, both full. No later sections of either Econ or American HTG offered. It’s too late. The very few classes available in evenings are filled. Sara facing what thousands of students at BYU have been dealing with evening classes that there are none.
Sara is part of new genre of education seeking people. More are returning to universities at older ages. With new determination to finish degrees. Unlike younger students have more responsibilities. Have more obligations. Including family. Including jobs. Including Church and Local city responsibilities. A market has been created for higher education for older people. This applies not just to those that are older. Many students marry young. Start families sooner. Need for longer part time work required stay out student loan debt. BYU needs to offer more evening classes.
THE BEAUTIFUL
Only five minutes left until midnight. Sara anxiously bites her nails as she reviews again and again the classes she needs to register for. The stress continues to swell as she realizes that her work schedule this semester from 8am to 2:30pm at the bank is going to make registering for classes quite difficult. It’s twelve! She frantically tries to sign on to Route Y. It doesn’t work; her computer is frozen. Seconds pass and minutes fade until finally her internet re-connects. Sara then worriedly locates the first class: Econ 110 at 3:00. Her heart sinks deep into her chest as she looks at the number of seats left in the class…. 0. Desperately trying to salvage her semester, she locates her next class, American HTG. She can’t believe it, the one section offered after 3 pm is also full. She stays up late into the night trying again and again to find the classes she needs. At 2:00am she finally turns off the computer in defeat. Tears suddenly well up in Sara’s eyes as she realizes that her dream of returning to BYU to finish her degree is slowly fading out of reach.
Sara and many others belong to a new growing class of working people who seek to finish their schooling. Now more than ever, students are returning to universities at older ages with new determination to finish their degrees. Unlike most young students, those returning to finish degrees have more responsibilities and obligations. These responsibilities include families, jobs, church callings, and many other time constraining activities. Though many of these people have little time, they understand the sacrifice they must make in order to finish their education. However, many find themselves in situations such as Sara’s, who in order to support her family must work most of the day. The solution is clear, offer a larger amount of night classes that will be geared toward working students.
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