Since the founding of this great university in 1875 the mission statement of BYU has been to, "Assist students in their quest for perfection and eternal life.” I believe that the institution of BYU itself is in its own quest for perfection. There will always be rules, policies, procedures, and technicalities that can be addressed, changed, corrected and yes perfected. Today I am proud to assist BYU in its quest by helping them address one of the most important issues that need to be corrected. BYU needs to be more accommodating and supportive towards students who are working while going to school. The main argument is stemmed from the inability of students who work during the day to find the proper late afternoon and evening classes. One quick example is that of one who might be majoring in Economics. Of the 41 classes offered in the economics department this winter semester, only 3 of those are offered after 4 pm. Not only are classes limited but the resources that are meant to aid students in their education such as Teacher Assistant Labs are also difficult to find in the evenings. The problem is affecting a large group of students including part-time students, students working full-time and taking full time classes, married students with family obligations, and many other students who for many reasons need to take later classes. The solution is quite simple: assign more sections and classes for all majors and have those classes offered in the evenings. Some might try to argue that BYU has opened up the Salt Lake Center for evening classes and therefore have addressed the issue. I say, “great” if you happen to live in Salt Lake that is. It is quite difficult to understand the purpose of making students drive an hour when BYU has a vast amount of facilities that are left vacant in the evenings. Again I reiterate that fact that no University is perfect, nevertheless this one solution of offering later classes will most definitely help BYU take one step closer in quest of Educational Perfection.
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So, last semester, I had to work a 5am shift in order to satisfy my school schedule. That's because I chose my classes first, and then I chose the corresponding work hours. However, this semester, I did the exact opposite. I chose that I want to work from 8-12, and then I chose classes that go from 1-4pm. Works out perfect. There are so many times different classes are held! And, do you work from 8-4? Because BYU incourages full time students to work only 20 hours per week.
You did a fine job establishing some degree of pathos when you started included multiple genres of students into the people affected by the class scheduling. You were fairly unbaised for some of the paper, but you effectively ranted when you needed.
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