Morning Classes in Higher Education - Failed Cognitive System

Harry Han

People have their own moment of concentration. Some say they are night-timers, others say that they are a morning person. But when it comes to higher education everybody seems like night-timers. Morning sessions and lectures may ease out on afternoon hours of higher education students, due to most students’ failure to concentrate early in the morning, morning education seems inefficient.

Amount of concentration definitely corresponds to time we spend sleeping. According to the article “Morning Classes Fail to Facilitate Learning” written by staffs of The Pioneer, with the workloads and activities that college students are involved in, “it is impossible to get a necessary amount of sleep before an 8 am class.” Thus students find themselves in morning lectures trying to listen to what their professor is saying but it only result they get is input through one ear and output through the other. Due to these effects, said by staffs of The Pioneer, some colleges started abolishing 8:00am classes. But is this really necessary?

Morning classes seem like a waste of time for college students. With short amount of lecture time at college each classes should work towards being more efficient with amount of knowledge or skills they teach. However, getting rid of morning classes seems unreasonable as to fit large number of the students in the afternoon would also bring about lack of concentration. As a result, professors should manage morning classes as fun or active classes so that students find enthusiasm in their classes. Not only professors but also students should prepare themselves for morning classes rather than hanging out with friends the night before the morning classes.

P.S. Coffee and a short Jeopardy Quiz helps