Do away with 8 a.m. classes
Here is a quasi-vapid editorial I wrote for News Writing class and decided to send to the Daily Tar Heel. (Actually, I was inspired by/ copied a friend whose legit editorial appeared in the DTH Wednesday.) They published it today, and you can read it at this link:
Unfortunately, my favorite "stewed mung beans" paragraph didn't make the 250 word cut. So I've included it here:
Some have suggested that the 8 a.m. is dreaded only because it is compared to the much more palatable 9 a.m. class. Therefore if UNC-CH opened a few 7 a.m. slots, students with 8 a.m. classes would be comforted and appeased by the phrase “it could be worse.” This, however, would be like Lenoir serving only stewed mung beans at lunch to make dinner taste better. It’s a ridiculous solution!
-EJS
Students better get used to having to be somewhere by 8 am!!! Once you get into the working world, you may have to be at work at 5:30 am (like me sometimes), or maybe even earlier! Enjoy "sleeping in" til 8:00 am while you can! :)
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