Don’t we all love snow days? No class, no homework, and no need to do anything but stay inside, relax, and watch Netflix all day. Aren’t snow days just swell?

I guess they are ok, if you don’t have to shovel or drive, but what about the other troubles they cause?

Since returning from winter break, Pace has canceled classes on four separate occasions due to snow.

And, unfortunately, those days need to be made up somehow. Usually, the university will replace all of the study days that they have planned, in favor of rescheduled classes.

But what about when we run out of allotted study days? What options does the university have then?  Not many.

It’s tough because colleges need to ensure that each class completes a minimum number of hours to be able to count for credit.

Pace has made the decision to give the professors whose classes have been canceled, a few options. They can give extra assignments, either online or in class, to make up for some of the work missed, or they can arrange an alternate in class make up day.

This is where Pace lost me.

An alternate in-class make up day? Really? How can creating an alternate class day be a logical option?

First off, the likelihood of finding a day in which all students and the professor can agree to a make up day is slim at best. So, the rescheduled day would most likely force some to either miss some other obligation, or miss the class and be counted as absent.

I can understand if these classes were canceled because of the students, but these classes were canceled because of snow.

It was no one’s fault, unless you want to blame Pace for jumping the gun on some of the cancellations.

Everyone has responsibilities outside of school. It would be ridiculous to schedule a mandatory class on a day that was not originally on the calendar.

I know, for me, I have a set schedule where I work, that is the same every week, along with other obligations that fit in around my school schedule. Why should I, or anyone else, have to change our schedules when we can just as easily make up the work through another assignment or project?

Those two options seem to be the best for everyone involved. Why even put a new class day on the table?  It can cause more trouble than its worth.