An end note in one of Professor X's chapters took me to this article in the New York Times about a community college in Boston that offers a couple of late night classes due to high demand and overcrowding. I guess "late night" doesn't quite capture the meaning of of what's going on. The article focuses on a literature course that begins at 11:45 p.m. (that's a quarter 'til midnight) and lets out at 2:30 a.m.
I thought at first it was a typo, so I read more carefully. Then I went to the chapter notes to get the publishing information. The writer of the article is named Amy Goodnough. This has to be a joke, I thought. An Onion article, surely.
I went online. Sure 'nough, Amy Goodnough name comes right up as an education reporter for the New York Times. I located the article. It looks legit. But so many questions come to mind: Is there an evening administrator after midnight? (somehow I doubt it). What about security? Is there access to copy machines? What if there's a power outage? What if there's a medical emergency? I've had two students over the course of my teaching career who've had epileptic seizures. Is the health center open at 2 a.m.?
Somehow this doesn't seem right.
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