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Community Colleges Offer More Late Night Classes

the moonWhen I was in high school, I attended classes from 9:00 in the morning until 3:30 in the afternoon, Monday through Friday. Now that I’m in college, I try to make my schedule a little more sleep-friendly, but I still attend most of my classes between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Sure, there’s the occasional night class, but those are usually done by 9:00 p.m. at the latest. My friend has a class that lasts until 9:30 p.m. two nights a week, and he complains about it all the time.

Winston Chin, a student at Bunker Hill Community College, would probably think my friends and I are sissies. Chin is a part-time student who attends night classes. And by night, I mean middle-of-the-night. Chin attends a night class from 11:45 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. every Tuesday night, after working an eight-hour job as a lab technician.

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