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Tuesday, 05 December 2006 |
by REBECCA GARDNER
Intern Lifestyles Reporter
Most schools have one or more while other schools may have none at all.
What is it?
It is reading day.
“Reading day is the last day to allow students to study and meet with
their professors, faculty to look over their exams and projects, and
for the university as a whole to prepare,” University Registrar Don R.
Rankins said.
But who knows how reading day actually came about?
“I always thought it was a student initiative to give folks time to
study and prepare for exams,” Vice Chancellor for Student Development
Cindy A. Wallace said.
“The history of reading day was founded on campus by faculty and
students who needed more time before exams commenced,” Rankins said.
“Having a day between the last day of class and the first day of exams
seemed to be a necessity because traditionally, exams were
comprehensive,” he said.
Most University of North Carolina schools have a reading day.
However, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has two
reading days and North Carolina State University does not have any
according to their university information offices.
Whether or not schools have a reading day depends on if the school sees the need.
According to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel
Hill has two reading days because they have chosen to spread their
exams out over such a long period of time.
“Over the last 30 years, there has been continual concern about the amount of exams students take in one day,” Rankins said.
“It is a stressful period of time and we have a desire at Appalachian State University to have enough time for exams,” he said.
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