The Night School Experience

Have you ever wondered what night school is like? Many students at Morton West view night school as a bad thing and that it’s not worth the time, but is it worth the risk of not graduating? Let’s take a deeper look into what four night school students experience.

Jack Agopsowicz, a student attending night school, doesn’t think night school is easier or harder because the class is just the same course that he failed. Agopsowicz’s beginning experience with night school didn’t start off great due to the organization and the crowdedness of each room. Agopsowicz feels upset that he is in night school because he knows it is his fault for not doing his work, but on the bright side, he has had a good experience crediting Mrs. Lewan. Lewan is Agopsowicz’s favorite teacher because she is the one teacher he can have a real and normal conversation with, unlike the other teachers. When comparing regular school to night school, there is a time difference from one hour class period to a three hour class period. Night school tends to last between 4:15-7:15 p.m., which in some cases,  may affect home or after school activities such as not being able to join any sports and not being able babysit family members. A good thing that Agopsowicz agrees on about night school is that now he has the privilege of graduating on time with the rest of his class.

Joanna Andrade, senior at Morton West, has a good overall opinion of night school. Due to Andrade failing an AP course, she believes that night school is definitely easier than regular school because night school only consist of core classes. Being able to watch movies to view the symbolism of a story is one of Andrade’s favorite parts about night school. By the teacher pausing the movie, allows Andrade to analyze every scene which makes the class more interesting.  Andrade states, “My teacher made my brain think of things I have never thought of before and notice things I have never noticed before. It was very beneficial.” Throughout the positive parts, Andrade also had a bad experience at night school due to the fact that she saw something crawling into her backpack causing her to have to shake it out. Andrade was always tired during her day classes and would almost always fall asleep during class. Although Andrade would be drained from attending night school, she wasn’t affected like Jack Agopsowicz when it came to her home life and outside activities which lightened the pressure.

Sam Munoz ’18, was fairly unbiased about her experience in night school. Munoz didn’t completely favor nor did she not favor night school causing her to be unbiased. Since Munoz would stay after school until night school started at 4:15 p.m. and would be at school until classes ended at 7:15 p.m.,  Munoz is drained and exhausted at the end of night school. Munoz said she regrets being lazy and not doing her work and knows that its her fault that she is in night school. A night school plus Munoz said is that the teachers were a lot more lenient and the homework assigned was close to none. Another plus to night school were the movies Munoz got to watch. These movies, Munoz said was like a break from class pressure where she can just relax and enjoy a movie and forget all about being in the classroom. Overall, Munoz all time favorite part of night school is that she has the opportunity to fix the mistakes she made last year and can now graduate with all her friends. Munoz strongly disliked the temperature of the classrooms as this was a big distraction because sweating is not Munoz’ forte. Also, after this long school day Munoz would get home and wouldn’t really want to do anything more because she felt like she already did enough during night school. Through the good and bad, Munoz’s feelings about night school stands in the unbiased.

Jasmin Mora has a different story of night school, she was transferred from Kennedy High school and was behind in math credits, so she was enrolled in night school to catch up on credits for graduation. Mora felt like she didn’t have a choice which made her feel aggravated when she first found out she had to go to night school. Mora said, “The fact that it would pretty much take up my whole day made me upset.” Although Mora disliked the idea of night school at first, she realized how easy night school was because she didn’t get as much homework and didn’t have teachers hounding her. One of Mora’s favorite things is that she didn’t experience as much pressure and felt like she was able to take her time. Just like Munoz, Mora hated how hot the classrooms were. When Mora would finally get home from the long day at school, all she wanted to do was lay in her bed and not do any more work because the whole school day drained her. Other than the heat, Mora had a fun experience saying, “When I went to night school all we would do is watch movies and never take notes. It would just pass time and I felt like it was a free period.” Mora liked the small classes because when there is a room filled with people it’s a distraction,  so she felt a lot more comfortable with a smaller classroom.