2/17/21 Reading Day Spotlights
Andrew Rowe
College of Engineering
Seattle, Washington
1. What are your plans for the Reading Day?
"Mainly sledding. I could be doing work, but I have looked forward to this since the snow fell."
2. Are your professors honoring the Reading Day?
"Yes, except for one assignment, but my professor changed its due date."
3. Do you think the Reading Day is helpful?
"It's nice this year, but if I had the choice, I would rather have the regular breaks."
Ailish Murphy
Senior
Polytechnic Institute
Tinley Park, Illinois
1. What are your plans for the Reading Day?
”I’m going to work right now, then after that I don’t know.”
2. Are your professors honoring the Reading Day?
"Yes."
3. Do you think the Reading Day is helpful?
”Yes, I think it’s a good mental break because we don’t get many breaks so this is the best safe alternative to it.”
Misha Rahimi
Freshman
College of Science
Fort Wayne, Indiana
1. What are your plans for the Reading Day?
”Well I do have a PSO today, so I’m going to go to that later. It’s just the instructor going through some problems with us. It’s not intense or anything. Besides that today, I was just going to catch up on some homework.”
2. Are all of your professors honoring the Reading Day? Considering your last answer the answer to this would be no, correct?
“Yeah.”
3. Do you think the Reading Day is helpful?
”It feels like if the professors actually lowered the work load it would be helpful. For the lectures on Tuesday and Thursday, there is no decrease in workload so it kind of doesn‘t help at all.”
Colette Aguilar
Freshman
Polytechnic Institute
Chihuahua, Mexico
1. What are your plans for the Reading Day?
"I had a snow fight with my friends ... It's Ash Wednesday, so later today I'm going to Mass."
2. Are your professors honoring the Reading Day?
"Yes, they're all honoring the Reading Day."
3. Do you think the Reading Day is helpful?
"Yes, because all of my classes are in-person, so I'm not taking any breaks ever. Having one day of catching up is awesome for me."
