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As a teacher/lecturer have a fixed timeline for teaching in a day, it is impossible for them to teach all of their students at the same time. Thus, a timetable is made to schedule the students to morning classes and evening classes. For a student who does not have a fixed class schedule and have the privilege to choose between classes however, it will always be a great dispute whether to choose a morning class against an evening class (Taylor, 2012). All things considered, a class will always be a class, and the day’s lesson will still be absorbed by the student. The question, just how much of the day’s lesson can be absorbed by the students and since a lot of variables tend to influence a student’s ability to learn, one of these factor is “when” or rather what time of the day the class is held, which either can be in the morning or evening.
This brings me to my first point, which is the student’s activity level or if the student is an early bird or night owl (Plotnik & Kouyoumdjian, 2013). Everyone knows most people have a difficulty to wake themselves up in the morning, even with the help of an alarm clock. I myself have formed the habit to set multiple alarms as I have a tendency to hit the snooze button and ends up waking up later than I should. For students who chose morning classes, it would help you a long mile if you are a morning person and are able to focus perfectly in the morning (Taylor, 2012). While morning classes have a great setback that often causes students to miss their breakfast, this does not seem to be a big problem nowadays because of the existence of protein bars and other light foods created for easy eating specifically for these cases.
For students who chose evening classes, often time do not seem to b...

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...ility to absorb the day’s lesson that will be influenced by the time of day the class is held which either can be in the morning or evening.

Works Cited

Websites:
1) Taylor, A. (2012, August 2nd) Morning, or Evening Classes: That is the Question, University 101
Retrived from: http://universityy101.com/2012/08/02/morning-or-evening-classes-that-is-the-question/

2) Pagdanganan, S & Montinola, J. F. (2014, March 5th) Morning classes vs. night classes, The LaSallian
Retrived from: http://thelasallian.com/2014/03/05/morning-classes-vs-night-classes/

3) Costahaude, R. (2011, September 11th) Morning classes prove to be better for college students, Daily Sundial
Retrived from: http://sundial.csun.edu/2011/09/morning-classes-prove-to-be-better-for-college-students/
Book:
1) Plotnik, R. & Kouyoumdijian, H. (2013). Introduction to Psychology (10th Ed). Cengage Learning.

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