Having to guess at term averages as one enters into final exams is problematic. Usually it is useful to know what is required in order to achieve the standard that one has set for oneself. Naturally the unexpected time out of class was valuable, and even great fun for some. Moreover, if students were assured that the semester was actually going to resume, the extra study time would have been welcomed. Ignoring this state of uncertainty, some students may have worked at a normal pace, relying on developed time management skills.
Students pay for consecutive lectures as a way of learning with the aid of discipline.
This specific date in December was chosen with the intention that students would have acquired mid-term marks by then, and would know whether or not a quick getaway was required. The line up at the registrar's office was long on the fifth of December. A lot of students stood waiting with drop forms in hand, here there and everywhere. To have to take a course over again is unfortunate, repeating the whole semester is disastrous. The politics of the strike were interesting and disrespect is not the aim of this rant.