“[The strike] has been a big issue in how I'm learning and understanding the information from class,” said first year political science major Grace Bashawaty.
It’s unclear how and if students will be able to make up the missed learning other than on their own. Since they are first year students, both Bashawaty and Verdijo have several years to make up some of the knowledge. But missing out on learning this quarter is leaving students in their last quarters feeling shortchanged as they prepare for their professional lives.
It’s been far from business as usual this fall at this and UC’s other nine campuses. UCLA’s academic senatethat they could significantly change tests at the end of the term, including only giving a grade on a test if it helps the student’s overall grade. Students interviewed said they haven’t complained that their finals are easier. But some students, especially those paying the highest tuition, said the strike’s snuffing out weeks of teaching and learning, and the thousands of dollars used to pay for it. However, about a dozen students interviewed expressed strong support for the strike that seeks to raise wages and improve working conditions for the university system’s academic workers, despite the short term impacts on their own learning.
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