Immediately following its announcement, the new Highlander Time schedule has received much criticism from the student body. Now that returning students actually get to experience the new Highlander Time setup in action, the complaints have slowed to an almost complete halt.

Perhaps experiencing the change first hand has allowed students to come to terms with this alteration, but this system is not flawless.

Highlander Time has always been a period for remediation, review, and sometimes, rest. Now that they are assigned to a particular classroom during this time, students should be free to interact with the teacher and ask about any particular topic. Instead, they may be subjected to an extra half-hour of class time, often used to toss new material into the mixing bowl of a pupil’s mind.

While this statement is not representative of every educator, Highlander Time has always been free of the introduction of new information, especially essential information. The question is why should that change now? Beyond assigned classrooms and a different slot in the schedule, Highlander Time shouldn’t have changed much, not to mention the explicit detail stating that “new material is not to be introduced during this period.”

Students only recently received the privilege to go to another class, provided they have a pass. A teacher can also refuse a pass if or when they feel that it’s necessary for that particular student to receive extra attention. The only issue being that this idea seems to have been traded out for the extra lesson.

Accessibility to extra remediation needs to be a number one priority for the implementation of the new schedule. For students, take advantage of any opportunities to receive extra help. And as for teachers: think of the students in each Highlander Time period not as a captive audience, but an inquisitive one (hopefully).