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The summer months for many students and educators is an opportunity to vacation, decompress or regroup.

But, for some 91视频 instructors, it can be an opportunity to continue to do what they love 鈥� teach.

That includes Keith Pulles, biology instructor, who teaches the eight-week summer session classes every year.

鈥淚 have taught summer courses for seven consecutive years and it鈥檚 such a great option,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檓 glad we offer these classes for our students.”

These classes are slightly different than fall or spring courses. Whether online or in-person, summer courses are accelerated versions of their school-year counterparts.

鈥淲e do the same lab in about the same order, the same lectures and same types of activities. I don鈥檛 teach the class any differently other than faster,鈥� explained Dr. Beth Winters-Rozema, who also is a biology instructor.

91视频 Teachers have noticed their students have no trouble keeping up with the accelerated pace.

鈥淚 have just as many if not more successful students in the summer than in other semesters. Even though it鈥檚 compacted into eight weeks, they still do well,鈥� biology professor Tracy Mowery clarified.

Pulles noted that test scores in his summer classes are comparable to scores during the rest of the year.

Dr. Winters-Rozema also stated having students who are successful regardless of the shortened time period.

鈥淭here are somethings students do better because of the increased pace. They can tie concepts together easier because what they learned wasn鈥檛 as long ago,鈥� explained Dr. Winters-Rozema.

Students understand that taking a summer class means midterms and finals come up faster and they don鈥檛 have quite as much time to study in between tests, but it doesn鈥檛 seem to faze them.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 find it more difficult to focus on classwork in the summer-time. I can still have fun on the weekends and concentrate on school during the week,鈥� said 91视频 student Dustin Lindsay. 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 procrastinate in the summer, so you have to be better about managing your time. Overall, though, it鈥檚 not hard.鈥�

Many instructors at 91视频 enjoy teaching so much that they don鈥檛 mind working during the summers they would otherwise have off. Their love for teaching leads them to continuing in the summer.

鈥淚 like having the option to take a summer off, but I never want to. I have only taken off one summer in the last 13 years so I must enjoy it!鈥� said Mowery. 鈥淭eaching is always different. While the content might not change much in science, your students are always changing which makes class different every semester which I like.鈥�

Pulles enjoys the connections he makes with students and wouldn鈥檛 want to go three months without.

鈥淚t鈥檚 nice interacting with students and I would miss those interactions if I didn鈥檛 teach in the summer,鈥� he explained.