The saga of the JMM minute bell continues. At the beginning of the year, the 1-minute bell was missing altogether. When it reappeared, it rang 2 minutes before class started, without announcement or warning, throwing off many students at JMM. Then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the bell went back to ringing a minute before class started, and has stayed that way ever since. What is the reason for this change? What is the motive? One can only assume it was an attempt to get students to class on time. But if that is the case, why move it back to one minute after students have gotten used to 2 minutes’ time? We may never know…

By Veronika Souzek