Occupy Hong Kong's student demonstrators walked out of class almost four weeks ago, but hundreds are still balancing school with their protests as midterms approach, according to Time.
China's government was hoping students would lose interest or fear falling behind in school, but Time reported that universities have asked their professors "to make allowances for protesters."
Teresa Lui, a high school student, told Time that she gets to school late sometimes, but mostly keeps her protesting to evenings and weekends. Lui said her teachers have visited their students that are participating in the protest to "check in on us and make sure we're OK."
Occupy Hong Kong demonstrators have created a makeshift school in the camp near the central government's headquarters. University students teach the classes.
"We know this is going to be a long fight, and the high school students can't fall behind," university student Chris Lau told Time.
Ming Sing, a professor of politics at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, told Time that he has given four lectures at encampments. He said, "If this ends in a bloody crackdown, we might see students become radicalized, but we might also see them become cynics and never try anything like this again."
