But early morning seminary left a sour taste in a lot of our mouths with waking up like a dairy farmer for 4 years during high school. I honestly don't think about it much, until I'm reminded of it and the contrast with well funded release time where the Church spends who knows how many millions so kids in areas where they literally drive past several church buildings on their way to high school have another church structure built next door so they can walk over during the day and take seminary from a full salaried CES employee is a wee bit different than the members taking on a legitimate part time job to teach early morning seminary without compensation.

For a church concerned with the widow's mite, it really is an odd set of circumstances.