ps8 file to dictionary

#the function takes a txt file and returns a library of string keys and tuple values
SUBJECT_FILENAME = 'test_subject_file.txt'
##for testing I am using a short txt file with the following:
##2.00,5,9
##2.01,2,2
##2.02,1,17
##2.03,6,1
##2.04,3,2
##2.05,2,2
##2.06,2,1
##2.07,1,1
##2.08,5,5
##2.09,5,2
##2.10,6,12
##2.11,9,19
##2.12,10,4
##2.13,5,20
##2.14,8,19
##2.15,9,19
##2.16,9,20
##2.17,10,20
##2.18,6,16
##2.19,6,19

def loadSubjects(filename):
#open the file and initiate library
    class_file = open(filename)
    class_library = {}

    for item in class_file:

        print item
        raw_input()
#split each line of the file into a list of ['name','value','hours']
        element_list = item.split(',')

        print element_list
        raw_input()

#convert value and hours into integers
        element_list[1] = int(element_list[1])
        element_list[2] = int(element_list[2])

        print element_list
        raw_input()

#map the name to a tuple of the value and hours integers
        class_library[item[0]] = tuple(element_list[1:])
        print class_library
        raw_input()
    return class_library