@picuberoot My school changed its schedule in between my eight and ninth grade. We went from an 8 classes a day schedule to a modified block schedule, where we had 4 classes a day. We had 4 certain classes on Mondays and Wednesdays, and another 4 classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and all 8 classes on Fridays. THEN this year we changed to a very weird, rotating 10 schedule with 4 classes a day.
My problem is that I get so much homework during the week and on weekends that I don’t have the time to do most of my project work, causing very late nights.
@Faultystart For the last two years, my school has 7 rotating classes (full schedule) on Mon., Tues., and Friday and 3 rotating classes (block) on Wed. as well as 4 rotating classes (block) on Thursday. It can get confusing because we have a different schedule everyday lol.
Our school has the same schedule every day–six periods in a row (although on Wednesdays the periods are a little shorter, as school starts an hour later). There is one possible 0 period course (Peer Resource) and there are two 7th period courses (Marching Band, which is first semester only, and Musical Theater).
I love my schedule. We have 7 classes; 6 we have every other day and 1 we have every day. Our everyday class is shorter than the others, and we have a study hall on Monday during the everyday block. Also we have homeroom after first block and a break after homeroom during which everyone eats and talks. I am never hungry during the day because of break haha it’s awesome!!!
We have six periods with a 10 minute break after 2nd. School is from 7:30 to 2:30. There’s also a intervention period, which is 30 minutes, before 3rd. (Unless it’s Monday because those are late starts). Our lunch is after 4th period and is 30 minutes. No special block scheduling except during finals.
Those of you with block schedules get used to it. I was class of 2014 and in college you will have a block schedule and lots of homework on the weekends. I only have 5 classes and have about 2-3 classes a day and have no classes on Fridays and I still have allot of homework. Make sure you take lots of AP and dual credit classes your junior and senior years of high school. It will really help in college to get rid of your basics.
I like when we have block scheduling on finals and state testing because it’s a change from the usual. But I guess if I had block scheduling everyday it wouldn’t be as great…
The good thing with block schedules is that you don’t have to go to a class you hate every day and you have at least a whole day to do your homework versus a night.
Our ‘block’ schedule has the same 4 classes each day but two completely different schedules each semester.
Anyway, I was hoping for some feedback on my junior schedule.
First of all, I was hoping to take Peer Discovery (a TA class for elementary and middle school), but my school has replaced this class with PEPI (Physical Education Pupil Instructor). Does anyone have any experience with this? Is it similar to being a TA in a middle school class? Are you allowed to go to middle schools instead of elementary schools (doesn’t seem like it but just asking)? Is it solely PE?
*Obviously I am going to ask my counselor but was wondering if you all knew about it.
If I choose to forgo PEPI, this would be my schedule, which is a lot more rigorous than if I had chosen to be a TA.
AP Lang
Pre-Calc Honors
APES
APUSH
Newspaper 2 (yearly)
Tech Theatre 1
AP Gov (instead of PEPI)
Is this too much considering I’ve never taken any AP classes before? I’ve earned A’s in all high school classes thus far. All honors.
My school has a 5 block non-rotating schedule, with some year round classes and some semester classes. The same schedule can make for a pretty long day.
@RonakPatel2017 I’m not sure if it’ll be helpful for college admissions but I think it’ll help you learn more about your desired future career. So you have to decide which is more important to you. Unless I’m wrong and someone else has a different opinion.
I’m working hard on an application to a math camp in full knowledge that there’s a good chance I’ll be rejected. If I an miraculously accepted, my whole summer will fall into place; if I’m rejected, I’m going to apply to a lot more math camps and make some decisions about timing and priorities. It’s stressing me out so much, but I’ll be glad to have applications done-- and in the meantime, I’ll never refuse to do more math. Math is one of the only things making me really happy right now.
I’m just going to stay home and sleep and do summer homework and online classes and help at my mother’s work and take care of my siblings and try to finally learn Python and how to play a musical instrument and maybe start that story that’s been in my head for so long. I might have to go to summer school to do an art so I don’t have to do it during the school year, giving me space on my schedule for other things.