High School Class of 2019

Nope.

No, we only have four periods a day. Because of this, I am very nervous to get my schedule.
Some classes are “singletons,” meaning they are only offered once a year (i.e. Honors Physics or even Honors Chemistry).
All APs are offered second semester, and some APs are yearlong.
Many classes are offered in a mini-sequence, (PLTW Intro to Engineering Design first semester, PLTW Digital Electronics second semester (Math II is usually offered first semester and Math III is ALWAYS offered second semester)).

My schedule:
-Honors Chemistry (singleton)
-Honors Physics (singleton)
-AP Calculus Prep
-AP Calculus AB (yearlong with mandatory prep)
-Honors English II (normal)
-AP Psychology (second semester ONLY)
-PLTW Intro to Engineering Design (mini seq.)
-PLTW Digital Electronics (mini sequence)

I think conflicts are bound to happen.

It would have to be structured like this:

First semester
-Honors English II
-AP Calc Prep
-PLTW IED
-Honors Physics OR H Chem

Second semester
-AP Calc AB
-AP Psychology
-PLTW DE
-H Physics OR H Chem

The likelihood is low

@northeastgirl24 haha thanks! and nope, I don’t think zero periods are allowed. I wouldn’t want to do it anyway because I have a hard time getting up as it is

@IrrationalPepsi I can relate. We also have block scheduling, which is nice in some respects (we can take more classes in a certain subject) but scheduling conflicts almost always happen and you’re stuck with a second choice elective. I just kind of hope that I don’t get stuck with my back-up elective because it’s journalism right now and I really don’t want to take it.
My current schedule:
Fall
-Brief Calc H
-English 2 H
-Spanish 1
-Business Foundations OR Bio H (I don’t know which semester honors bio is.)
Spring:
-Pre-Calc H
-AP World
-Spanish 2
-Business Foundations or Bio H

6 of my 8 classes all have to be in a definitive sequence, which makes me nervous especially because both Brief Calc & English 2 are generally smaller classes and only offered one or two periods each semester.

We don’t have zero periods here that are free, unless you go to a different online school. Any class above the normal courseload is like $300 and can bring your grade down if you don’t have enough time for it (which happened to my poor friend, she was talking a media class through the district and got like a C)

@IrrationalPepsi conflicts :frowning:

@kelsey19 Ooh! My school next year also does block scheduling… what’s it like?

my school is swapping to block scheduling, too, so I second @greenlegobrick

Why is everybody here so good at math X_X

Haha, we have to at my school (for the lab aspect I guess).
It kinda messes up everyone’s schedule since they’re essentially two classes.

Block scheduling seem horrible :confused:

I love block scheduling. You get two days to do homework

Block scheduling can be either good or bad, depending on the type of student you are. Personally, I prefer it because you can get your requirements for graduation out of the way earlier (you finish your math requirements by the end of your sophomore traditionally) and it allows you to take higher-level classes without having to take classes over the summer or doubling up on math (a traditional student can go up to AP Calc 2 without and summer classes). It’s also nice because if you don’t like a class or teacher you’re only in it for half a semester. (also we never have homework over winter break!)

That being said, there are downsides. You’re in class for 90 minutes straight, so if you have issues staying focused in 45 minute classes it gets worse. 90 minutes makes some classes seem like an eternity (though its great for labs+tests). Also, some AP classes are offered in the fall (I don’t understand why my school schedules like this.) so you can have a semester off before taking the AP test. Also, if you don’t learn as fast as other people, it can be hard because often concepts are put together into one lesson in order to fit into the half-semester.

I don’t like sitting in class for 90 minutes straight, but I don’t know if I could imagine having to do labs and tests in 45 minutes. I’ve been doing block scheduling since 7th grade so I haven’t had a traditional schedule in years. I think most people have love-hate relationship with block scheduling because there’s a lot of benefits but some downsides too.

I love it. I would die with a normal schedule. It is way easier to handle 4 classes a semester, and it is a much faster pace.

I love having four 90 minute classes because it makes the day go by faster. Also you can’t learn as much with a 45 minute class.

@northeastgirl24 @adiacs @kelsey19 @IrrationalPepsi Thanks for the input :slight_smile: I think my school’s block/modular thing will be different, though (3 different subjects every 5 weeks or something?)

This guy I sit next to asked me out and I had to lie and say I had a boyfriend. I hate biology.

Take it even further and say you have a girlfriend

I wish we could use emojis but I’m laughing right now

Once on Cops they were asking somebody (who later confessed that she was a prostitute) about who the people she had been talking to and she claimed that she had a bf and a gf at the same time and I was like “savage”

Take it even further and say you’re dating an old grandma.

*who goes to another school, you wouldn’t know her