How have/do you cut your school's red tape?

JeSuis
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 10:26:14 +0000

So at the beginning of this school year, I was in Psychology. I thought the class would be fascinating and expand my understanding of myself and others. I was wrong. It was literally the worst class I have ever taken in my life. We watched “What About Bob?” as a legitimate teaching method. We put on skits to show why it’s not okay to stereotype. It was physically painful going to that class.

So about two months into school, I decided to try switching into the other class I was considering when signing up for classes, Theory of Knowledge. However, the counselors had determined that even thought a ton of students wanted to change their classes, they weren’t going to let anyone. Long story short, I talked to the Theory of Knowledge teacher and got his consent (which wasn’t enough, apparently), had my mom email my counselor, and eventually had to call the principal. After about 2 weeks of this I had finally given up hope, but then in French someone brought a transcript which had me in Theory of Knowledge 7th period!

Does anyone else have a similar story? Or does anyone else want to share how bureaucratic their school is in general?