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

Tabby123
Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:37:32 +0000

At the beginning of the year, I was scheduled to have the difficult Senior English teacher. (difficult as in the one that made you read and write essays whereas the other one let you watch the movie version and gave no homework). I had looked forward to English with the easy teacher since freshman year, and especially after my best friend had her as a teacher the year before and he told me of all the fun activities they did in class and how easy it was. So when I got my schedule, I was crushed, especially since the easy teacher was the only one that taught English last year and I was unaware of the possibility of not having her as a teacher. Third day into school, I request to be changed into AP Stats instead of AP Calc AB in hopes of getting it changed (big luck chances involved here). My guidance counselor and I discussed this and she had told me I was going to take English with the hard teacher just in a different period and that she would okay it with the principal first. When she came to me later in the day, she said my change from AP Stats to AP Calc was approved and to go to the secretary and have her change my schedule to reflect AP Stats and the hard teacher in a different period. Well, the secretary ended up asking me what teacher I wanted, of course I told her the easy one, and she scheduled me for it. I’d be dying this year in coursework if I had my previous schedule. My cunning scheme was the best decision I’ve made all year. :)