<p>I’m a current senior in high school. My school also has block scheduling, so our classes are around 90 minutes. However, my school has a different way of scheduling things. On Mondays and Thursdays we have a 45 minute homeroom between 2nd and 3rd block. On Wednesdays we have a 30 minute late start, during which teachers have department meetings. And on Tuesdays and Fridays, we have a normal schedule with no interruptions. As a student taking multiple AP classes and involved in extracurriculars and a job, I find the extra 45 minutes in homeroom to be extremely helpful. It breaks up the rhthym and allows an extra study period or time to get a headstart on that night’s homework. </p>
<p>I’m currently in 3 AP classes. However, 1 isn’t very time consuming. My AP Calculus AB homework takes up the most of my time. So my hours of homework combined with college and scholarship applications and on some nights, my job, ensures that I won’t get to sleep until about midnight every night. Then, I get to wake up early in the morning so I can make it to school by 7 to either attend a weekly club meeting or get help with my calc homework. </p>
<p>Unlike the school mentioned in this article, we have 8 different lunch periods, each 24 minutes long and in the middle of our 3rd block. This year I got lucky with having first lunch on both days, but in the past I’ve had first lunch one day and eighth lunch the next. So I could either be eating at 10:50 or 12:45. </p>
<p>I’m involved in many ECs, but I didn’t join any because they would look good on college applications. I enjoy being involved and it time allowed, I would join even more clubs. </p>