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GTR 51503 Posts March 04 2009 20:11 GMT #21 block periods sound like the double periods we have here in australia we have 40 minute single periods, 80 minute double periods, each day we have 8 periods, and depending on time tabling, we might have 1, 2 or 3 double periods each day ( i have 6 subjects i study with 6 periods for each one, two doubles and two singles).

Divinek Canada4045 Posts March 04 2009 20:17 GMT #22 Well it's highschool so who cares. All you do in highschool is talk to your friends in class anyways.

Mastermind Canada7096 Posts March 04 2009 20:21 GMT #23 Skip class. High school is a real breeze if you dont go. Not like you are missing out on anything anyways.

paper 13196 Posts March 04 2009 20:24 GMT #24 block schedule makes everything so lax rofl you have more time to do homework because its due in a couple days, not the next you dont have to see all your shitty teachers every day only two classes until lunch? gg

Raithed China7078 Posts March 04 2009 20:31 GMT #25 damn dude, you could take chinese? id love to take that, haha. i fucking hate block schedule though BUTTTTT when you have college, you get used to it. ;D

Jonoman92 United States9104 Posts March 04 2009 20:37 GMT #26 My school started block scheduling this past Fall and although I was originally against it, it actually makes the work load a lot easier. You only have to do homework for half your classes every night! I know there are various ways of doing block scheduling but at our school Monday was a regular day with all classas (1-7) so Sunday night was a pain because not only had we procrastinated, we had all 7 classes of homework to do instead of just 3 or 4. It seems weird but now the 7 period days seem longer because we have so many classes. The 4 longer period days seem to pass by faster since there are fewer transitions.

Hans-Titan Denmark1711 Posts March 04 2009 21:27 GMT #27 Had block scheduling in primary school, and it really sucked. You were half asleep midway through the day and 90 minutes with about a subject you loathe is a long time. I don't miss those last-day danish lessons, yawn. In highschool I have upwards of 6 56 minute lessons a day, with great variations from day to day, week to week. Ever since lectio - an online scheduling software - was implemented, teachers love to shift blocks around to confuse us even more. I still greatly prefer this to 3-4x90 minutes lessons, though, you don't get nearly as tired with these short lessons.

micronesia United States24743 Posts March 04 2009 23:25 GMT #28 As someone who has taught both, I can say that most of you who are providing polarizing viewpoints haven't tried both. When I was a student we did nine 40 minute periods and I heard about some places trying block scheduling. I thought that was a terrible idea (and very confidently I might add). It was only when I saw it in action later on that I realized there isn't a big advantage of one over the other. Block scheduling requires the teacher to do a good job planning though. The block has to be broken up or it's hellish for all involved. On the other hand, a teacher of ~40 minute classes needs to be on top of the students every second from the moment the bell rings or else you lose 20% of the years allotted time before you realize it.

huameng United States1133 Posts March 04 2009 23:27 GMT #29 At my high school for my freshman and sophomore years, we had a block schedule with only 4 classes per semester. We went to the same four classes every day. Then we get 4 new classes after a semester. Is this really that unusual? Last year they switched to standard 7 50 minute classes for the whole year. I liked block schedule better and it wasn't even close.

Guilford Australia290 Posts March 05 2009 09:34 GMT #30 @kidd: 6 more months and I will be in college so I may experience those monster period soon @Raithed: My Chinese is pretty bad. I can barely remember the words. @huameng: I think that is normal. It is just one type of Block Scheduling.

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