Down with Pointless Inconveniences
Getting up early in the morning can be a pointless inconvenience. So can not being able to take all the classes you want to.
Especially seeing as it can be fixed. Changing the number of class periods a day from 7 to 8 would not be a bad idea, considering the reasoning below.
For one thing, cutting the time in a period from 55 minutes to 48 minutes would not drastically affect class lessons. In most classes, that five to ten minutes at the end of the period is just some extra time to do homework.
Also, there would be less necessity for earlybird. There are a few advantages to early bird classes. “It [EB PE] wakes me up for the rest of the day,” said Nhan Trahn-Phan, ’12. But that’s still not worth losing an hour of sleep every day.
West High’s motto is “Where Excellence is a Tradition.” Now limiting the number of classes a student can take is something akin to limiting their excellence, right?
Also, high school students should be able to handle more than junior high students, according to John Wen ’12. “They even have eight periods at Northwest,” he said.
So, give those hard pieces of evidence, the changing of 7 class periods a day to 8 should definitely be considered.
-Allan Liu
I don't think this is a problem at all, most of us spend at least three years here. I'm in my junior year and I have to say that I'm really happy with all the classes i've taken, i don't think that any more is needed. If you really want a class, then just take it next year, it's not the end of the world.
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I disagree with this. I wouldn't like to change it to 8 classes. I already have enough homework each night from seven classes, and most of my teachers use every minute in class. I think seven classes is the right amount and i have not had any problems.
ReplyDeleteJami M. McClain
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ReplyDeleteI kind of agree with this. As long as the school day doesn't get any longer,I think it might make scheduling easier. People may be able to take more of the classes that they wanted to.
ReplyDeletebrings up an intresting point, but like Jami i feel that teachers DO use up their time, however sometimes i do wish i could take more classes.
ReplyDeleteahhh no mas clases! =[
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