Sunday, February 22, 2009

Not like it wil affect me anyways, since I'm going to be in high school, but is it good to switch to a block schedule next year?

What are the pros and cons of a block schedule? Theoretically, since a block schedule only has 4 class periods a day, the result would be less homework each night, compared to 7 class periods a day; where it is possible to have 7 periods of homework in one night. A block schedule can also allow more time to complete daily homework for example, if a class is taken every other day; then the students have the extra day, given in a block schedule, to go into the teacher's classroom and ask questions on problems not understood which could be very beneficial.

So, in my opinion, I think I would like the block schedule, although, since I'm moving on to high school after this year, it wouldn't really matter to me what the junior high did. A block schedule would be fun.
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Lots of Keys said...

I don't want to be mean, but I want to be blunt. That's wrong. You have MORE homework when you have a block schedule. Let's say a term normally has forty days. With a block schedule you'll be in just one of your classes twenty times. You'll be in that class for almost twice as long as you do now. So, because the teachers have half as many days to teach you with, you have to do twice as much homework each day you have that one class. Right now you have seven classes. So you have seven periods of homework, but with a block schedule you'll have four periods that give you twice as much homework. So you're comparing the seven to the four times two.
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February 23, 2009 at 3:53 PM

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