<p>I hate it, I really do. Four classes a day = less homework, but then I have the bare minimum of credentials for college! Everyone else has all these APs and I'm limited by what my school requires, which takes up 2-3 blocks, and then I get one AP! I think I'm screwed......maybe they'll let me take more online next year. Plus sitting in class for that long gets really really really boring.</p>
<p>Block Schedule rules! What are you talking about? 4 periods per day equal 4 AP's per semester, or 8 AP's a year.</p>
<p>We have to take PE for a whole semester and a bunch of other crap courses. Plus, the AP courses we can get online are year-long, not semester long.</p>
<p>One reason why I go to a school where Mondays through Wednesdays are regular scheduling (seven classes), and Thursdays/Fridays are block scheduling (four and three days, respectively) is so that I enjoy both benefits.</p>
<p>block scheduling is retarded, at least in the regular scheduling you actually retain knowledge about one subject for more than 3 months</p>
<p>It's FIVE months! but it's not so bad...we have to take PE too, but still senior year you can take 7 aps if you really wanted...but you don't need that many for a good college. 4 or 5 is suffice, really it is. i dont see how other scheduling would be any differrent for you jackson..you wouldn't have any additional classes..it would JUST BE MORE HOMEWORK...just 8 periods a day= same number of courses per year....plus you can front load this way to get classes done with, like ya know, algebra 2 the first half of the yr. and p. calc the second or what not</p>
<p>Our school decided to mix up block (A-day, B-day) and 4x4 (one class for the whole semester, everyday) scheduling--what crap. AP's are block, honors/regular are 4x4. Electives depend on the elective.
You have to pair 4x4's with another 4x4, and blocks with blocks.
So, next year, I have yearbook and AP Euro (block), and the four core class + French (all 4x4). I have to pair French with another 4x4.
Therefore, I have to take Computer Applications I, the most worthless class in the world. Yeah!</p>
<p>At my school, the point of the block schedule is to have year-long English and math. You really only get six courses a year, and some are their required "art" and "PE" and they won't let me get out of class PE credit since I play varsity sports. They only let you get credit if you do a supervised sport out of school. I got half credit for soccer in freshman year, but haven't gotten anything else.</p>
<p>we have a modified block - mon ths and fri are regular, tues and wed are block.</p>
<p>We've had this for years, and I've taken a total of 9 AP classes so far. I don't see what the bg deal is. Its easier, havin homework only on every other night for a class.</p>
<p>I personally like block scheduling. It makes the day go by this fast and I'm taking 5 APs this year, which I think is a decent amount. We have lame requirements about phys ed and whatnot but I got my fitness hours and CPR course to cover what was left of that. I've been to a school thar does eight periods and a school that does 4 different courses for each of its two semesters. I like block much better. Plus if you despise a class, it'll only last half the year. Even APs are half the year, unless you take the AP exam prep seminar, which is half of a semester so that the class lasts 3/4 of the year.</p>
<p>By the way, if you can't fit in a desired AP, my school will let you do independent study but you can arrange it so that you still get an actual grade as opposed to a Pass/Fail.</p>
<p>I'm going to have to vote block scheduling sucks. Half of our AP classes are year-long courses, which limits the amount you can take. And even if they were all half-term classes, you still couldn't fit in 8 a year because of other classes such as fine arts, foreign language, phys ed, and 9th and 10th grade required classes. Band is what screwed me over because I have to take at least one class of it per term so 1/4 of my schedule is filled by it. And squeezing the entire history of America or the world into 4 months is not fun at all.</p>
<p>I have never had block scheduling, and have always known short periods. The result is little homework but one must do virtually everything on their own in order to understand the material.</p>
<p>erhswimming - exactly my point. all the required classes, especially in freshman year, take up room and then you have to complete entire courses in 4 months? it sucks, especially for science classes.</p>
<p>I like block scheduling...I mean yes it can be long...94 mintues can be difficult sometimes...but at least we have time to really go indepth with the material. If I have trouble with the homework, I can go talk to the teacher for help before it is due.</p>
<p>To bypass "freshman" courses, I just took the classes in middle school.</p>
<p>Middle school was block schedule too....lol. I did get into a higher math class there, which is good because now I can take AP Calc. I don't really want to, but it looks better than trig senior year.</p>
<p>We have blocks and "skinnies". Basically, if you take AP courses, music courses, ROTC, or other neat electives, you take them the whole year (45 min courses for 36 wks, versus 1.5 hr courses for 18 wks) so you can save on the number of credits. We also have the 18 wk courses at 1.5 hrs. So, we get to have our cake and eat it too, haha. Basically, they take block courses and split them in two and have special bells for them (makes you go crazy), and the kids in block courses stay in their classes while you switch out.</p>