<p>Do any of you have grievances with your school or district based on their policies?
Mine is that our district weights ALL outside classes as 4.0s on a 5.0 scale because they claim it "helps level the playing field". Of course I find out after taking a class over the summer (I'm not saying taking the class was a bad idea, but I would've probably studied for a district test-out instead). </p>
<p>4 absences in one quarter means you fail all of your classes. </p>
<p>health class and a-g requirement for graduation</p>
<p>10% of my grade is based on “participation” which is three parts, (1) attendance, (2) class contribution, (3) work ethic.</p>
<p>The problem with this is class contribution and work ethic are basically up to the teacher to decide, you can do all your work and not get a 100% for work ethic, and you can raise your hand to every question the teacher asks and not get 100% in class contribution.</p>
<p>VAPA requirement (Well actually that’s for the UC’s)</p>
<p>Hmm. I guess the political science and economics requirement.</p>
<p>We have a class where we learn how to study and take notes. And IT’S MANDATORY. I’LL STUDY HOW I WANT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. </p>
<p>The guidance counselor told me there’s a board policy against graduating early. I don’t mind this because Ohio has free dual enrollment and I think people should take advantage of that instead of trying to graduate early, but it still strikes me as a silly rule. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t mind taking a good class about how to study and take notes, seeing as how I can never do it right. The problem is they always teach those classes to the lowest common denominator and the methods they suggest are never very efficient.</p>
<p>Our schools REQUIRES a study hall freshman and sophomore year and gym all 4 years</p>
<p>@tigerman333 - Gym for four years?
I would actually die. </p>
<p>-Four years of gym,
- No APs for Freshman or Sophomores</p>
<p>No APs for sophomores too? Gosh that seems harsh!
(Technically, we’re not supposed to allow freshman to take APs. My string-pulling got me into AP MacroEcon though… :D)</p>
<p>I almost forgot the best one. AP US History can only be taken by sophomores. </p>
<p>At our school, AP US History must be taken in a 2 hour block with Honors English II, which essentially means the same thing for us too…</p>
<p>-We have to take economics/personal finance (that’s a Virginia thing)
-All history and English APs have to be taken a certain grade (e.g., APUSH, junior year)
-2 years of PE/health</p>
<p>Religion for four years. Perks of being at a Catholic school.
Basically everything else that revolves around the religious aspect of my school, especially community service. I like the service itself, but then my school makes us do a bunch of busy work and write reflections about how we’re “living our lives in Christ” … </p>
<p>But my personal favorite was one time in the daily morning prayer (over the PA) when we were told to “toss away logic and trust in God.” [-(</p>
<p>On the bright side, we do get random days off a few times a year b/c of archdiocese holidays </p>
<p>-4 years of gym required
-No AP classes freshman or sophomore year (we only have 14 AP)</p>
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My school had four until this year. 
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