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Reply to "Anyone else educated by FCPS and sees the decline?"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I graduated from FCPS when you only had six classes and no block schedule. Did they lengthen the day for the 7th class? If not, have we not reduced the amount of time spent on core subjects like math and English?[/quote] Depending on when you graduated, in HS the number of math and science requirements have gone up (English remained the same). All classes have to meet the units of time required for a Carnegie unit, but they can arrange them differently. I graduated in the early 1990s and it was still unusual then to complete calculus in high school--and many college prep students who were more of a humanities bent only took 2-3 years of math in HS. That would be so rare now! My friend got into a T20 school and only took up to geometry. The requirements really were quite less then. I think the greater emphasis on math/science has led to a lesser emphasis on English/Literature.[/quote]
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