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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's absolutely awful. Kids cannot focus for that long. Even adults have a hard time in meetings that long. I assume they do it because it's easier for scheduling and they do not really care about what's best for students. [/quote]

Nonsense. What is absolutely awful is the inability of teenagers and adults to focus for a 90-minute class or meeting!  That's ridiculous! In today's instant and constant stimulation society, I think it's even more important for schools to condition kids to have better attention spans than 45 minutes.  There's a difference between being bored and therefore finding yourself restless and daydreaming in a poorly conducted, inefficient meeting and actually being unable to pay attention or engage in something for 90 minutes.  Those students who absolutely can't do that should have IEPs and those IEPs seem to have a standard accommodation of "movement breaks" and such.
Besides, it isn't 90 straight, non-stop minutes of a teacher talking at you.  There is discussion and work time as well, just like in most 45-minute classes.  There are segments for different activities and therefore shifting of focus within that hour and a half.  I'll bet they can all watch a movie for 90 minutes without issue - and then be upset they didn't have time to finish watching it![/quote]

1. It’s not a 90 min lecture. 
2. It gives students the ability to think more deeply & ask questions instead of rushing through all of the material before the bell rings. 
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