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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids (11th/10th) HATE block scheduling.  They both say that the teachers only teach for about 20-25 mins and then the rest of the class is for doing work but most kids don't actually do work, they just mess around on their phones or talk.

My 11th grader feels that 1/2 of his day is wasted because he finds the classwork to be easy and will finish quickly but he still has to sit in his seat and bide his time until the next class.

And still - the number of kids who don't turn in homework or classwork is unbelievably high.  So... how is this better academically??[/quote]

Non-NOVA.

This is where our HSers are. They also find few teachers who use the entire time for instruction so they do use the extra to finish up (most homework...thereby leaving them time after school for ECs or their jobs). But it's frustrating because the others are, like you said, often on their phones or chatting and that can be quite disruptive. And like a PP mentioned, they're often the very ones not turning work or begging for extensions.

One year, we had a semi-hybrid schedule (1st block every day, remainder in a Day 1/2....for a total of 7 blocks). It was great for classes like language and math but stunk (sometimes literally) if you got stuck with PE in that 1st block. Now, we're on an 8-block, 2-day schedule with 4 different lunch slots and a daily 20-minute "enrichment" or "wellness" period. It's a mess.[/quote]

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