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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, this thread is making me realize how terrible the schedule at my kid's school is.

There are 7 periods in a day. Because he's in the IB Program, he has 6 academic courses. And he participates in an elective arts course - so that means he has no free periods. I thought that was just the way it had to be. But the examples of block scheduling show that there are creative ways to provide some open time, even for kids taking a full course load.

He's managed it so far, but now he's a junior and his spring extra-curricular time commitment is by far the most extensive. I have my fingers crossed to get through this final stretch of the year.[/quote]

The IB is brutal.  Worse than private.  At least in my child's school they recognize the stress and on top of block scheduling, they have community days, field trips, events for holidays etc... that give the kids some childhood moments.

I think it is vert important to learn time management and some kids can master it and have a great high school life.  Others can't but get pushed by themselves,peers or parents. If you are doing more than 2.5hrs a day, you need to re-evaluate. Too much distraction, can't handle the workload, pushing too hard, too many outside activities, etc...  Not all kids in private are taking high course loads and that is a good thing. [/quote]

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