The Importance Of A High School Schedule

Being in school for the past thirteen years and being a freshman in college for the first time this year, I began to question the effectiveness of being in school for 6 hours a day. My grades are better than they were in high school and I am not as stressed because I have more chances and opportunities to manage my classes. This leads me to believe that the high school schedule should be modified to a college-like schedule. As a college student, I am able to decide when I would like to take my classes and if I would rather spread out my classes through the weekday or to have a type of block schedule of either attending classes Monday, Wednesday and Friday or Tuesday and Thursday. I can also chose what times are more suitable for me. As a person who likes to attend more lectures than to work independently, I chose Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes. I also feel more motivated during the morning so my class schedule begins in the late …show more content…
This ment that I had to be awake and getting ready by 6:30am, and even as a morning person this was way too early for me and I was always rushing out the door to try to be on time for school. Now on top of being half-asleep and sluggish, I had to be in school for 6 hours Monday through Friday, which meant if I ever got behind there was no time to get caught up because everyday I was learning something new. I was always filled with anxiety and never at ease because school was so overbearing. The schedule and times were both demanding and draining. There was never a time for me to take a breather. The weekends were helpful but all I ever did was work; I was never able to just relax. My grades were less than mediocre and I was always trying to complete my work. The hours of the current high school schedule cause students to be sluggish and full of anxiety, making it harder for students to remain motivated to do well in