Sunday, October 26, 2008
Captured Thought: Length of Classes
As I was struggling to stay awake during health class last week, a thought occurred to me: Why must all of our classes be the same length? Does anyone other than my health teacher actually believe that health class is as beneficial as academic classes like math, english, or science? Honestly, most of the stuff we learn in health is either redundant (I've been learning about the effects of alcohol since 6th grade) or common sense (who'd have guessed that being fat isn't the greatest for your well-being?). I'm not bashing health class, but I do think that it would be more effective and efficient to have it be about half as long as my other classes, if not shorter. That way, I would have more time to learn things that could be useful later in life, and I wouldn't have to spend as much time learning things that are, let's just say less useful. In health, for example, my teacher struggles to find enough material to fill an hour and a half, or at least that's what it seems like. In some other classes, like math and social studies, we are constantly running out of time to learn all of the material. Though I'm not crazy about the idea of having to sit through more of these two classes, I think it would actually make them better. The main reason that I don't really like math is because it constantly feels like my teacher runs out of time to teach us the material, which often leaves me hopelessly confused. If we shaved some time off of less important classes like health, it would give these teachers more time to teach, and I think it would be a good thing for everyone involved.
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3 comments:
I think health class could actually be the most important class you ever take (granted, there is room for some important improvement...) You cannot work on anything if you are not healthy.
Also, shortening one class to make room for another would be very problematic with the variety of schedules at school.
Although I don't see this is a likely change to our schedule, it sounds liek a great idea! It's so frustrating when a class ends before material is clarified. I wish we had more time in history so we wouldn't be as stressed about getting everything squeezed in before the AP test. I also think it would be a good idea to have these 'shortened classes' at the end of the day. I find that when I have an academic class at the end of the day it can be difficult to focus. Especially on a Friday afternoon!
Shortening some classes and making others longer, is a good idea but it would also be very confusing. Also depending on what class you feel needs to be shortened, someone else might say it shouldn't, thus leading to problems.
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