Subj : Re: smartphone for ui dif
To : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Thu Dec 11 2025 10:52 am
Re: Re: smartphone for ui dif
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Dec 11 2025 08:53 am
PF> My daughter's school (a private school) does a split odd/even schedule
PF> with 90 minute classes. It seems like it gives them more time for complex
PF> topics, but some of the classes end up with slack time at the end that
PF> they use for homework. Which isn't bad - kids that do extracurricular
PF> activities then need to finish their homework afterwards is a real
PF> stressor for kids.
My high school tried that for a little while when I was a freshman, where we'd have even-numbered classes Mondays & wednesdays and odd-numbered classes Tuesdays & Thursdays, which would go longer, and then all classes on Friday (at the 'normal' class lengths).
For a long time, my state had up to 6th grade in elemenatry school, with grades 7-9 in middle school/jr. high, and 10-12 in high school, but after I was done with 8th grade, they had decided to move 9th grade back into high school (and 6th grade into middle/jr. high), so I was only in jr. high/middle school for 7th & 8th grade, and I started with high school in 9th grade. I was actually glad for that, as I felt like a lot of middle school kids were assholes; high school kids were generally better, but some of them were still assholes sometimes.
I never did any extracurriculuar activities in school, as I felt like I might not have enough time for homework if I did. Except when I was in 11th grade, I decided to go to the chess club (I know it has a nerdy reputation, but I was into it), though nothing really came of that, and we didn't go to any competitions or anything.
Also when I was in high school, I was talking in the hall to a friend of mine one day and I mentioned I like to play guitar. The band instructor was walking by and heard me, and he asked if I'd want to play guitar in the school band, but I'd have to come in early for it, as their practice was done during "zero period", before the first class started. I was already tired most days, and I didn't really feel like getting up for school even earlier..
Nightfox
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