New Schedule, New Problems

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Abril Chuvac in Op-Ed

Abril Chuvac

Chronicle Reporter

Compared to last year’s schedule, we have one more class to worry about. This means we have 50 minutes in each class instead of the previous 53 minutes. Many students like this new schedule because of the benefits it has brought to them but what about the negative aspects of the new schedule? We now have more homework, another class, and less time to get to class.

For the past two years, I have been worried about my six classes and how much homework I get for each of them. Now I have another class to worry about this year? Which to me means more homework and less time to do it as well. It used to take me four to five hours to finish my homework but now it takes me a hour or two more. Not only do I have to worry about my AP classes and keeping my grades up but I also have to start thinking about what colleges I want to go to. If it wasn’t stressful during the past school years, I wonder how stressful it will be this year.

During passing period we used to have six minutes to get to class but now we only have five minutes. Now, I know what you’re thinking, what does it matter, it’s just one minute of a difference? Well, apparently that extra minute does matter since before I still had time to go to the restroom now I have to rush to class especially, this year since my classes are across campus. Funny how no one notices what a difference a minute can make until it is needed; its like that extra penny no one cares about until its needed. If we still had that extra minute we would probably have less people being tardy.

I must say though that the one thing, as a student, that I miss the most and I am sure everyone does is, is advisory. To me, advisory used to be boring, but at the same time it was fun to have 25 minutes get help in our academics. It was also the time most of us used to study for a test/quiz we would have been having that day. Most of all though we used it to finish homework assignments that we did not have time to finish at home.

Even though this new schedule can help some students to improve their grades it brings a lot of stress in the rest of us. Now we have to worry about another class and more homework to finish on time without advisory to help us. Having our old schedule was less stressful and helpful as well. Hopefully, this year school does not end up being as stressful as it has started to be.