New Year, Hello New Schedule!

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Li Dulce Cruz in Op-Ed

Dulce Mandujano

Chronicle Reporter

Is the time of year where we finally get the 7th class period. Since my freshman year the administrators, teachers, and students were talking about the school changing the whole bell schedule. When I was in my sophomore year people would ask me, “do you want to have seven classes?” I was one of the people that was not against it. I told them “one less class to worry about next year because I get to finish my credits early” I had my doubts but I knew with this I can continue in peace not worrying which classes I will still need and would not have to squeeze some classes in my schedule.

I have to say if I had the 7-period in my freshman year I would at least finish my A-G requirements and actually get classes to help me apply to colleges and get more credits to get into a better school. Going to summer vacation I was worried that I will still have to go to school to finish some classes I would not have the chance to get in class in my high school years. I was hearing that if we wanted to go finish some our classes in the summer we can take it in a community college for free with the exception that we have to pay for the textbooks.

It is a hassle with working more than before and actually trying to have the bell schedule in our heads. It is confusing but we are people who can take any environmental habitat. We have move places before? For example going from one class in elementary to going to middle school with six classes is a big difference, what is the difference with one more? Students can actually take classes they failed without worrying about other classes they also need to take, with that one extra period they can take it and use it from the failed class and won’t take one of the classes they had to take that year.

We do have to give time for our homework instead of watching TV or playing video games, but we can benefit this and finish high school earlier and enjoy our Senior year. Others would not have to go to adult school because the class they failed was not able to fit in their schedule. There is other schools with eight classes plus advisory each day and have been able to work well , why can’t we? We just let it be complicated for us, we should take the advantage and finish high schools early. I hope for this bell schedule to benefit students this year and the other years we will have.