Switching Classes
Although, there are many different reasons as to why students chose to change their class schedule this semester, there may also have been mandatory schedule changes.
Reasons behind schedule changes are a dislike of teaching styles, one-semester classes, or they had taken the class in previous years. Schedule changes were available the first week back from winter break.
If a student wished to remove or add a class to their schedule, they were one on a long list. Although, once all changes were final, hours in which students had one-semester classes were filled with electives or free periods.
Urbana High School Senior Kelsey Tatman, for example, dropped her college algebra class, unneeded for graduation, and replaced it with a study hall. A junior from another school stated that she thinks students drop classes either because they were failing them or got bored with them.
Sara, from Danville High School thinks that students who were new didn’t feel comfortable with the teachers and decided to, not drop the class, but to receive the same education from a different teacher. A graduate from Catlin High School added that he changed his schedule his senior year because he was taking redundant classes that were not necessary for his career.
I changed my own schedule for my second semester of my junior year. I changed my math teacher and added an art class. Even with these simple changes my schedule is much less stressful, especially because of cheerleading that takes up a lot of my time.
Sports are another reason why students change classes. The classwork and work for sports is overwhelming and stressful, resulting in off campus periods and study halls instead of physical education hours (P.E).
The option of having a study hall for P.E is a very helpful to athletes, aiding in the completion of homework and therefore better grade.
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