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PoindexterOglethorpe

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6. I don't think each unit being only one subject is a very good idea.
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:55 PM
Jul 2020

I've long said were I in charge of schools in this country, at the high school level at least, I'd break up all subjects into six week segments. Some things, like math and history and some of science would need to be taken sequentially. But, if for instance you fail the first six weeks of algebra, you don't have to wait a full year to start again. You could take that beginning algebra the very next six weeks.

While foreign language instruction might benefit from six weeks straight of nothing but that language, I think there would be a real fatigue factor in a lot of courses.

So a more normal 4 to 6 classes, but again broken up into six week segments.

Two week breaks throughout the year does sound nice, but child care would need to be completely re done to accommodate those two weeks off.

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