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Back to school, what a wonderful way to end the summer. Rappahannock was like a strange place to everyone, not just the eighth graders this year. Our school, in an attempt to keep with our neighbors, has gone to block scheduling.
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a brief example. Our block scheduling is alternate day block. We have Blue days and Gold days, named for our school colors.
On my Blue day I have French 1 in my first block; this class lasts for one hour and thirty minutes. Next, on to Government which is another hour and a half. If you are lucky like me you go to lunch after this class. If you're not you'll go on to your third period class. After your hour and a half in that class you go on to lunch, which, if you were wondering, is half an hour long. Finally, everyone has what is called a resource block for fourth period.
On Gold day the pattern is repeated with different classes and resource is replaced with a fourth class.
Now that you have an idea of what it is I'm talking about I'll gi^e you a little feedback from the students. First we'll start with the Seniors. Most of us, myself included, were against the idea of block scheduling when the issue was first raised. Although some of us have shed this opinion, a great many others have not. Some of the complaints about pur system are: it is
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