Something tells me we don't devote our full attention to doing much learning in class, nor are we really encouraged to. It seems as if you could compress our entire learning experience into a 15 minute class each day.
Lets take last Wednesday for example, a full 8 period day, each period being 40 minutes.
Period's 1 & 2 - Double maths
Spent the first 5 minutes snailing my way through 3 questions of a past test paper, that is, doing revision. Then I started playing picture wars with Hazza untill recess, which is immediately after. 75 minutes of nothing, 5 minutes of work that doesn't particularly matter.
Period's 3 & 4 - Double Multimedia
I have this major assignment thingy I'm supposed to be doing, its due next term, I'm half way through it. So what do I do? Software work that isn't getting marked. Zero productivity.
Period's 5 & 6 - Double Software
I continue the software work that isnt being marked, having already done the task we were handing in. Zero productivity.
Period's 7 - English
The entire year's english classes were all vacum packed like sardines into the 'tiered learning space' and told how we should do stuff in Power point for our assesment. Stuff I already knew and noone else cared about. I also played picture wars with Josh. Zero productivity.
Period's 8 - Engineering studies.
This was actually spent doing what we go to school for, learning. But ofcourse Mr Cleaton always has to use up the first 25 minutes of the lesson lecturing us on how much time we'll waste if we dont hurry up into class and be quiet when hes trying to talk. We also get out 5 minutes before the bell, a total of 10 minutes of solid work.
If we add this all up we get exactly what I said earlier, a total of 15 minutes. But ofcourse we cant just have one lesson a day that's 15 minutes long, because if we did, we'd stop paying attention after the first 5 minutes.
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