Feburary 27th

What are your views on the trimester?

We all know the end of this year will bring one thing- the dreaded trimester. The trimester is only going to bring trouble for students- it gives some students unfair advantages, time in between classes will only create issues, and the rigorous curriculum caused by condensing a year's worth of material into 2/3- and I just can't see if working out at Seaholm.

So you've got math first trimester and third trimester, but your friend has it second and third. In between the two trimesters, it's not like you're going to have time to look at your math to review what you need to know for the thrid. Third trimester rolls around and your friend who just had the class will probably understand the new material better because it's still fresh in their mind, and they've been practicing the things you'll need to apply and you haven't. You, are screwed. Your friend will be doing better simply because they happened to get math back to back. The trimester scheduling will create unfair advantages because some students will klnow information better than others, and the kids with unfortunate scheduling will suffer.

Ok, so maybe you do happen to get math back to back first and second trimesters- you don't have it third. 3 months without math. Then, summer. Two and a half months without math. Your schedule arrives in the mail and it turns out that you're fortunate enough to get math back to back- second and third trimester. That means you don't have it first- three months without math. Eight and a half months without math. That's the alm,ost equivalent to a whole school year- without math. you're going to be so rusty by the time you get back to school, but with haviung only 12 weeks of class, and the work being A LOT more of your grade, you aren't going to have enough time to catch up. You simply can't have those few weeks of getting your feet wet- you've got to start off with a high grade right awat. Too bad for you if you can't remember what you learned from the last year. The break inbetween classes created a sproblem if you want to get a good grade in a class.

Another concern- condensing 18 weeks into 12. True, we'll have every class everyday, but that's six weeks of material obliterated. Classes will be so tightly packed with information- kids won't be able to breathe! there will be a test just about every week in every class- the stress factor will explode. The teachers will have to give significant amounts of homework every night trying to pack in all the information in a certain amount of time- and the kids will only have one night to do it. Both teachers and students will be so stressed out because it's going to be difficult condensing 18 weeks into 12.

I don't think the trimester will work at Seaholm because it's just going to bring too much stress.