At BSM, there are multiple events held during the school year. These events can be for sports, convocations, pep rallies, and Mass. But sometimes, BSM holds these events on an eight-period day. Having a packed event schedule on a full eight-period day can really impact students in various ways. It can affect their focus, stress level, and overall well-being. Events can change students’ work time and ability to function during class. Sure, events during school can be fun because you miss class or time is delayed, but having to push back schedules ruins your own time to get things done.
Event schedules on an eight-period day are so tiring due to the number of classes and short class time. When we have events, it changes not only teachers’ plans but students’ as well. With less time in class caused by event schedules, the school year can be longer. Reduced time in class creates added days that students don’t want. Additionally, longer days are beneficial to students. Reading Rockets states that longer classes keep students engaged and help them learn better. By reducing pressure to cram classes in a small amount of time, regular class time can allow classes to be taught. However, if there are always schedule changes, then we will soon have either more days or less time to do work. With more school days, this leads to fatigue and less focus in later classes especially when the school year is close to ending.
As events happen and take up more class time, the workload grows as days pass. Having a lot of work can be stressful, especially with shorter classes. Less time to complete assignments and prepare for upcoming tests can potentially overwhelm students. Especially on an eight-period day, class time is useless when it’s only 20 minutes long and students just want to go home. Although many students like having less class time, event schedules on eight-period days take time from their education. I get that students don’t want to be in class and they like the short periods, but events are wasting their work time. Many students complain about their work, yet they want less class time.
Finally, the biggest challenge with event schedules on an eight-period day is time management. Managing time is hard, especially for students who do extracurricular activities. It becomes more challenging with a larger number of periods, causing students to struggle with prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines. Students just want to go home if class time is short and they can’t learn or get assignments done. As a result, events on eight-period days harm students’ learning and time.