Daily Routines

[daniellaaarisen]

Block scheduling is seriously the best thing ever.

[chelluversu]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Block scheduling is seriously the best thing ever.

it seriously is..that way i get an extra day to get things done and on weekends its even greater

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Block scheduling is seriously the best thing ever.

Why do you like it?

I see more and more schools implementing it, so I wonder if my kids will encounter it one day. To me, 80-85 minutes in one class seems like an eternity. I remember barely wanting to focus on a teacher for 45 minutes.

We did have longer classes like that three times a week, for a science, when you had a "lab" scheduled. So when it was your lab day, you just stayed in physics or whatever for the next period, too, and when it wasn't lab day, you had study hall. But lab days didn't seem like too much of a hassle, since when you had a lab, you were up out of your seat, doing experiments or something.

Is it like that? I remember my sister saying she enjoyed her block scheduling, but I don't remember her reasoning.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by chelluversu

it seriously is..that way i get an extra day to get things done and on weekends its even greater

Oh, you, too! Would like to hear what you think, as well. You replied when I was sending my last one in, lol.

[DavidMn]

Well, Ive found that I am not a morning person at all either. I work evening at the grocery store here usually either 4-10 or 5-11. Second shift is definitely my favorite.

[carrie721]

lately i've been working 2nd shift with some 3rd shift thrown in for sh*ts and giggles. my "normal" routine is something like ... sleep from 4 am - 12 or 1 pm, shower, breakfast (corn flakes and coffee) at 1:30, read the news/a book/blogs till i leave for work at 3:30. sometimes i opt for irritating people on the ledge in lieu of reading aforementioned news/book/blogs.

however, i'm also notorious for pulling all nighters. because sometimes you just need to have a lady gaga dance party/twirl in shawls to RAL/drink until dawn and then hit a diner*. right?

so my "routine" is pretty flexible, but this is non-negotiable:

when i get up, i have corn flakes and half a carafe of coffee and then finish my coffee on the front porch with a cigarette.

*i don't do these things alone.

[bucklind17]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Yeah, I had normal high school. 8 periods a day. I can't remember for sure, because I just realized I graduated 10 years ago, but I think they were 45 minutes each. Except lunch, which we only got like 25 minutes for. Jerks.

What sort of theater do you see?

Mostly Broadway and some off-Broadway. I tend to see whatever is new early in its run and oftentimes in previews, which is why the majority of it happens in the fall and spring.

And to continue the block scheduling conversation, I found it really helpful when I went to college because I was already used to long class periods while a lot of people in my courses had come from a more traditional scheduling and the 75 minute classes killed them, especially early morning ones.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by carrie721

lately i've been working 2nd shift with some 3rd shift thrown in for sh*ts and giggles. my "normal" routine is something like ... sleep from 4 am - 12 or 1 pm, shower, breakfast (corn flakes and coffee) at 1:30, read the news/a book/blogs till i leave for work at 3:30. sometimes i opt for irritating people on the ledge in lieu of reading aforementioned news/book/blogs.

however, i'm also notorious for pulling all nighters. because sometimes you just need to have a lady gaga dance party/twirl in shawls to RAL/drink until dawn and then hit a diner*. right?

so my "routine" is pretty flexible, but this is non-negotiable:

when i get up, i have corn flakes and half a carafe of coffee and then finish my coffee on the front porch with a cigarette.

*i don't do these things alone.

So would you look down on me if I did those things alone? If only I had some awesome people to twirl in shawls to RAL with near me. Alas. There is only me.

Not the drinking til dawn and hitting the diner part, though. I don't go to diners alone, that's just sad.

Originally Posted by bucklind17

Mostly Broadway and some off-Broadway. I tend to see whatever is new early in its run and oftentimes in previews, which is why the majority of it happens in the fall and spring.

And to continue the block scheduling conversation, I found it really helpful when I went to college because I was already used to long class periods while a lot of people in my courses had come from a more traditional scheduling and the 75 minute classes killed them, especially early morning ones.

I've never seen a Broadway show, but I would love to. I got to see Phantom at the Pantages in Toronto when Paul Stanley from KISS was the Phantom, though. That was awesome. We had front row!

That makes sense about the classes.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Yeah, I had normal high school. 8 periods a day. I can't remember for sure, because I just realized I graduated 10 years ago, but I think they were 45 minutes each.

Wow. I wouldn't call that "normal" either... we only had 6 classes, one hour and 5 min each... then 30 min for lunch.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Wow. I wouldn't call that "normal" either... we only had 6 classes, one hour and 5 min each... then 30 min for lunch.

No, not normal? I have no idea. They might've been shorter than 45 minutes, but I don't think so. I do know there were 8 periods a day, though. I always had Spanish 8th period for all 4 years of school, and then OUT-OUT-OUT. Haha.

I was not fond of high school.

[mylittledemon]

I guess it's different state to state... of course I graduated in 1997... seems like ages ago, so I'm sure they are doing things much differently now.

[Zombie]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I guess it's different state to state... of course I graduated in 1997... seems like ages ago, so I'm sure they are doing things much differently now.

Well, I graduated in 2000, so not that long after you. As far as I know, the high school I went to still does it the same way now. We'll see how it is in Missouri when I get there at the end of the week, though.

[cristochango]

Mine is 7 class periods a day, for 45 minutes each, with a 30 minute lunch

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by Zombie

Yeah, I had normal high school. 8 periods a day. I can't remember for sure, because I just realized I graduated 10 years ago, but I think they were 45 minutes each. Except lunch, which we only got like 25 minutes for. Jerks.

What sort of theater do you see?

I had the exact same schedule, and I graduated in '08. You grew up in either Eastern OH or Western PA, right? I'm basing this more on your penchant for smiley cookies than just our high school schedule similarity.

My routine over this winter break has basically been wake up at noon, check my email (first thing I do no matter what the rest of the day looks like. It's a little pathetic), practice the piano, generic by myself time (facebook/reading/watching HGTV because I'm classy), and then in the evenings, I drive the hour to my old hometown and spend time with friends from high school. Depending on what time I get home from that, I'll either spend time with my family (this consists mainly of drinking and having dance parties. There's not much of a transition from the time with friends) or I'll bake late night cookies and brownies. The day always closes off with episodes of The Nanny. Always.

I was about to type out my routine when I'm back at school, but it's almost less interesting than the above was, and I don't want to think about the fact that I go back tomorrow.

[FMlex]

Routines/schedules/other organizational things = imperative for my existence.

I won't bore you guys with the deets, but yeah. A million percent necessary.