Group 5 Presentation

Group 5 presented on chapter 8 in the book; The Organization of American Schools.  We discussed the different types of schools and how they are organized.  The goals of American schools were: academic, social, civic, and vocational.  They spoke about 4 day school weeks and the pros and cons and how that would effect us.  I brought up how in high school we were on the block system which meant we had 4 quarters a year with 4 classes per day, 5 days a week.  I really enjoyed this because we were in class around 90 minutes and we could discuss an entire topic and have time to work on homework and questions.  If I had homework I could usually get in done quickly after school.  My senior year they switched and went to a 6 period day.  It really sucked because I wouldn't have time to go over home work assignments and you could possibly have up to 6 subjects of home work after school.  I really enjoyed the longer classes. Anyways I think that the group did a good job teaching us about the topic and the class had very good discussion on it during presentation.