Fergus Falls Senior High School's personality has changed this year. The High School has adopted a "block schedule," which is reportedly more successful and beneficial for students than other types of schedules. It also benefits teachers more. The block schedule isn't a new concept to the High School, however; the system failed to be implemented two years prior. Two years ago, the block schedule formed two types of general opinions - those for and against. But when brought up a second time, it seemed that the block schedule only had proponents for. The naysayers had ostensibly disappeared. Personally, I felt the current, seven-period system worked fine. But, "Oh, the block schedule is great," or, "Everybody wants it implemented," or even, "There is nothing wrong with the block schedule." Apparently, the people of Fergus Falls bought these statements, because with virtually no opposition, students are now learning under a four-period format. Initially skeptical entering the beginning of a new and different high school, I can now confidently say after a half-year that the block schedule is no better than the seven-period schedule.
First of all, I can't think of any statement that applies to this situation better than "If it is not broke, do not fix it." Who was complaining about the seven-period schedule? I don't recall any seniors speaking out that it's wrong to have the choice to only take one or two courses per semester. Neither do I recall any complaints about troublesome students out on the town during school hours. There should have been no complaints from parents saying their juniors or seniors weren't receiving enough education; the opportunity for a senior year filled with the maximum amount of classes every quarter was present. Additionally, the classes last year were more education enriching than this year, as several enriched courses were cut from the school curriculum.
