If your kids go to middle or high school over Yongsan Garrison expect your kids to have a different school schedule next year:
Osan American Elementary School students say the Pledge of Allegiance at Osan Air Base, South Korea, on Aug. 25, 2014. Department of Defense Dependents Schools began the new school year this week.
Department of Defense Education Activity middle and high school students in Seoul will attend classes on a “hybrid” schedule next year that combines traditional seven-period days and block-scheduled days within a single week, officials announced last week.
The change will mean more time in the classroom and fewer mix-ups at Seoul American High School over which classes students should be attending on a given day, principal Kathleen Reiss said.
The school now operates on a block schedule, with “A” and “B” class schedules alternating daily.
“It’s constant confusion now,” Reiss said. “There’s not a day that goes by that somebody doesn’t ask me, ‘Is this A day or B day?’ ”
Under the hybrid schedule, Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays will be seven-period days. Wednesdays and Thursdays will be block-scheduled days, with a built-in seminar period used for assemblies, makeup tests and other instructional purposes. [Stars & Stripes]
You can read more at the link, but I love the picture the S&S decided to add to the article.
“When I grow up, I want to be a fireman and put out fires.”
“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor and help sick people.”
“When I grow up, I want to be Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla! With a V8 Interceptor, a gimp on a chain, and a punk rock biitch to suck my cack in front of my cheering horde!”
Side note: If students can’t figure out if it’s an A day or a B day, maybe there really isn’t much chance of teaching more advanced skills like addition. Will all future multiple choice tests have only two possible answers… “A” and “potato”?
Flyingsword
9 years ago
Students love the A B day schedule. I have first hand knowledge…. Last act of power mad dodea principle before she most to her new position.
My daughter liked the A/B schedule when she went to Yongsan, and didn’t have much trouble keeping track of which day was which.
I don’t know about Yongsan, but when I was a substitute teacher in Colorado, they schools would have a big letter A or B, or a Green or Blue sign at the main entrance as the kids came in. It’s not rocket science, and the kids that can’t figure it out… Become English teachers who end up getting kicked out of their employer supplied apartment.
ChickenHead
9 years ago
“After complaints that the A and B schedule was dumbing down the educational experience, Department of Defense Education Activity middle and high school students in Seoul will move to the new 龘 and 齉 schedule. To assist students in remembering which day it is, a notice will be posted at the school entrance in binary or cuneiform.”
“When I grow up, I want to be a fireman and put out fires.”
“When I grow up, I want to be a doctor and help sick people.”
“When I grow up, I want to be Lord Humungus! The Warrior of the Wasteland! The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla! With a V8 Interceptor, a gimp on a chain, and a punk rock biitch to suck my cack in front of my cheering horde!”
Side note: If students can’t figure out if it’s an A day or a B day, maybe there really isn’t much chance of teaching more advanced skills like addition. Will all future multiple choice tests have only two possible answers… “A” and “potato”?
Students love the A B day schedule. I have first hand knowledge…. Last act of power mad dodea principle before she most to her new position.
My daughter liked the A/B schedule when she went to Yongsan, and didn’t have much trouble keeping track of which day was which.
I don’t know about Yongsan, but when I was a substitute teacher in Colorado, they schools would have a big letter A or B, or a Green or Blue sign at the main entrance as the kids came in. It’s not rocket science, and the kids that can’t figure it out… Become English teachers who end up getting kicked out of their employer supplied apartment.
“After complaints that the A and B schedule was dumbing down the educational experience, Department of Defense Education Activity middle and high school students in Seoul will move to the new 龘 and 齉 schedule. To assist students in remembering which day it is, a notice will be posted at the school entrance in binary or cuneiform.”