Granada gives us a schedule based on the classes we need to graduate and the classes we request at the end of the school year. During this process, we can also end up changing the classes we request if we no longer desire to have them within the deadline. Yet some still end up with the classes they no longer aim to have. This causes people to be unhappy with their schedules and want a class change. As a result, some people are unable to change their classes since the classes that they wished to have are full and can no longer be filled or they are stuck in a class they did not want. These issues cause people to be stuck in a class or have a teacher they don’t want for up to 13 weeks.
At Granada, there are around 46.43% of students have had their schedules mixed up this trimester alone. Meaning only around 53.57% of the students had their correct schedule. This has caused many of the students to switch their classes or be stuck in a class they did not want. But that is only for this trimester alone; there were around 64.29% of the students who said that it has happened before. Leaving only approximately 35.71% of the students without a mixed-up schedule. In the end, only around 75% of the students ended up with the schedules they wanted leaving 25% of them with a schedule that had been mixed up.
The students at this school have different standpoints and ideas of how they feel about the schedules they have received now or in the past. Brayden Tennyson, a sophomore, expressed that they were happy with their schedule and said, “Personally, I like my schedule, mostly because of the nice teachers like Mrs. H, or Mrs. Cleveland, it is a step up from last trip.” While Savannah Bennett, a junior, has expressed otherwise, “Cause the school messed up my schedule to begin with.”
This shows that despite that we all go to the same school they have different views on the schedules here at school. These opinions also are weighed heavily upon their teachers and whether they would make a good fit in a student-teacher dynamic.
There has also been the problem where the students can not easily change their schedule if a mishap has occurred. Most times when a mixed up schedule has happened the other classes are full and can not be filled or the class is worse than the one they currently have. There have been roughly 53.57% of the students here at Granada who have said they are unable to change their schedule easily if they were to request a schedule change. Leaving 46.43% of the students being able to change their classes without a problem.
These mixed-up schedules have led to just about 71.43% of the students being stuck in a class they did not want. This is because it is not easily accessible for most of these students to change their schedules. While approximately 28.57% have classes that they wanted and are happy to be in. Most of the classes they did not want come from electives; Maximilian Frank, a sophomore, states, “In business, for some reason, I had an open period and wanted to fill it and it was that or a chore and I did not want that.”
This leads many students to be stuck in a class they never wanted in the first place or a class that they no longer wanted. This has caused many to be unhappy with their schedules which has resulted in them being stuck in a class that they are displeased with for up to 13 weeks. Many students at our school have been left in classes they did not want, making them even less excited to attend school in the mornings and wishing the day would just be over.
