Friday, October 23, 2009

School Schedules. Care to Share?

I've been doing so well in keeping up with my school work that today is barely hard at all :)

I'm curious, though. Every homeschooler's day looks different, and so does every public schooler's. What is a typical day for you? Here's mine:

9:00am: Get up.
9:15: Eat breakfast, read whatever book I'm reading for school.
10:00: Art history. Research, write the paper.
11:30: Read a chapter in "How Shall We Then Live?" and make notes of things to add to my timeline.
12:15: Eat lunch.
12:45: Math.
1:15: Read the chapter in Latin, learn the new grammar rules, make flashcards, and do assigned exercises.
2:15: Read 10 pages or so in biology, add new vocabulary, make notes.
3:15: Read a lesson in logic, do the long, easy, brainless and pointless excercises.
4:00: Work on whatever presentation I'm working on (art grant project, a debate, some other presentation).
4:45: Finished with school! Do chores, and whatever house-cleaning I might have to do.
5:15: Oh sweet freedom. Time to check Facebook, read, write, or blog.
6:00: Dinner.
6:30: Leave for dance, or soccer, or play practice. Whatever it is that night, lol XD
9:30: Get back from dance, or soccer, or play practice. Whatever it is that night.
9:35: Facebook, write, or blog.
10:15: Off the computer, brush teeth, get on pajamas.
10:30: Get in bed and read, write, journal.
11:30: Lights out (usually :)).

And that's a typical day for me. Of course, it varies a little with each day. For instance, I've done all my Latin for this week, so today all I have to do is review. Biology wasn't much today either, and neither was the reading. Then you have those days where you've procrastinated and it takes FORTY TIMES LONGER to do everything :)

We're reading "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens, and I am LOVING it so far. The story is exciting and mysterious, the writing style is interesting but not TOO hard to read, and the dialogue is full of dry humor--my favorite kind :)

Also not on the schedule: MY FRIEND'S SWEET 16 TONIGHT!! How fun is that?? The first Sweet 16 I've ever been invited to. Not that I don't have any friends (lol), most of my friends just haven't started turning 16 yet. This is the girl I mentioned in Awaiting the Sensation of a Short Sharp Shock (Emily) who helped me feel more comfortable with the "popular kids". She's so nice and fun, and I'm really excited about her party tonight! Only two things are "bad" about this:

1. I have a soccer tournament game tonight. Yeah, TOURNAMENT. I missed basically the entire soccer season between the play, being sick, and the DC trip. How SUCKY is that?? I can't believe this! I think my team is mad at me, too :( I went to the game last night, and we lost, so we have to play again tonight (EXACT repeat of last year; it's crazy). But I can't miss this girl's Sweet 16, can I? NO! *sigh* I don't know...
2. The restaurant we're going to has peanuts. I'm definitely worried about getting peanut stuff in my food...Oh well. Hopefully I won't die or something. (I won't die, I might break out in hives and feel bad, though...)

Anyway, back to schedules. What does yours look like? Whether you're public, private, or home schooled, we all have different working styles. Care to share?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't know what college is like in America but for me in England I start at a different time each day. I usually get up around 7am or 8am depending on what time I need to be at college for. Most of the time I skip breakfast and either have a sandwich at college or have nothing right through till Dinner. Heres how it goes though:

Monday:
15:30 - 17:30 Tutorial

Tuesday:
11:15 - 12:15 Media Studies
12:15 - 14:15 Lunch & Study Time
14:15 - 15:15 General Studies
15:30 - 17:30 English Literature

Wednesday:
10:00 - 11:00 History
11:15 - 12:15 Media Studies

Thursday:
09:00 - 11:00 Media Studies
11:00 - 12:15 Lunch & Study Time
12:15 - 13:15 General Studies
13:15 - 14:15 Study Time
14:15 - 15:15 English Literature
15:30 - 17:30 History

Friday:
12:15 - 13:15 English Literature
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch
14:15 - 15:15 History

After college I usually spend most of my time doing homework or update my blogs while watching TV. I'm really quite a boring person. Life doesn't exist outside of college lol. Sorry if the comment is a bit overly-long :S

Bethany said...

I love A Tale of Two Cities! :) :)

haha, i should do a post on my schedule....

sorry i didn't comment on your last post, i'm going to go do that right now..