How many of you did equally well with all subjects in school?

How many subjects do you study in high school in the u.s.?

• Answer:

  it really depends how well and what you've been doing with credits in Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior year. I know a few Seniors who have like 4 classes and then go home. It varies with states and schools too. Every school is a little different here. It depends on the school district you will be attending. The best bet might be to find out the schools website (google it) and see if they have any information for you there for specifics. You can check out the student handbook for graduation requirements, it also usually lists "suggestions" for the classes you should be taking, and a school bell schedule so you have an idea of how many and how long your classes will be. Possibly e-mail the counselor for your particular situation and ask her which classes you can expect to take. I have worked at several different schools. Not in Washington, but in New Mexico, and Wisconsin, and I attended high school in California, so this is what I have seen. Your schedule can vary. Most schools either have an hourly schedule that has 6-7 classes a day each about an hour (or just under an hour) long. Other schools are on a block schedule, where you have class for about 1 1/2 hours. In New Mexico, they had a block schedule and attended 4 classes every day until winter break (Dec/Jan) then your schedule switched to 4 different classes for the rest of the year. In Wisconsin, one school here has a block schedule, but you attend your 1st-4th blocks on one day, then your 5th-8th blocks the next, then back to your 1st-4th blocks the next, etc... For the other schools, you attend about 7 classes a day, every day for a little under an hour until the end of the year. Your break is usually only lunch, which is sometime during the middle of the day and is usually only 1/2 hour or so long. Some schools do have a "homeroom" or "student prep" at the beginning of the day (usually about 20 minutes or so) for you to do any running around you may need to do such as getting assignments from other teachers if you were absent, making up tests, getting passes to the library, etc. Some schools offer a study hall which is the length of one class. This is a class with no assignments, and they allow you to complete work for other classes and essentially "study". Then, of course, there are electives (if you count those as free periods). As a junior (and again, every state is a bit different), but they are usually required to take math, English, history (usually US Government), and a science. This leaves you with 3-4 classes (depending on the school) for either electives, study halls, or any other class you may need to catch up on (like if you failed grade 10 english or something like that).