# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 380
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7584 "2023-10-18T21:46:59Z")
I don’t remember much detail about high school. I seem to think we had 7 or 8 periods of 50 minutes or so. It’s all a blur. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7585 "2023-10-18T21:48:11Z")
Same for me. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7586 "2023-10-18T21:56:19Z")
The high school poll needs a “How the hell am I supposed to remember that?” option. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7587 "2023-10-18T22:07:24Z")
I vaguely recall having six class periods that lasted approximately a hundred hours each, but it was in The Olden Days, so it’s quite possible I’m misremembering. I do remember that school started at 7:20 in the morning. That’s when all high schools started here for ages, but this year the district finally listened to research and changed it to 8:40 this year. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7588 "2023-10-18T22:55:37Z")
My school had 8 class periods, but most students only had 7. The 8th was mostly just for magnet students. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7589 "2023-10-18T23:01:22Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > I vaguely recall having six class periods that lasted approximately a hundred hours each, but it was in The Olden Days, so it’s quite possible I’m misremembering. I do remember that school started at 7:20 in the morning. That’s when all high schools started here for ages, but this year the district finally listened to research and changed it to 8:40 this year. I do remember it starting sometime around 7:30. I saw there is discussion about making it later. The issue is the busses that are used for the younger kids too. Someone has to start early ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7590 "2023-10-18T23:25:50Z")
My high school had 6 hour(ish)-long periods, so I couldn’t answer the poll because that wasn’t one of the choices, plus I find it odd that nowadays seven or more seems to be the norm. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7591 "2023-10-18T23:28:58Z")
After consultation with a couple of classmates: My high school had 6 periods and a Home Room. Home Room was 30 minutes or so, while the class periods were close to an hour. We started at 8:00am, if we recall correctly. The high school _that I teach at_ has 6 57 minute periods (sorta) and starts at 8:30. By California law, no high school can begin before that hour (sorta.) Sorta #1 - 2nd period is 5 minutes longer to allow for announcements and shit like that. Sorta #2 - We also offer a few impacted classes in 0 period, which starts at 7:30. As long as we don’t go over a certain percentage of students at that hour , we’re aces with the State. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7592 "2023-10-18T23:40:38Z")
As far as I can remember, my high school also only had 6 periods, so I couldn’t answer the poll either. Right after I graduated they switched to what I think they called a “block schedule” with even fewer long periods. I think it was something like four 1.5 hour periods per day, and you would only take certain electives for half the year. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7593 "2023-10-19T00:00:14Z")
High school: I can’t remember, but between 6-8 periods. We had homeroom and then a bunch of individual classes after that. I never understood the point of homeroom. We would just watch Channel One News with Lisa Ling. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7594 "2023-10-19T00:10:02Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I never understood the point of homeroom. We would just watch Channel One News with Lisa Ling. Different era. The only way we could watch TV is if the AV club guy wheeled one into the classroom. Which I recall a few times in Junior High, but don’t actually recall happening in High School. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7595 "2023-10-19T00:11:02Z")
Yes, I wondered if anyone would remember Lisa Ling on Channel One, but knew my odds weren’t great. You all keep me feeling so young. 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7596 "2023-10-19T00:33:28Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I never understood the point of homeroom. At my high school homeroom was pretty much just for administrative stuff. We didn’t go to homeroom every day, just maybe for a week at the beginning of the year, and after that only when there was some reason to, like handing out report cards, or voting for homecoming king/queen. The rest of the year we went straight to our first period class at the beginning of the day. In middle school we had homeroom every morning. We usually did some sort of “enrichment” activity. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7597 "2023-10-19T00:51:30Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I left out pepperoncini but went a few higher. It’s not the heat, I don’t like the flavor. I prefer that pickled pepper in poorboys. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7598 "2023-10-19T01:04:12Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > > > I never understood the point of homeroom. > > At my high school homeroom was pretty much just for administrative stuff. We didn’t go to homeroom every day, just maybe for a week at the beginning of the year, and after that only when there was some reason to, like handing out report cards, or voting for homecoming king/queen. The rest of the year we went straight to our first period class at the beginning of the day. The only time I remember going to homeroom was on the first day of the year/semester, to get our class schedules. There might have been one or two other times, too, but I don’t remember. Homeroom was almost, but not quite, Not A Thing. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7599 "2023-10-19T01:10:43Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I honestly do not remember whether any weddings I’ve been to had the objection clause. Ditto. I’d remember if somebody objected, but I don’t remember whether the clause was sometimes in there. I’m sure my high school classes were longer than 20 minutes, but I have no idea whether they were an hour long, or somewhat less than an hour, or a bit more; or exactly how many there were. Or what time we started. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7600 "2023-10-19T01:14:51Z")
If I can’t even remember high school, why do I keep dreaming about it? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7601 "2023-10-19T01:25:46Z")
Six classes a day, and homeroom was an extra 10 minutes (approximately) which was tacked on to second period, not the first. Some senior students only had 5 classes, so they would come in late. Homeroom included attendance and daily announcements. We had about 10 minutes between classes, which was supposed to be enough for a bathroom break or get to your locker or get to class. Not much fun when you had to go from one end of the camps to the other. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7602 "2023-10-19T02:27:29Z")
At my high school, if you performed well in enough subjects, you didn’t have to attend a class on certain days, and could instead work independently or take a different class. This is how I amassed 4 years of Spanish and 5 years of English in 3 years of high school. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7603 "2023-10-19T02:34:13Z")
My high school had a really complicated schedule where they crammed 6 virtual days into 5 actual days (or maybe spread out 4 days…) with a sort of rolling period that was at a different time every day. But some of them could be combined for science labs… We had a color coded schedule and we needed that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=381)