Let me give you an insight into what a day at Moi High School, Kabarak (MHSK) looks like. On a normal weekday, seniors are expected to be in class by 5 AM while juniors, sophomores and freshmen are to be in class by 5:30 AM. At 6 we would go and have breakfast at the dining hall till around 6:20. ( It still amazes me how the 1000 of us managed to have our meals within that short period of time!) Juniors and Seniors would then have classes begin at 6:30 till 7:20 after which we would go for School Parade; here we would sing the National Anthem and get any announcements there were for the week.
Classes for the whole school would then begin at 7:50 and go on till 10:35. We would then have a tea break up to 11 AM. From there classes would proceed for the next two hours after which we had lunch at 1PM till 2PM. After that, classes would continue up to four. (These were my hardest classes because I was full from the lunch I just had and the weather was more often than not warm and just perfect for a nap J. I always struggled to keep my eyes open.)
We would then have a break until 6 PM where one could go back to the dorm and maybe wash clothes or change for sports or even just sleep. However, juniors and seniors had to be in class at 5PM for remedial classes until 6PM. Supper was served for the whole school at 6 and would end at 6:30. Night preps would then begin at that time. Unfortunately for Juniors and Seniors, we would again have remedial classes from 6:30 to 7:30 while sophomores would have their remedial classes begin from 7:30 to 9:30 when they would end and everybody then went to sleep after that. Sometimes teachers would decide to keep students in class longer or ask them to wake up earlier than 5AM for extra remedial lessons.
So you may ask whether we had any time to revise our notes or complete assignments, well, the time for you to complete assignments was the time that you did not have a teacher in class so you may decide to get up earlier, or go to bed later than others or eat your lunch quickly; you were to avail time for yourself. And that is the reason I know a lot of stuff!!!At Bearden however, I have a pretty simplified program. Classes begin at 8:30 and break at 1 PM for lunch. I then have one remaining class which begins at 2 and ends at 3:30. No night preps, no remedial classes, sometimes no homework! J. For some classes we can even just take a walk around school or just play games at the gym. It’s a really relaxed education system compared to MHSK and quite frankly I love it!
Classes for the whole school would then begin at 7:50 and go on till 10:35. We would then have a tea break up to 11 AM. From there classes would proceed for the next two hours after which we had lunch at 1PM till 2PM. After that, classes would continue up to four. (These were my hardest classes because I was full from the lunch I just had and the weather was more often than not warm and just perfect for a nap J. I always struggled to keep my eyes open.)
We would then have a break until 6 PM where one could go back to the dorm and maybe wash clothes or change for sports or even just sleep. However, juniors and seniors had to be in class at 5PM for remedial classes until 6PM. Supper was served for the whole school at 6 and would end at 6:30. Night preps would then begin at that time. Unfortunately for Juniors and Seniors, we would again have remedial classes from 6:30 to 7:30 while sophomores would have their remedial classes begin from 7:30 to 9:30 when they would end and everybody then went to sleep after that. Sometimes teachers would decide to keep students in class longer or ask them to wake up earlier than 5AM for extra remedial lessons.
So you may ask whether we had any time to revise our notes or complete assignments, well, the time for you to complete assignments was the time that you did not have a teacher in class so you may decide to get up earlier, or go to bed later than others or eat your lunch quickly; you were to avail time for yourself. And that is the reason I know a lot of stuff!!!At Bearden however, I have a pretty simplified program. Classes begin at 8:30 and break at 1 PM for lunch. I then have one remaining class which begins at 2 and ends at 3:30. No night preps, no remedial classes, sometimes no homework! J. For some classes we can even just take a walk around school or just play games at the gym. It’s a really relaxed education system compared to MHSK and quite frankly I love it!
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