School Day

In Germany they have what is known in the US as blocked scheduling, which means that students do not have the same classes everyday. For example I only have math on wenesdays and thursdays, but on thursdays I have two periods instead of one. Most days end shorter then school in America, ending around 1:15 and starting at 8:15, wenesdays being the exception that usually goes til 4. Lunch is only served in school on wenesdays, all other days students eat at home or during the 15 minute break every 2 periods.  Students don't have as much freedom or as many choices as we do when choosing classes. There are no classes offered like cooking, sewing, photography, or computers, and once you pick a class like biology or spanish you have to take it for a certain number of years.  Students are put on tracks with their classes and have to decide which pre-planned track they want to be on, and can't change it.