This system does not only affect me. Mountain bikers and any other athletes who participate in sports outside of school need to take two classes of physical education regardless of their fitness level. A majority of students, both in the MSA and STEM program, have too many classes in their schedule because the forced P.E. requirement. As a result, students need to choose to drop a subject, such as an art elective or language, until junior and senior year.
This year, I take eight periods and attend school from 7:15 to 3:40. After the last bell rings, I head directly to a four hour gymnastics practice(every day except Thursday). The time I start my homework is when I get home at 8:45; then get up at 6:00 to start school the next day. Adults shouldn't expect me to get proper amounts of sleep with this hectic schedule and load of work. Adding more periods to a person's schedule is extremely stressful, especially during high school testing and balancing seven other advanced classes.
*Leave a comment below if you believe this system is unfair in many circumstances or you are one of the victims to this requirement.