How is the school day typically broken up? ie a couple of periods of classes, then a break, a couple more, then lunch, then a couple more?
I also need help with the terminology. Is the first class of the day called Class 1? Period 1? What is the first break called? Snack? Recess? Break? I'm assuming the lunch break is called 'Lunch', but if I'm wrong, could you let me know? In Australia, we've done away with the afternoon break. Was it still a part of the typical American High School day in the eighties?
We had six periods a day. No breaks or recesses, unless you count a six-minute passing period as a break. Mostly we used that time to get to class, scramble for last minute papers and talk to friends. Our schedules were fixed, so that they stayed the same all year. We were also assigned lunches- first or second lunch, depending on what building your 4th period class was in. But then again, I went to a bigger school, so most likely there wouldn't be a need for more than one lunch. As far as the 80's time frame... I'm pretty sure there wasn't any sort of breaks then, either (or so said my parents). Then again, everything is location based. It might be different in the Midwest than it is here on West coast.
