Typical School Day

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Most people are aware of a typical day for a student in public high school. However, not too many people know what a typical day in the life of a home learner is all about. 

Misconception:

My day begins with my mom frantically knocking at my door like an overzealous drill sergeant. Slowly, I drag myself out of bed from the unwelcome clamour at around noon after pulling an all-nighter of Call of Duty Infinite Warfare on my PS4. Barely awake, I proceed to begin my day of school still wearing my pyjamas and my hair disheveled as I attempt to do my math, which is clearly a dead issue at this point. But why do the math myself when I can just bribe my sister to do it for me? That way, I can catch up on the much-needed sleep after a game of colonizing new moons and planets for half the night! Now that’s what distributed learning is all about!

Truth:

Although this might define life in a day of a home learner for some people, it is the furthest thing from the truth! I actually start my day like most high school kids, well... not really! I wake up and go for a run at 7:00 am – I don’t know any high school kid that goes for a run at 7:00 but I could be wrong! I take a shower and get dressed for my school day to begin at 8:30 until 2:30 everyday. I work on a semester system where I do four courses from September to January and then the next four from February to June, just like the public school system schedule. The only difference between my day and a day in a public school student’s day is that I do my work online while public school students actually attend class. Although we do not have a teacher physically present, we are accountable for all of our work and there is a zero-tolerance policy for academic dishonesty. We also have a personable relationship with our teachers where they have the ability to closely monitor all of our work, including exams. Everything else remains the same as any other public high school student. There are times when I don’t feel like studying or doing my work and also times when I tune out or feel lazy and bored. For the most part, however, I get my work done to the best of my ability because I know I have to be self-motivated in order to succeed as a distributed learner.

For more information on distributed learning in BC, please visit:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/education-training/administration/kindergarten-to-grade-12/distributed-learning