No shop no “home Economics” no PE… what did you do to fill 8 periods?
We had Seven periods
Foreign language -4 years (German [until some genius at district hq felt a majority black school was prime breeding grounds for neonazism], French, Spanish, and Latin)
English- 4 years
Math -4 years Algebra, Geometry, Advanced Algebra Trig, Pre Cal, Cal, Statistics
Science- You took Biology freshman year, Chemistry sophomore year, and then you could take your choice of Physics I and II, Chem 2 and 3, or Biology 2 and 3, 4 years
Social Sciences. World History and Geography Freshman year, Economics and Government sophomore year, AP US history Junior or Senior Year, and the other year one semester of psychology and one semester of sociology, or two years of IB US history. 4 years
Your other two periods were divided between the following
1 year of PE/health
1 year of fine arts, art, music, or theater
1 and a half years of practical arts. Typing and accounting.
Theory of Knowledge
You had electives, normally more art, more music, more theater, more PE, or if you were me Army JROTC