Why are high school schedules unlike college schedules? Is there any reason why I should be here in school when I don't have a class? Is sitting in a study hall with a bunch of friends helping me learn anything? These are only a few of the many questions that probably a number of responsible, hardworking high school students are left unanswered with.
             Question number one; Why are high school schedules unlike college schedules? Now I could say it's because high school students aren't ready for a college curriculum or aren't mature enough to do so, but then I would be lying, because I know a number of students who can arrive at school when they have a class and leave when it's over. Those students are mature enough to handle getting to school on time and arriving home safely afterwards. The only reason they can get away with that "legally" is because they have Post Secondary Option (PSO) classes at a nearby college. Most of these students are seniors, but there are a few PSO students that are only juniors and sophomores. These students may only have one or two of these PSO classes, but apparently that's enough to get them out of an entire day of high school classes. "Now how does that work?" you may be asking. To tell you the truth, there's no logical reason for that, other than it has something to do with the state's !
             law on how many hours of school a student must have. Even though a PSO student may have as little as two PSO classes a week, that can get him or her out of as many as twenty-two high school classes per week. I'm not saying that every PSO student does that, but it's not hard to do. All you need to do is sign up for an English class, required by your high school, and then a social studies class at your high school is all you'll need. That's two to three English classes, and two to three social studies classes. Is this student getting en...