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Anxious Students Gain on Tests by Writing About Fears
Posted by admin on February 24th, 2011 at 10:50pm
This is the VOA Special English Education Report.
Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, has studied these highly anxious test-takers.
SIAN BEILOCK: "They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam."
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
SIAN BEILOCK: "What we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reappraise the situation. They might realize it's not as bad as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping up — from ruminating — when they're actually taking a test."
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B- for those who did not.
SIAN BEILOCK: "What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who'd done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most prone to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don't normally get nervous in these testing situations."
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
The researchers wrote about their findings in the journal Science.
And that's the VOA Special English Education Report. Tell us if this writing intervention works for you. Or tell us how you deal with anxiety before a big event. Share your comments at voaspecialenglish.com or on Facebook and Twitter at VOA Learning English. You can also find us on YouTube and iTunes at VOA Learning English. I'm Steve Ember.
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37 Comments
1. Hanh.T | February 25th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
When I was a pupil, I never got nervous about the test or exams, but now, when I've been a student since 3 years ago, the fears about failure getting bigger and bigger, and I'm more and more unconfident of myself… It's so stupid, but it's true. really, really want to I'm not like that ~.~
2. tung | February 25th, 2011 at 8:05 pm
Don't worry about test or exam.Trust myself and you are sucessful!!.Good luck!.
3. chinguyen237 | February 25th, 2011 at 9:44 pm
I agree with infomation. I usually stress before exam. I don't know what to do.
now, i know that. stress can ruduce when we write about everything make you worry. -
4. candlelight | February 25th, 2011 at 10:28 pm
a little sad ,a little fun while i come in this website .needless to be well or too bad .i wish to get my own within peace .Althought sometime have had a little addiction but i think the same i take to play game.To day i only want to say stuff .thank you all very much .you alway keep calm in any case
if you try hard certain you will reach the goal you are ordered ,i am thinking i had too much words and dont laugh at me when i used grammar dont be right .Have good to you.bye bye -
5. thien thien | February 26th, 2011 at 12:54 pm
when i feed worry ,i ussually read comic or eat ice cream.thanks VOA special english
6. small star | February 26th, 2011 at 3:00 pm
As a child, I am very confident before the exam but now,as university student, I felt lack of confidence and always fears before the exam. Therefore before the exam,I am worry very much and I often do not sleep, try to learn a lot. Although I know that is not good but I am familiar with this habit- a ruinous habit!
7. hoangoanh | February 26th, 2011 at 7:22 pm
This text is rather useful. In fact most of students often feel very nervous before the exams. They are often worried and wonder as if they could pass the exams. and even some of them usally stay up late to study. Moreover, they feel lazy to eat meals. Because of these facts their health isn't good. Therefore, their results on the exams aren't good. According to me, to get good examination students should eat a lot of fruits, beens, and pees. They should also go to bed early. It's important to take relax for one or two days before the exams. I had been a student for 4 years before I got my job, so these are my experiences. I hope students will have good examinations.
8. ndt27 | February 27th, 2011 at 8:57 am
i also felt nervous before oral exam and i think that the more exams we do, the calmer we are
9. Tuan | February 27th, 2011 at 9:49 am
when you very very anxious in test or presentation, a vietnamese professor advised that you should think you lost and will take exam next year, then you will be less anxious and focus on test
10. ndt27 | February 27th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
this is quite remarkable researches. Base on these information, we can find methods to help anxious students to overcome their difficulties. The result in each exam is very important because it express what we gain after a long and hard time trying to study. People who plant tree have the right to havert fruits. Thank so much to our scientists.
11. tttt | February 27th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
Actually, at anytime before an exam I always feel nervous though I was adult and used to spend many the tests in my life.
After through my these experiences, my God, that is just a luck or misfortune only. I wrote like that because I have just spent my exam.
Although I have to learn very hard, but I could not how to keep my calm. There was a pressure in my mind and it made me to worry whether I would pass over it or not.
Then I have passed my exam, I believe I have done well, partly because of thanks to good luck. -
12. tran thi luyen | February 28th, 2011 at 12:10 am
if i had known beforehand i would have passed university entrance an ex.I have solved all problem quickly but when i am in an ex, i am really worry! I tried keep calm but not better…And result i often get bad marks.
From now, i will write my fears before an ex. I hope i will get better result.
Thank so much our scientists. -
13. cherokee | February 28th, 2011 at 8:59 am
when i was student, i always feel worries about all exam. I try to learning by heart, and nervous when i receive the result. May be i don't beleive in myselft. I ask myselft why i become as that. And now, when i listen this topic i know what should i do. Writing about our fears is a good way to take our fears out of our mind.
14. huynh nhu | February 28th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
i can not listenclearly all lesson but i can take note main idea.
15. phonglan | February 28th, 2011 at 10:31 pm
today is firt day i attent this programe , actually my english is so bad , and i 'm trying to improve it , and i tink that this lesson is good for me . i hope that i can use english fluently on near day
16. son | March 1st, 2011 at 9:30 am
when i was a student.I used to worry at the exam so before the examination i tried to congratution myself that i had to got 10 marks. if i have done ,I would have bougth an objects that i dreamed.For example laptop, iphone…..and now i have everything that i use to dream.
17. leduy | March 2nd, 2011 at 8:46 am
don't worry.If you have a best preparation with everything,you will could a best confident.And if you have a best confident,you will do everything successfully. you can control yourself.If you realy worry,you can breathe deep or gossip with your friend or go out to seeing ….let do it thing make you feel comfortable
18. hoatyty | March 2nd, 2011 at 10:06 am
I used to be always nervous before any examinations when i was a student. But there was an interesting experience that i think it's like the research in some way.
It was just five minutes before the beginning of the test. As usual, i was getting so nervous that i shook slightly. Suddenly, the teacher called out my name and said that i hadn't paid the course fees. it meant i couldn't be able to take part in the exam. I said i did pay and ran (as fast as possible) through many blocks of apartment to get certification for that issue. Then i was allowed to take the test with less time than everybody else.
After sixty minute test, i realized that i had done it with amazing time and way – faster and without thingking. Can you imagine that? Really, i had written the answers with not much thought, just reading the questions and writing down on the paper the results. And i went through next tests with the same proublem and in the same way.
But that was a happy sweating exam. Although i had got to run before each test, I got the best marks for every tests i'had ever had.
I think running helped me forget the pressures of the tests. i did not pay attention to the results but whether i could join! -
19. meou | March 2nd, 2011 at 11:02 am
i'm just nervous in my hard exam. i like this exam so i feel scare about them. it's strange
20. uttuyen | March 2nd, 2011 at 6:23 pm
it is the first time i attend this program,i like it so much. my listening is bad,i want to improve this kill.i hope my listening is better in the short time,thank for voa
21. Phuong | March 2nd, 2011 at 8:52 pm
the report make me remember a story of mine. that was the first time I had a speaking test with foreign teacher. i was very nervous because my listening skill was bad, i couldn't hear what my teacher said and another special reason is that my teacher is handsome (hihi).
he asked " how are you today?". I answered " I'm a bit nervous". so he made me feel better by asking a lot of question about me such as did I have breakfast? and I ate with foods? but in that time I couldn't hear anything. I only smiled…it was ashamed of me. -
22. tttt | March 3rd, 2011 at 4:55 pm
In these listening reports I just have listened around seventy five percent to major Reader while listening to the extra Reader just thirty percent only. My ability of listening is so bad.
Write out these things could make to relieve pressure on me and try to hear and speak more. -
23. nhung | March 5th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
the report too similar with my childhood when i'm a secondary pupil.At that time,i'm always worry before the testing.It's may be make me can't eat,or go to bed.I must to go to bed late,do very much exercises, and so on. However,now i very proud of my progress learning.I'm goingnto granduate from my university.
24. Tuan Nguyen | March 5th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
In my experience , I think the best way you should do before the test is…nothing. Of course, one day before test , you have to sure that you could remember something particular ,especialy the main content of the lesson. I mean that, you haven"t to remember every, it"s just main content. After that, may be you can feel more consident of yourself. And thus, relax, keep your mind be quite, freedom. Everrything will be Ok. Why don"t you relax before the test if it make you feel better? The test is only the test, why do you afraid? Because the match? Don"t only think about the good match, bad match , should think about the experience after you passed it=) Good Luck.
25. Tuan Nguyen | March 5th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
May be have a lot mistake in my comment. 4 example every, I mean everything =)). Please reply if u can find it. Thanks a lot.
26. Tuan Nguyen | March 7th, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Trust yourself =))
27. meo | March 7th, 2011 at 9:00 pm
i always feel stress before the test. writting my anxious about the tests can become a good method to help me reduce worried thought. After that I can do well all my tests. But I think before we do sth we have to have a good preparation for our tests or our presentations. We have to remind ourselves that good preparation will help us get a results as good as we expected.
Everybody should learn how to control ourselves feeling and believe in ourselves. Self-confidence is the key for open the door's future -
28. leva | March 10th, 2011 at 7:16 am
hello Nguyen,
I found some mistakes in your quote about " why do you afraid" correct " why are you afraid"
and the match, it mean you can walk some hours with alot of people on the street to welcome a event.
correct good marks is the scores you achive by studying at school
sure is adjective not verb so it's correct " you have to be sure that you… -
29. Tuan Nguyen | March 11th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
thanks for help
30. Tuan Nguyen | March 11th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
I see that you always are the first person comment. And about ur feeling, Can U tell me, what"s reason make U feel nevous before the test? I"m sure that…probably…may be I can help U:)
31. Hanh.T | March 11th, 2011 at 8:27 pm
well, I've found that my comment above has some mistakes ;)) hmm, I rarely comment but my comments are usually one of the first comments… maybe because I check email after dinner everyday ;)) And my feeling… I think its reason partly is that, like other young people, I'm a person have much ambition while my ability is not enough to do :)) children usually think they're the main focus of the world and the grower they are, the more they find that they're just a grain of sand. hehe, do things I can and satisfy with my present life, smile is simple, but I can't do like that,… I've typed nonsencical sentences, don't notice them, plz~.~
32. thao | March 12th, 2011 at 6:58 pm
I think that writing your fear down on the paper is very good or you can share with your friend about your fear to take some useful advices from them. there is a very important thing, that is your preparation.if you prepare carefully, you wont feel nervous much. And when you have a good preparation, dont think too much, concentrate on your test, try doing it all in your ability. Taking the test is to check the knowledge that you have studied after a long time. So, always stay calm and be confident to overcome all of tests!!!!!
33. leva | March 14th, 2011 at 5:35 am
Anyone also have the feeling like that but the important is we have to try to pass it, when you don't fear and you're confident of doing anything you will do it well. try your best…
34. leva | March 14th, 2011 at 5:43 am
we need to support together to improve our English. this is the first time I know this web,It's interesting and attractive but I still listening very bad, maybe I must try more.
How long did you know this page?
35. huong | March 20th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
i have just known this page
36. Nao | March 24th, 2011 at 6:14 pm
i like listerning english,but listerning english not bad,i hope i listerning very good?
37. thu van | April 8th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
this listening is useful for all student.i'm a student,too.when i do test i feel nervous and anxious although i prepare for test carefully.that is psychological of all student and i hope i will reduce my fear and get more confidence.


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I have no grandchildren yet, and it has been a very long time since I had to consider the needs of young children so I could use some input here. I am having a neighborhood party where I will be offering multiple selections of soup. Is that just inappropriate for children since I have table seating for only a few? What is the best beverage to offer in terms of what the children will like and what will least damage my carpet when spilled? |
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- Posted by Gramma_Jan_MN_ZN_4 (My Page) on Mon, Oct 17, 05 at 21:19
Is this party for children only. If so what age? If they are young, don't give more than two choices if any. If you are concerned about your carpet pick a soup that won't stain - don't know what that would be. If there are children with soup and no table you can count on it being spilled and maybe even with a table depending on age. IMHO, I would serve white pop and sandwiches and apples or not invite the children. If it includes adults, you can fancy it up by serving on croissants and a pretty salad with it and maybe wine for the adults. It is not fair to set your guests and yourself up for disaster. |
I wanted to have an adults only party, but we realized that would leave out 3 of the households on our cul de sac. There are only 4 children too young to handle dishes and I can probably get them around the table that is sitting on vinyl. I know they will walk around with their drinks. I had them all last year without a mishap, but I can't remember what I served. I think a white pop probably is the best answer to that. Thanks |
gandbb, I don't think you should serve soup to the toddlers, not only because of spills but because it's hot--too much potential for disaster. (At home, a child in a high chair would probably have a bowl with a suction base.) Most children would probably prefer juice, such as apple juice or Juicy Juice, which comes in many different flavors (and COLORS!). You might just get an assortment of juice boxes, which come with their own straws. Since there are only a few families, I'd suggest calling the moms and asking what kind of juice their kids like (you might get different answers from each). Or just buy an assortment. If the kids are a bit older, 7-UP or ginger ale would be good. Also, think "finger foods" for the smaller kids; don't expect them to be able to cut the food with knives and forks. Kids are finicky, too, and some have food allergies; be especially careful not to serve peanuts. The best bet is to check with the parents. I think it's great that you are being so inclusive, so nobody will be left out. You must have a great neighborhood! Sue |
I like the idea of a juice box, with straw, but not an open top. Check with Moms involved for preferences and what would be popular with the kids. I don't like the idea of pop in an open glass - spills (almost inevitable) would result in a sticky spot, what with all the sugar that they carry. Not only that - it would get tracked all over the place before you could get it cleaned up, even if you caught it immediately and cleaned up right away - which you probably wouldn't want to, at a party. o j (not juiced, today) |
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Thirteen-year-old fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson and founder of Sassy magazine (and former JANE editor-in-chief) Jane Pratt have announced their collaboration on a brand new Sassy-esque teen magazine. Tavi, known for her outspoken feminist views, wacky-teen-by-way-of-Comme-Des-Garcons outfits, worldly writing style, and infamous wearing of an oversized hair bow hat in the front row of some fashion show, has never been your typical precocious tween role model, from her swift denouncement of Terry Richardson to her obviously formidable PR skills. Since the fall of ElleGirl, there has been a real gap in the major teen mag market for the not-so Seventeen set, and hopefully, this "feminist, creative, moody-teenage-girl" publication will appeal not just to the Rodarte-loving fashion blog crowd, but to the real teenagers who long for a much-needed alternative to the dominant girl culture. photo courtesy frillr.com
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Last Sunday I decided to change this so when I flipped the pancakes over, (no, not in the air, I have enough to clean up now) I went and made myself busy. I read the papers and drank coffee ignoring the stove until I gave them time to finish. Oh, it was hard to leave those ovals steaming away; once I had to get up and go look out the window to see what the neighbors were up to not much; most werent even up at that time. The pancakes turned out good. I dont know what the difference is. My late wife said I just used the flapjacks as a vehicle to carry the syrup anyway.
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Catherine Mullins '81 writes: "Working as a Hospice RN for Summit Community Hospice in Greenwood Village, CO. Two sons--Max (graduate of the Leed's School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder) and Joe (sophomore at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. studying a business degree in Music and Entertainment)."
Beth Kerttula J.D. '81 resigned from the Alaska Legislature for a fellowship with her alma mater, Stanford University.
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Kerttula is leaving to serve as visiting fellow with the Center for Ocean Solutions at Stanford University in California. In that role, she will be involved in meetings and communications to help strengthen decision-makers' understanding of policy implications of changing oceans and climates.
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Santa Clara University's Board of Trustees elected a new trustee, Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Haley '81. Haley is a co-founder and managing director of the Menlo Park–based venture-capital firm Redpoint Ventures, where he focuses on investments in software, consumer Internet and digital-media companies. Among his successful investments were Zimbra (acquired by Yahoo!); Responsys (an Oracle acquisition); and Homestead Technologies (acquired by Intuit). He was previously general partner with Institutional Venture Partners, and currently serves on the board of directors of Netflix (NFLX); 2U (TWOU); Curious.com; TheFind; ThredUP; Jaunt VR; and Zuora.
Mark Davis '81 is director of humanities at Monterey Coast Preparatory in Scotts Valley. The school offers a college preparatory education for students who learn differently. Students in the program learn to advocate for themselves, to understand their strengths, to know how they learn best, and to use tools, technologies and systems that best support their learning. Mark lives in Santa Cruz at the edge of Seabright Beach.


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Is the property tax cap override provision constitutional? The teacher's union seems to think it is not.
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Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe is made by much of the same team that brought us the original MK back in 1992. Their faithfulness to fun and accessible brawling still shines through, as does the developer's obvious respect for its cast of colourful and popular fighters.
As strange as it sounds, the addition of DC comics characters like Superman and the Joker actually complements the MK franchise. On paper, the pairing of heroic do-gooders with characters that used to rip each others heads off shouldn't work.
Fortunately, Midway was onto a winner when it signed DC writers Jimmi Palmiotti and Justin Grey to blend the contrasting universes together.
Their storyline is a classic comic book contrivance, pitting hero against hero under the influence of evil sorcery. There are actually two intertwining story modes, one told from the DC point of view and the other from the forces led by MK's lightning god Raiden.
These modes last about four hours each and are pleasingly varied. Rather than play through with a single character, each chapter features a different lead. It's good encouragement to try out all the fighters and their easy-to-execute special moves.
Each fight is bookended with a short cinematic. There aren't really any intriguing plot twists, just an introduction to characters you might not be familiar with. The best-known characters like Superman and Batman are a treat to play, and the character models are really chunky and solid.
Even the less popular characters like Captain Marvel and Catwoman are treated faithfully and no one comes across as a throwaway inclusion.
The one thing hardcore Mortal Kombat fans will really hate is the lack of extreme bloodletting.
Unsurprisingly DC doesn't want you to rip Catwoman's spine out, so the MK fatalities have been toned down, and the heroes don't do them at all. Instead they perform 'heroic brutalities'.
Batman, for example, throws a sonic emitter at his opponent to have them swarmed by his nocturnal rodent buddies.
Although this was a franchise borne of gore and controversy, the lack of all that doesn't spoil MK vs DC. Punches and kicks hit their marks with a satisfying crunch and it still feels like a solid fighting engine.
What it lacks in complex moves, it makes up for by keeping the action flowing back and forth between the fighters. There's a rage meter that allows you to become super-damaging for a limited time, as well as a couple of mini-games that can completely turn the tables when it looks like you're going to lose.
When knocked off the top of one of the multi-tiered arenas, a short timing-based mini-game enables you to throw your opponent underneath you to break your fall. There's also a button-bashing game where you damage a foe by smashing him through a series of walls.
It looks dramatic and is a great way to humiliate your mates when they least expect it. Although nowhere near as technically advanced, the combat here is at least better paced than the likes of Soul Calibur IV. The two story modes are great but you'll only play them once.
That leaves you with the rather sparse lineup of standard arcade, kombo challenge and Xbox Live versus modes. Admittedly, there's only so much you can achieve in a one-on-one brawler, but this would have benefited from more unlockables and a tag team or time attack mode.
This game is at definitely its larger-than-life best with two players, but doesn't have the longevity to make it an essential purchase.
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The Aveo rides high, as a Chrysler PT Cruiser does, and it seats five. Italdesign styled the wart-free exterior. Fourteen-inch wheels and tires help avoid the shopping-cart look. Take your pick between a dead-conventional four-door and the short but chic five-door with a fold-and-flip back seat. Motivation comes from a free-revving 1.6-liter four-cylinder. Interior trim fits snugly and is finished with interesting textures.
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The Hanover County School Board's meeting room overflowed with concerned teachers, students, and parents Tuesday evening during a public hearing on Superintendent Dr. Jamelle Wilson's $188.7 million budget proposal for the 2013-14 school year.
The budget closes a $5.4 million funding gap in part by eliminating 24 teacher positions, discontinuing rebates for dual enrollment courses and Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, and restructuring the high school bell schedule.
High schools would shift from a seven-block schedule to eight blocks, and teachers would be expected to instruct six classes rather than their current five.
Salaries and benefits would remain the same.
This would be the fifth consecutive of school budget reductions.
Roughly 200 people squeezed into the meeting room to listen to the public comments, and 21 addressed the board.
Many objected to the proposed new high school schedule and increased workload, fearing detrimental effects on student learning and teacher retention.
Another recurring concern was a perceived lack of technology in schools.
No one blamed Wilson or the School Board for the current budget situation, and multiple speakers commended their efforts. Several speakers urged them to seek more funding from the Board of Supervisors, even if it needs to be through a higher real estate tax rate, for example.
Charmaine Monds, a Patrick Henry High School teacher, said the new bell schedule would "add stress to an already rigorous student and teacher load."
"We don't have bells and whistles in Hanover County. We are fiscally responsible, and I appreciate that. But now we're taking away the one thing that we have always counted on—quality of instruction. There is a difference between being frugal and being cheap," she said.
"It's being sold as a lowering of the tax burden, when in reality it's the lowering of the quality of life," Monds concluded.
Michelle Schmidt, a parent, mentioned a new group that has formed in response to budget concerns, the Friends of Hanover Schools.
"I see the Friends of Hanover Schools really as able to be a political watchdog and outreach and voice to say, 'Stop cutting.' We can't sustain anymore cuts," she said.
"When I was buying [a home] here in Hanover, the message was you can buy anywhere, because it's quality schools everywhere. There's not the dichotomy of east and west like we have in other counties surrounding us. I would hate to see us lose that," she added.
Schmidt suggested that everyone work together in a "countywide technology push" to raise funds for equipment.
Chris Pace, a Hanover High teacher, said students are using Windows 2003 software, and his school has about 300 computers for nearly 1,300 students.
"This ratio is unacceptable in the 21st century," he said.
Pace said the Friends of Hanover Schools put out a survey, which received 116 responses. When asked about "instances where the budget has hurt classroom instruction," 56 percent of respondents indicated, "I see examples all the time," according to Pace.
If the high schools moved to six teaching periods without extra pay, 35 percent of respondents said they would "absolutely" consider leaving the school system, and 30 percent said they would be "likely" to consider doing so.
"Eight high school blocks is a fabulous idea. Teaching six classes in them is not. I offer you an alternative: [teaching] five of eight, with a school-wide resource block as a sixth period in which students can get extra individual attention or small group attention," Pace said.
Patrick Henry teacher Kevin Trent noted that his classroom used to have five computers, but he's down to one.
"It is difficult to teach 21st century skills when even 20th century technology has vanished," he said.
He thanked the School Board for recently enacting a policy that allows students to bring in personal electronic devices, which has helped somewhat.
Trent said he was in contact with former colleagues at Albemarle County Public Schools, which made the move to eight high school blocks a few years ago.
"A math teacher stated that his school went from an orderly system of remediation to a jigsaw puzzle-like schedule that allows very little remediation time," he said.
"He and his colleagues, and I quote directly, 'have found an alarming trend. Work that is assigned outside of class is coming in at a lower and lower rate from our struggling students,'" Trent said.
April Rhyne, a Hanover Center for Trades and Technology teacher, supported the move to eight periods.
"With all of the new requirements and additional requirements for kids to graduate, between foreign language and credentialing, there's just not enough time in the day," she said.
"It would give kids more options," Rhyne said of the eighth period.
John Szewczyk, speaking on behalf of Hanover Professional Educators, said many top teachers have contacted him about the proposed scheduling change.
"They're telling me that they're over-burdened. They're overtaxed and overworked," he said.
"Now they're being asked to teach a sixth period or sixth block without any additional compensation. As you can imagine, morale has been affected. What's worse, many of these excellent instructional staff are telling me they are actively looking for jobs in other school districts or in some cases outside of education altogether," he added.
"The real problem here is insufficient funding. Dr. Wilson was asked to do the impossible. She was asked to close a $5.4 million funding gap, and she did that, and by the way, of all the people who contacted me, not one person said a single negative thing about Dr. Wilson or about any of the School Board members," Szewczyk said.
Patti Jackson, a parent of Hanover Public Schools alumni, said, "You have a responsibility to go back to the Board of Supervisors and reflect what you're hearing here tonight. You should be the advocates for our children.
"You should stand up to that Board of Supervisors and tell them that you shouldn't have to accept yet another $5 million cut to the school system."
Nathaniel Hall, an Atlee High School junior, said the elimination of AP and IB reimbursements could prevent some students from pursuing college credit through these courses.
"Any student that is a full IB diploma candidate will have to pay a minimum of $600 to achieve that opportunity. … Not everyone in this county is financially strong enough to afford to be able to have this gateway to college and higher education," he said.