My highschool is designed to kick your academic ass so hard that college will be a breeze. Out of like 350-450 kids a year we have like 30 national merit semi-finalists (I think that is what they are called). Its 8-3, with seven 45 minute classes and a 45 minute lunch. It is really hard though, each teacher gives a minimum of a half hour of homeowrk (cept there are 1 or 2 bullshit classes). There is about 2 hours of busy work for me a night than i can study. I get up at six, go to school at 7, get there at 8, get home at 4... then there is like 3 hours of homework. So its not that fun.
Edit---> don't get me wrong, there is no chance in HELL I am gonna work for three hours at home , tahts just what i should be doing if i actually did the work.