"Studies demonstrate the strong positive correlation between time spent in school and academic excellence; four-day school weeks would hinder learning gains"(Melicharek 97). This means that students who have more instructional time, will have the ability to understand what they are learning but, without this, it will cause students to suffer academically in a tremendous way. This can hinder you from scoring well on the future test. For an example, I am a learner who understands things better when explained in detail face to face. If I didn’t get that face to face detailed experience, I wouldn’t know what I was doing in whatever subject I was studying when I got home.…
Students also could earn more credits by choosing to take more classes in shorter semester terms. The students will benefit from the classes by having fewer assignments,…
It would also serve to lessen the gap between students and teachers. A point of contention between the two has always been the freedoms allocated to teachers. While it is understood that teachers will always have more freedom, students want what is arguably the most attainable one: the ability to leave campus for their lunch period. It seems hypocritical at best to allow teachers, most of whom also have ‘active’ periods after lunch, to leave without doubting their ability to return in…
The problem that commuter and night time students are facing today is that not everyone is offered the same beneficial services that a full time and on campus student would have access to. Weatherford College 's office/bookstore hours are currently from 7:45 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. making it very difficult to acquire assistance for full time working and night students. Most working students work between 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. and most night students are in class between 6:00 P.M. to 9:15 P.M. Students also only have limited hours to the Jim Wright Library on Monday-Thursday 7:30 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. and Friday-Saturday 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. and closed on sundays. Lastly, students only have accessibility to the Research and Writing Center from Monday…
This next and last section really ticks me off. The Huffington post posted an article on the different types of foods that are served around the world. Of course our great, happy, and healthy land of America shows of course some food being served that’s not really healthy at all. When I was growing up it was much worse than that. It make me real mad to think that our kids at schools are eating these types of lunches.…
Another thing is that students have five minutes between classes to talk to their friends. Overall, two hours of free time is enough. If…
Overweight and obesity rates are still concerning us after improving the lunch system. According to the staff and faculty of the school, the kids are having adequate physical activity but have they witnessed that their diets are still poor. Some of them are bringing their own lunches and snacks from home, which usually are not the healthy options containing high amounts of sugar and fat. If they bring those choices from home, it is very probable that their diets at home are poor. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that childhood obesity prevalence has stayed the same high rates in the last decade after tripling in the last few decades.…
Students are overworking their brains and their bodies. “Longer school days could result in attention deficit and fatigue, making the extra class time ineffective.” By shortening the school days, students will have more time to focus on other things. Students will have more time to study for upcoming tests or quizzes, and would still have time to socialize. Students will have more time to sleep or rest which results in students staying…
Lunch. The time in school where students converge on grey tables and metal chairs to chomp down on your microwave noodles with a cold sweet tea and a bag of doritos. Lunch is an important time in the school day. In fact, if you asked me, lunch is my favorite time of the day besides dismissal. It is at the lunch table where life’s biggest questions are asked, and we attempt to answer them.…
School meals have become a bit of cliché with regard to poor nutrition. Countless movies and television shows poke fun at the abundance of unidentifiable foods and lack of nutrition that can show up on cafeteria trays across the nation. While school meals have changed significantly in the past few decades, they still have a long way to go before they can truly be considered nutritious and healthy meals. According to McGuire, our school meals are still too narrow and contain more sodium and fat than is recommended (pp. 116-130). While one goal in shifting school meals to a healthier model is to confront the rising childhood obesity crisis, some believe this will also result in harder working and better performing students academically.…
Have you ever gone a day without much sleep and felt like you are just not quite yourself? You may feel sluggish, unmotivated, or even grumpy. A lack of sleep can totally change the way a college student acts and thinks. Sleep is like food for the brain, and without enough of it, our cognitive abilities will greatly be affected.…
Do you remember how long your class periods were when you were in high school? It was more than likely a class period over an hour long. In the past, the classes with more time helped the students and teachers by having the time to make the content well informed. Today at Wayne County High School we only have 55-minute class periods. This probably doesn’t seem like much of a problem to a lot of students, but in my opinion it is a problem.…
Giving students a lunch break would also allow students more time to get a head start on their homework or even catch up on homework and sleep. If students are able to get their homework done during a break, they would have more free time after school for sports, jobs, or other activities. Students also could get to bed earlier and get a better night’s sleep. Off campus lunch breaks would help students become well-rounded, and students would feel less stressed during the school…
In creating the perfect school, the most important things to consider are Education, Productivity, and Comfort. Education is the number one reason mostly anyone goes to school, so the education in the perfect should should be great, and flexible to any student. In the perfect school productivity is key, for the teachers and the students. Comfort is not the most important thing for school, but it could help kids drastically, if a student is not comfortable then the may not be as productive with there work, or just won't try as hard as they could. If all of these things were in a school then that school would be phenomenal.…
Finding new ways to persuade students to be present to class is vital for the administration. Eliminating one day per week could be enough to motivate the students to attend class more frequently. As a consequence to this solution, the attendance policy would be more strict, fewer days would be allowed to miss, and classes would be longer. Every class Monday-Thursday would be an hour and thirty minutes long, instead of having fifty minute classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and an hour and a half classes on Tuesday and Thursday. Nevertheless, with a four-day school week, students would be able to fit more activities in on their three day break for friends and family, relaxation, and job responsibilities.…