Persuasive Essay On Changing School Schedule

It seems apparent to me that a large portion of the student body is in favor of the OLD schedule (the one originally proposed by the Committee). However, I would like to voice my opinion on this matter; although I agree that students' opinions should be heard both by parents and the Committee, I urge you, the student body, to reconsider drastically changing the schedule in the first place. I believe that there is no need for us to change the current schedule we are using right now; that is to say, there is no need to start school or end school at different times, to add but shorten tutorials, and to cut into class times and lunch breaks.
I believe I am correct in assuming that there are not many proponents for our current Monday schedule with …show more content…
However, I would like to debate the logic of this reasoning; as an athlete myself, I understand the sacrifices I have to make when I choose to go to a Cross Country meet and skip my Chemistry Honors class. But that does not mean that we should change the current system; in fact, most colleges understand the situations in high schools and understand the sacrifices students make when devoting valuable time to sports. Besides, the current schedule is fair game for athletes; any athlete that has to sacrifice some class time needs to make it up, and I believe many of us athletes have accepted this. There’s no reason to change the start time-end time scheduling that we use now; if we truly do change our current schedule to remove the Monday Madness, then there’s no reason to change the duration and amount of tutorials, the length of class times and lunch breaks, and the start or end times. Our schedule, though imperfect, is good enough the way it is right now; we don’t need