Do you know how it feels to be stuck in a classroom all day, unable to engage with your friends? One small exception may solve all of your problems. Advanced and overachieving students at the middle school level deserve the right to participate in rewarding activities, such as, open campus. This exciting activity allows students who succeed educationally to be granted an off-campus domain during their lunch period. Instead of dining in the school cafeteria, students are offered a home-cooked meal at their house or even at a restaurant. Open campus not only supports students academically but also gives them an opportunity to develop life skills, set goals for themselves, and feel a sense of independence. Just thirty minutes a day can cause your …show more content…
In the interesting article, “20 Pros and Cons of Open Campus,” it states that, “Allowing students to leave campus for lunch provides an opportunity for them to learn how to manage their time effectively. They need to plan their lunch break, factor in travel time, and return to school promptly. This fosters responsibility, punctuality, and enhances their ability to balance tasks and deadlines, which are valuable life skills.” This illustrates the effectiveness of open campus in teenagers' everyday life. Also, the article suggests that students must prepare and decide what things they will have time to accomplish. A well-balanced diet may also change a student's performance in a variety of ways. Thus, as gifted students return to school after their lunch period, they develop many important skills to support themselves. Students who set reasonable goals for themselves set a sturdy base for the success that follows. Open campus may encourage students to try harder and achieve success due to its necessity and impact it implies. Not to mention, students begin to gain confidence when trying and accomplishing advanced
From the beginning of high school, students strap on their seatbelts and prepare for one of the most vigorous races of their lives – becoming successful. With the rare occurrence of a break, kids are expected to keep on driving as fast and as powerfully as they can in order to get into a “great” college, which would be followed by graduate school and then an actual job that would make a lot of money. In American society, common values include working hard, determination, and being so productive that free time is not even a question. However, this philosophy is taking a major toll on American college and high school students. For at least 40 years, America’s future has been steadily growing unmotivated, tired, and hopeless due to the overemphasis on performing well in school. This phenomenon is appropriately expounded in William Zinsser’s “College Pressures”, which takes a look at the top four sources of tension that cause these feelings of dejection and agitation. After reading this article, I came up with a few solutions to this national problem. It is time to switch the harsh, over-encouraging green light of education to a comfortable yellow one. In order to make this ideal transition, directors of education across the country need to primarily reduce the amount of out-of-class assignments, lighten the grading system, and incorporate days in the school year that allow students to express their thoughts about school and provide useful feedback.
This will help all learn to grow and benefit in their own unique ways. Also, this will make every student wake up with a smile while commuting to school and later into their careers.
Wandering kids. Bumper to bumper traffic. Drug dealing. Is this the picture drawn when local students have fifty minutes of freedom during lunch to do whatever they please? Students should not be allowed to leave their school campus during lunch. An open campus would lead to truancy, disturb local businesses and neighborhoods, and cause crime.
The reason why I believe this is because not all students receive the chance to receive the opportunity to have a proper education, may not have to proper resources to complete their assignments, need extra help to understand the material and might have to help at home so they might not be able to attend school. I can also see it as a source of freedom, because the students who do receive the chance to go to school can learn the necessary skills to excel in the career they have decided to do throughout the rest of their life. The education, abilities and experiences that these students receive when they attend school will increase the level of human capital necessary for their future career. “Also, higher education relies on "customer-input technology" — that is, who you are friends with in school will definitely influence your education — both in the classroom and throughout your life as you call upon the networks of fellow alumni and the prestige of your institution in your work and private life. Having smart, successful fellow students not only makes your education more stimulating, it also links you to a group who will be valuable throughout life” (Will,
Students may need to nap to compensate for energy expended throughout the day. However, if schools were to start later, adolescents would not have to nap, allowing for a larger window of time to spend with their families after school, even with a later start time. Another opposing argument is that students would have less time to participate in extracurricular activities. However, this issue can be resolved by making practices for sports and club meetings shorter and more frequent to accommodate the schedule variation. Overall, the benefits of later start times far outweigh the drawbacks.
American high schools today have lost track of what the purpose of going to school is. The article, “Let’s Really Reform Our Schools,” written by Anita Garland, explains how we can help our schools and make them a better learning place. In order to get high schools to be a better place to learn would be to throw out the “punks”, have the schools get uniforms, change junk foods to healthy foods, and get rid of prom and competitive sports. After all of this, the students who want to learn, can do that without all of the distractions.
Recently closed campus has been an argument at our school lately. Should a student have the choice to leave campus? Yes it’s a great idea but lately the school board has been putting it in our heads that that is a bad idea. Students love an open campus it gives them variety. They hate the idea of eating the same unappealing meal every day. Lunch gives students a moment to blow off steam and have some free time. Open campus gives students the time to learn to be more responsible.
I am convinced that students would do better in school if they had a midday break that allowed them enough time to eat a good meal because they need to recharge their brains with physical activity. This will give students an extra push to have more energy when they return back to class. Critics may exaggerate that this method will do nothing but make students drained and exhausted personally I disagree. A mid-day break for an hour will do nothing but strengthen us, all of us. It also will give students extra time to finish unfinished assignments and homework that wasn't completed at
Students, you, as well as I, have always felt the strain of limitations brought upon you this and past school years. These past years, the school board has been closing students’ ability to do almost what they please to an oppressive detention in which you cannot even walk the hallways to get a sip of water. How many times have you or heard that someone has been given a detention for just walking around the halls? How many times have you been hassled for trying to go to your car and sent back into the school by a so called “rent-a-cop” and a new enforcer cop? All of these and more are related to the idea of a closed campus. I, on the other hand, am on the behalf of an open campus. An open campus gives the student more freedom and responsibility to make the right decisions. As opposition, the closed campus concept would argue that not all or any of the students should receive such trustworthiness from the school. I think that not all but a select group of students should have the open campus opportunity. Another matter with open campus is money issues in many areas in which I will discuss.
My goal is to implement a similar program at the high school level where students are exposed to this level of support and companionship; all united in the same goal of helping each other succeed. It is also essential for students to witness what college is like before stepping inside for the first day of class. To see what college is like, and to experiment the environment goes a long way for students who are new to the experience. The Roaring Fork School District Pre-Collegiate Program is a prime example of what a stable source of support and assistance can do in the long run. This school district, located within Colorado’s western slope,
After hours upon hours of homework, sports practices, and extracurriculars, I truly thought there was nothing else I could do to prepare for college and my future career. However, as seen in the “2 Million Minutes” movie, we still aren’t doing enough. Here in America, we have school five days a week, and we allocate two days for the weekend; our “mental break.” It gives us time to relax, catch up on sleep, and participate in any hobbies we have that we can’t pursue during the school week. Personally, due to the fact that I would get about four hours of sleep per night during the week, I would sleep through my weekends, go for a run, and spend my nights hanging out with friends. This is the opposite of what students do in India and China. They have six days of school per week, and their day off is full of homework and religious practices. Those students don’t “receive breaks.” In fact, they’re always studying and trying hard to learn more so that they can attend the best universities, make money, and provide a better life for the following generations. Here in America, we’re used to being the best and leading the pack. Moreover, we’re used to our current ways of life, and as the students in other countries adapt and try harder in school, they’re going to pass us. I find this compelling because unless we find a way to try
The sleep deprivation, stress, and lack of exercise all resort back to the issue of food options that are accessible to students. It is evident that students are affected by stress and lack of sleep using food as a coping mechanism. This goes back to the unhealthy foods that are provided on campus that students have easy access to during these periods of time. All of these unhealthy and unlimited food choices offered add to the difficulty that student have making time for working out because of daily burnouts. These unhealthy foods students are eating only hinder students more, reducing the energy levels in students even more.
Allowing students to go off campus and act as adults as in ordering their own food like they would have to do in the future is allowing them to grow. “Open campus lunch is observed to have taught students to be able to interact with the world and be more responsible in certain ways that are closer to how adults do it” (9 Primary Pros and Cons of Open Campus Lunch). When students get freedom it could help them grow. Freedom makes students feel like they are being treated like adults and they act more mature. “they have to communicate with other people when they go to the bank and then to the dining establishment, which is really helpful to their learning even if it is just quick” (9 Primary Pros and Cons of Open Campus Lunch). Students can learn by going out and interacting with the world. They learn ways to talk to people that they don’t know without the pressure of seeing that person again. They can benefit from it because they will continue to meet people for the rest of their lives. Having an open campus at lunch is beneficial for students because it helps teach responsibility by interacting with the outside
Access to higher and more challenging education can also benefit students who want to attend college post-graduation. I believe that with these improvements, students will be better equipped for the challenges they will face after high school. As I originally stated, providing students with a more personalized
Not only do students save time, but now students have the benefit of having a variety to choose from. Having multiple private food vendors on campus gives students a variety to choose from rather than just the usual. Students typically get tired of eating the same food. For instance, eating the same old breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day can make eating dreadful. Just like when a mom feeds her child last night 's leftovers. Eating just isn 't the same which is why students need a variety on campus. Now that there is a diversity of foods students are likely to stay on campus, which is beneficial if a student has back to back classes. Also, now that students have a variety to choose from, students can replenish their taste buds and keep themselves pleased. One other perk to having a variety is students can have a place they really enjoy. For instance, everyone has a favorite place to go to that is impossible to get sick of, it is very possible