Lunch is one of the most important meals that nobody should skip. This meal re-energizes your body and fuels you up. Throughout the United States millions of students eat their lunch at school everyday. Besides eating , lunch serves as a break from the routine of attending classes for students. Modern schools have accepted the idea of an open campus lunch whereas some schools have not. Freedom and responsibility play a huge role in the lives of high school students. Concerning this subject , students should not have that privilege because it opens an area of danger such as car accidents, tardiness.
When parents send their children to school, they expect them to be protected but if students leave campus , they will not be under the protection of school anymore. Since students have a predefined amount of time , they would rush and the rate of car crashes could increase during the lunch hour. In a recent article on teen driving it was stated , “ Car crashes are the number one cause of death among teens in the United States. Despite an increase in seat belt use and a decrease in drunken driving, the fatality rate for drivers
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aged sixteen to nineteen is four times that of drivers aged twenty-five to sixty-nine. “ (Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection). By letting students have an open lunch, you would put their lives at risk and also they could get in so much trouble because of car crashes. Without a doubt in terms of safety , closed campus lunch is more secure and it is the right choice . There are students who oppose the closed campus lunch.
Of course kids like diversity and they want more food choices , but an open campus lunch has its own disadvantages. Imagine having an open campus during lunch hour and about forty minutes to go grab lunch , the first thought that comes to mind would most likely be a fast food restaurant such as McDonald's because it takes little time to get ready and it is much cheaper. Allison Aubrey writes that, “ Every day about 1 in 3 kids in the U.S. is chowing down on fries , burgers , pizza , or other fast-food favorites and despite all the promptings to eat more healthfully, this rate of fast-food consumption has not budged in the past 15 years . ” (Aubrey). This quote shows that kids are obsessed with fast food and an open campus lunch would increase this rate and it would hurt their wallets as well
. Another benefit of closed campus is that schools offer healthy food choices and students can buy lunch for two dollars. This would give students the opportunity to save their money and also eat healthy. Kate Murphy reported that “ more than 30 million children trundle through school cafeteria lines every day in the United States and thanks to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act , which took effect in 2012 , they are no longer served greasy pizza , salty french fries and sauced up chicken wings. Meals must now be lower in fat, calories and sodium and contain lean proteins, more fruits and vegetables and whole grains .“ (Murphy) . As it is may be unfavorable to many students, open campus lunch can bring damage to students’ health care . If open campus lunch was allowed, so many students could be counted tardy. Therefore open campus lunch can also hurt students’ attendance.
In this article written by the author Bruce Feiler, titled “Teenage Drivers? Be Very Afraid”, he talks about how he suggest the parents to stop being helicopter parents and allow their children to be independent. However, other professionals’ suggestions are the opposite when teenagers start to drive. As a result of the teenagers’ immaturity, the parents are told to be more involved because their child’s life may be in danger. As stated in the article by Nichole Moris “the most dangerous two years of your life are between 16 and 17, and the reason for that is driving.” There are various factors that play huge roles through this phrase of the teenagers’ life: other passengers, cellphones, and parents. In 2013, under a million teenage drivers were involved in police-reported crashes, according to AAA. The accidents could have been more but many teenage accidents go unreported. As a result, one of their recommendations to the parents is to not allow their children to drive with other passengers: other passengers can big a huge distraction and could increase the rate of crashes by 44 percent. That risk doubles with a second passenger and quadruples with three or more. Furthermore, as technology has taken over teenagers’ lives, the parents should suggest to those teenagers who insists on using the phones that the only safe place for it to be: in a dock, at eye level, on the dashboard. The worst place is the cup holder, the driver’s lap, and the passenger’s seat. Next, professionals also suggest that the parents implement their own rule and even continue the ones like the graduated driver’s licenses regulations. This regulation includes restrictions like not allowing their children to drive between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. To
Most students would love to have off-campus lunch, just like many other students at other schools or in other countries do. If the other schools in the country offer an open-campus lunch, why can’t the Oak Creek High School student body also have an open-campus lunch? With certain restrictions, policies, and rules set, the student body and faculty of Oak Creek High School should be allowed the privilege of an open-campus lunch program. So if the student body is responsible and capable of handling these privileges, why can’t the Oak Creek High School student body and faculty also have an open-campus lunch?
The right to the student should be guaranteed to open campus lunch. We are living in a failed experiment, that is the government controlling the school lunch. It is time to step out of the failed experiment and do another experiment, only this time successful. Student should be allowed to have open campus lunch.
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.
On the other hand, having open campus lunch would force students to learn time management and teach them what future responsibilities for college and employment. Students would have thirty minutes to get where they would choose to eat and back while remaining punctual. Some students would receive tardies, some would be early, some would be right on time, and some would not return. Since high school prepares students for college, having open campus lunch would be a great thing for students to get
Every student in all grades were able to leave during the time a scheduled class did not occupy. (Saslow, Linda. “Schools split on “open campus” NYtimes.com). Open campus lunch is the allowance of high school students to leave off the premises to a local restaurant for the duration of lunch. School districts in America have opposed open campus lunch benefits due to common knowledge and concern for potential student endangerment. A reason why schools should change educational environment would be to accommodate what students’ need to create comfortable working conditions. Old school methods included the repetitive process of helping students through daily material every day of the week with one break. Off campus school lunch was an unknown factor to high schools back
Lunch time is a time to take a break from the day and recharge for the rest of the day. In elementary schools it is also a time to meet up with your friends and socialize. Lunch time is not only time to eat. It is important for the mental, social, and emotional health of the children as well. Children need them chance to unwind and destress, which is promoted by socializing with friends. “Lunch should be an enjoyable part of the school day for students, offering a break from classroom work and a place to relax, socialize, and become nourished.”("The Cafeteria: Creating a Positive Mealtime Experience", 2013) Lunch time should be done in a setting where
Students in Scotus have experienced the same lunches for at least six years. Whether it is hamburgers, potatoes, chicken nuggets, deli ham sandwiches, hot dogs, runzas, chicken patties, or tacos, everyone can say that they are sick of having the same lunches over and over again. It is time for a change and a chance for students to bring food that interests them and ignites their taste buds. Many people in this school can list all of the items that are included in one certain meal because they have eaten it so many times. Allowing sack lunches would offer a wide variety of meal choices for the students who have been eating the same food for years. Many important reasons come up when people think of why they should bring sack lunches to school.
Lunch is one of the most important meals of the day and is consumed mostly in school cafeterias for children and adolescence. Wholesome lunches are vital in maintaining a healthy metabolism and give children energy for the rest of the school day. Children are advised to eat healthily but do not always do so because the choices of tastier, fatty foods offered in school cafeterias. The National School Lunch Program, NSLP, which is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools set nutritious guidelines for lunches served in school cafeterias (USDA). However, school campuses still offer foods high in fat as well as selling candy, chips, and soda in their vending machines, as well as their school shops. In order
School boards have dealt with complaints and issues in regards to letting their students leave school for lunch, which is their “free time” of the day. Certain teachers say the so-called "solution" of closed campus during lunch is the work of district officials who aren’t trusting students during the only time of the day that students can socialize and be free from schoolwork and lecture. If a closed campus will “eliminate” problems such as attendance rates and low budgets for lunch, the lack of freedom will create more problems like rebelling underclassmen and misconduct among the students. There aren't even any significant reasons to enforce it. It would just be a big hassle for the students, and an equal hassle for the teachers who have
The school time takes up a countless hours of a students life. Schooling can take the same amount of time as a job, not including the homework and projects. Like many jobs school should have a break to relax and take some time for themselves, or friends. Students would have a break to then refocus on the up coming classes and not lose interest half way through the day. The open campus lunch policy would have many benefits for the students. The student body is not a perfectly oiled machine. The real picture of a student body is semi oiled and rough around the edges. Every student would enjoy a break from constant lectures and class work to recuperate and focus. An open lunch policy would help immensely with the previously given points.
Teenagers don’t want to be inconvenient with having to wait to respond to their friends about the latest party or school event that’s coming up. Driving is just as good of time as any to text their best friends about the upcoming weekend or update their Facebook status in the mind of a young adult. Even though most teens know they shouldn’t text and drive many are guilty of doing it several times a day. An overwhelming 75% of teens even admit to text messaging while driving (“Distracted Driving,” 2016). Young drivers are more likely to get into an accident due to lack of experience than that of any other driver on the road. Add in texting to the mix it is a recipe for disaster. About 54% of teenage motor vehicle crash deaths occur on Friday, Saturday or Sunday – with Saturday being the deadliest day of the week for teens (Hosansky, 2012). Teenage motor vehicle fatalities are at the highest in the summer months.
Teenagers are getting back on the roads and behind the wheel, meaning the risk of accidents is higher. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds. Automakers are creating ways to make their automobiles safer in order to reduce these deaths. Teenage drivers are inexperienced and need the extra protection to keep them safe if an incident were to occur. Automobile safety features are necessary for the teenage driver to stay protected and alert.
Why is this a problem? Cafeteria food is often cheap, bought in bulk, high in calories, malnutritious, and microwaved. Student polls and opinions prove this. Therefore, this leads to a suggestion: Healthier, tastier foods and a better, more advanced lunch system should be implemented. First of all, students aren’t motivated to eat unhealthy, not-tasty food.
Most teenagers are excited to get their license so they are able to be with their friends. They believe it is fun to have a car full of friends and drive anywhere and everywhere. However, most teenagers are not aware that three or more teen passengers quadruples a crash risk (National). When others are in the car with a driver it causes a myriad of distractions. Teenagers are subjected to peer-pressure and therefore do not make mature decisions. For example, teenagers wear seat belts less often than older drivers because of peer-pressure (Millward). The seat belt is a restriction so if an accident were to occur the outcome of it will not be as extreme with it on. Wearing a seat belt is also a law and teenagers pressure each other to break that law. The fatality rate for teenagers is 3.6 times higher than driving alone (California). Teenagers are pressured to break laws and do illegal actions while others are in t...