September 24, 2014

Imagine Mr. Bacon has asked you to suggest one way of improving Blue Valley High School to make it a better place for students. Think about the changes that are needed at your school. Pick one change you feel would really make a difference and explain what it is and why you'd make the change.

I would extend the passing period time. I don't think 6 minutes is enough time to rush to your locker after every class. According to a study that Mr. Mowry showed our class, your brain requires certain stimuli to maintain learning throughout the day. Having every seven teachers teach something to you for an hour and having to absorb so much information can be tiring for our brains. Our brains require physical stimuli (walking around in the halls) and a break from all the learning, which would be us socializing for just a few minutes or talking to someone about something rather than what we learned about in the previous class. I would make this change because longer passing periods would increase our attention in class as well as give us enough time to actually walk all the way to our lockers and all the way back to our next class.

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