Mandatory Study Hall

It benefits students by, having more time to do homework if they cant get it done in school. If there needed to be an assembly in that day student could go to it at that time. If they need to finish a book or read for a class they can do it in study hall. If students need to retake a test that they missed or didn't have enough time for they can do it.

If they aren't stressing it would help the relax and not make them rush through their studies. It would give them more time to study instead of having to go to work and take away from their time of learning. Also it would give them time to for extra studying so they can make a better grade on their exams. Having all this extra time they could also get together with their friends and have study sessions together so if one person didn't know something they could help the other

Day after day, late students are punished or end up in detention due to short passing periods. Having short passing periods can make a student’s grade go down or worse when students are late to class. This can be prevented by extending passing periods to 10 minutes. Although the staff at H.P.M.S may disapprove, but in the long run, they will see the effects of having longer passing periods has on students. Because of the short time of passing periods, students at Happy Place Middle School are petitioning to extend their passing period time to 10 minutes. In short, some of the positive effects are that students can get to class on time, and gives students and teachers time to prepare.

With the expectations set for students by parents, high schools, and colleges, students find themselves in difficult positions. Should they study for a test or try to get a few hours of sleep? Does a homework assignment take priority over an extracurricular competition? About

Adding just an extra ten minutes to each class, the new schedule would create the potential for students to have more homework time, lab time, learning time, and/or valuable free time to read for pleasure, relax with music, draw, etc. (Hadfield). Especially as students get older and more involved in extracurriculars and rigorous academic courses, the need for any spare moment to get assignments done, study, or even sleep increases. When this time is unavailable or extremely hard to get, students are more likely to fall asleep in class, miss school due to illness, misbehave, cheat, hand in incomplete assignments, or drop out altogether. The same is largely true for teachers. The more homework turned in by students, the more grading has to be done by teachers who are already exhausted from a long, often repetitive day of work. Therefore, it is important to emphasize the fact that this extra time should not be used to cram in larger quantities of learning standards or homework problems, but rather to enhance the quality of the already demanding school regulations that are in schools

What is your least favorite class, the one you dread most? Picture yourself walking into that class, taking a seat, and watching the clock move slowly as you suffer through the next 90 minutes. Yes, you read that correctly. Imagine being stuck in your least favorite class for an hour and a half! This is a reality that many high school students experience every day. It is block scheduling. “Unlike traditional bell schedules - which typically comprise six to eight class periods per day, lasting anywhere from 45 to 60 minutes - block schedules contain just four daily class periods, with each one lasting an average of 90 minutes” (Block Scheduling in Schools 1). Although designed to increase student achievement, block schedules carry a number of disadvantages that make them an inadequate method for offering high school students a successful learning environment. Despite its few benefits, block scheduling works in direct conflict with most human attention spans, creates more scheduling problems than it solves, and lacks any solid evidence of improving student learning. In a world where educational practices come and go, block scheduling is a fad that should never have arrived in the first place.

Does your attendance record reflect your final grade in college? No not because the professor will mark you down a certain percentage of your grade, but because of the relationship between students that show up for class and the ones that regularly skip. When I started attending college, I was a bit confused why such a large percentage of students weren’t attending class. It seemed as the quarter moved further along, class attendance went down. After spending a bit of time on google, I found a few statistics that reflect why I believe class attendance should be mandatory. On the contrary, some students will say that they should have the freedom to decide if they want to go to class, because they are now adults. However, to improve students grades and school drop-out rates. Colleges should require class attendance.

It’s approaching midnight, the room is scattered with papers, and the only audible sound is the clicking of your pencil on the paper. You’ve been up for hours trying to finish your homework, which all seems so repetitive. You question how beneficial completing this homework actually is. A routine you all know too well. Homework has been a highly discussed topic for years. Everyone questions the benefits and reward. People should be informed about homework and the effects it actually has. Homework just causes stress, doesn't always help us learn the material, and doesn't prove to be helpful in standardized testing.

Therefore, Everett Community College should extend advanced Mathematics/Science tutoring hours on the weekend. The Annex Center does not only help students to finish their homework and test review faster, but also save time for other courses’ work as well. When students struggle with a problem, they are most likely understand the concept, but left out an important information that connects all other clues to form a complete solution. Instead of struggles for hours to review for the test, seek help from an expert is always a better solution. Once the tutors point the information out, they are good to go. In addition, the tutoring provides students a safe, distraction-free, and motivation workspace. People usually get off task by outside distraction (electronics, conservation, noise, etc.) Even if they are alone in an absolutely quiet environment, distractions are hard to avoid. However, studies have shown that if everyone around you is working, you will most likely focus on your work as well. When all students in the center motivate each other and focus on their work, they can finish their jobs faster. Therefore, students will have more time for other classes’ work, and boost their overall grade

Students check-in to 8th hour and pick up snacks. Students at the voice level 0 table sit

When classes are longer students are given more time to actually think and actively engage in learning. Students who are on traditional scheduling, one short class after the next, tend to feel ‘the frantic assembly line environment.’ Come to think of it releasing hundreds, even thousands of young emotional adults in the hallways every 45 minutes for 5 minute passing periods could easily result in need for disciplinary action. Along with students, instructors also benefit from extended class periods; pedagogical time is more efficient because less time is lost for each class. "... many school districts have adopted 'block scheduling,' which is premised on teachers doing less lecturing and instead, engaging students in discussion, role-playing, and active learning pursuits, but which in practice, often amounts to teachers taking time off while their charges use the school day to do homework, watch films, or surf the Internet.

Every end of marking period and progress check some students rush to complete all their work on time. They may have loads of lessons due and are rushing to complete them. Sometimes there are virtual study hall days on the ends of marking periods or progress checks though, and those let students work on past assignments without having to work on new lessons. The thing is, they don't have them every end of marking period or progress check. One thing I think that would make progress checks and marking periods less stressful would be to have virtual study halls every end of marking period/progress check, so let’s look at some ways a study hall would be beneficial to students and teachers alike!

Reasons why I think this should be something St. Labre should take into consideration. Study hall is important to me because it is time I get a lot of my work done and ready to turn in the following day, and extending it would just help me get a lot of my work done. Study hall helps me remember to get my work done after school, mainly because my last class is study hall. Therefore, more class time means more time to work on things in class if we have extra time. Longer lunch break seems a bit unnecessary to me because we already have enough time to eat and relax until our next class. But I guess that is something that is nice to do, but just not necessary.

-Students work on homework until it is time for bed. -Most kids still have to prepare for the next day after they have finished their homework. -By the time students finally get into bed, accomplishing

A major part of college is the all night study sessions before a test. These all