Changing School Hours

Some schools are starting to consider changing the school schedule from five eight hour days to four ten hour days, but by doing this the concentration rates will drop, the energy will not be saved but used just as much if not more, and also it will be hard for arrangements for pick up and drop off. By changing the hours of the school day more children will fail due to lack of concentration, more energy will be used because they will go for a longer period of time, and also with parents getting off at the same time the students may possibly be getting out could result in some conflicts.
One major conflict with changing the school schedule from five to four days is the lower concentration rates. Students now struggle with staying focused eight hours a day, so by forcing students to stay concentrated ten hours a day will be much harder and cause them to fail. Students cannot stay focused in class periods now being around an hour, so if the day becomes ten hours a day it will lead to longer class periods. By having longer class period’s students will become bored, and not wanting to finish their work or not even wanting to finish the class. So, changing the school hours may have an effect but it is mostly a negative effect on student concentration rates. …show more content…
By changing the days to four days a week for ten hours is just the same exact amount of time as if we go five days a week for eight hours. Therefore, we are not saving energy, we may be saving fuel by only driving four days instead of five but it is still using the same exact amount of energy. The only difference between going four instead five is the energy is running for a straight ten hours instead of only eight. Changing the school hours does not save energy like the school is intending to do, it is just saving the bus and car fuel needed for