High school is the most stressful
place there is for the normal teen, and if you ask adults today they would
never want to be a high school student now with all the work, deadlines and
restrictions we have today. Open lunch or off campus lunch is a very common
thing that many high schools have, unfortunately mine does not. The open lunch
idea is a stress reliever. What high-schooler doesn’t want to leave their
school for the 45 minutes (or so) that they have free, to go get coffee, or
food that is actually edible? The 45 minutes we have for a lunch period should
be a free time for us to relax, unwind and maybe even get ahead on some
homework, in a comfortable environment like Starbucks or Panera, or maybe even
just our own home. We clear our minds and take a break so that by the time we
have to be back at school, our minds are recharged and ready to take on the
rest of the day.
19.3 percent of high school students
have seriously considered killing themselves, and 14.5 percent of high school
students made actual plans for committing suicide, from being so stressed from
school and from depression in many cases. If we could be granted the permission
to leave just for our lunch break to de-stress and relax, maybe even just to go
home and eat lunch, this high school student suicide rate could decrease.
A free lunch
break is the normal life of a businessman or woman who works on Wall Street.
They leave their office for their 30-60 minute lunch break to free their mind
of all the stressful work they have. So by the time they do go back to their
job they return with a clear mind and in turn the employer get a refreshed
employee who can work at 100% capability. They are allowed to leave and go do
whatever their hearts desire; as long as by the time this lunch break is over
they are back sitting at their desks as if they never left.
In the real world if you’re allowed
to leave for your lunch break then why can’t high-schoolers, preferably
upperclassmen leave too? Highschools expect us to be able to make decisions
about our future. How can we be able to predict or plan our future when we can’t
even leave the school for 45 minutes just to distress?
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