Why Do Students Need Longer Recess

Tap, tap, goes your pencil as you wait for the bell to ring for recess. After sitting in your classroom for a long time, I think that students deserve a recess longer than fifteen minutes. When recess finally comes, it passes by in a flash because there isn’t enough time to play and use the restroom. Kids also don’t get enough exercise and it makes them hyper during class. They don’t get enough communication with others and it won’t improve their social ability, which proves that recess is really important and leads me to conclude that we need longer recesses.

Getting longer recesses will not only benefit ourselves, but it will also benefit others. This includes teachers because they are always complaining how kids don’t use the restroom during recess. I believe that this is because kids feel that there isn’t enough time to play and they don’t want to waste time to use the restroom. I think that there should be an extra five minute break just to use
It will also let them use all their energy so when they are in class, they won’t be hyper or too energetic which will lead to kids zoning out. But sometimes even when kids do exercise, it isn’t enough and they still have lots of energy. Kids don’t get enough exercise and they become unhealthy. At this rate, almost everyone will be fat and unhealthy because fifteen minutes just isn’t enough time.

Lastly, recess also improves social activity because at recess, kids will interact with each other. During recess, kids will their communicate their ideas and maybe even expand their creative thinking. Improving a kid’s social skill will also make a kid more confident during class. If a kid is confident during class, they have a higher chance to raise their hand or ask a question. Recess might even be able to transform a shy into a star