Monday, June 16, 2008

Hammond Needs Another Cafeteria



We leave class on our way to lunch. We sit with our friends and talk. We have more than fifteen minutes to eat. That’s what we wish could happen. Our school needs another cafeteria. There are plenty of reasons why our school needs another cafeteria. The seventh grade students are eating too late, students don’t have enough time to eat, and the cafeteria is too small.


Hammond’s bell schedule has it so that seventh graders are eating lunch last at one o’ six. If we had another cafeteria seventh and eighth graders would be able to eat lunch together and the seventh graders would be eating lunch earlier. At other high schools such as Millennium High School the earliest lunch starts at ten thirty-five and ends at eleven o’ eight. There latest lunch starts at twelve-twelve and ends at twelve forty-five. As you can see none of there lunch periods go past one o’clock. More than half of Hammonds seventh grade students say that they are hungry in fifth mod and A.R. according to a survey of 7-2 students. Having a full stomach will help students learning as well. If students are hungry during their classes they will not be as attentive as they would be if they aren’t hungry. If Hammond changed the bell schedule around a little bit we could eat at eleven twenty-five. That would be thirty-six minutes earlier than we eat now. This would help reduce the amount of hunger during fifth mod and A.R.


When students are eating they may sometimes feel rushed while eating. This is because our lines are to long. If we had another cafeteria we could spread people out more so people would be able to get there food a lot faster than what they are getting it now. At one school in Gallup, New Mexico students are spending more than half of their lunch in line waiting for food. According to Bill Donovan, a staff writer for Independent, students are waiting so long because there cafeteria is over crowded, much like ours.


Students who are having to wait more than half our lunch period in line are feeling rushed while eating. One out of four students has to wait fifteen or more minutes in line. This is why students feel rushed while eating. Dr. Paul McKenna host of a show I can make you thin says that when you are full stop eating. But students at our school won’t know when they’re full because they are eating too fast. This causes students to gain weight. So if we have another cafeteria student will have enough time to eat and be able to know when they are full.


It is clear that Hammond needs another cafeteria. Things could be a lot better if we change our bell schedule. We are on our way to lunch lets hope we get more time to eat.

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