Speaker’s Corner

Recess

Recess is a time that all students in schools look forward to. The current length

of recess in school is 30 minutes, so we would like to appeal for recess to be

extended to 40 minutes. We have come up with a few points below to support

our appeal.

As secondary school students, we study for at least 6 hours on a normal school

day; from 8am to 2pm. Studying is ongoing and non-stop, as the next teacher

walks in immediately after the bell has rung for the previous lesson. We are

not given any breaks between lessons, to rest and prepare our mind to absorb

more information. Hence, recess is definitely a well-deserved break, so we feel

that it is reasonable to be extended to 40 minutes.

The queues at the food stalls are so long and slow-moving that there is no time

to enjoy our food properly. We wait for food in the queues, get our food, and

eat hurriedly to rush back to class for the next lesson. Recess should therefore

be extended so that we can eat food without rushing.

Besides eating, recess is also a time for friends to bond. We usually meet our

friends from other classes, since we do not see them in class at all. There is no

time left after eating to talk and have fun with our friends. We need more time

to make friends so that school will be more fun.

We strongly believe that it is reasonable to extend recess time from 30

minutes to 40 minutes, so that we can better enjoy our food, have a well-

deserved break and even have time to chit-chat with our friends.

- Class 2/1