Air Conditioning in our Schools

26 minutes until class is over. I think that I will go dunk my head in the drinking fountain. Man, it’s hot in here! Ok, back to the test:
A…Russia
B…Antarctica
C…Kenya.

Umm, Antarctica, it seems nice and cold there. Only 24 minutes. Maybe tomorrow I should wear shorts like tom; they don’t look that short.

Kids are distracted from the lesson, test, or assignment by the heat and ways to get rid of it. Many thoughts are elsewhere: the swimming pool: popsicles: etc.: they are thinking what to wear tomorrow and after school, and it’s hard to do well on a test if we aren’t focused in class. We need air conditioning in our schools.

Heat is a very distracting thing. Heat affects everyone’s hygiene and health (both are very important things to teenagers). At the start of the year Mrs. Cobia’s science classes figured out the average temperature for 3 weeks. The average temperature was 82 degrees! An air conditioning company did a study and recorded that, 1“People have been observed to be the most productive at 72°-74°.” It was a tough class to concentrate; that was a problem because it is a core class. Her class was full of groans and complaints. “This room is too hot,” “Can I go get a drink,” and “I don’t feel well.” You were more focused on getting out of her class then you were on the assignment. The only other solution was to turn on a fan, or wear more cool clothes.

When it is hot outside you probably don’t wear an over coat and ski pants. It doesn’t change in the classroom. The easiest thing to do in a hot classroom is wear shorter clothes. When you can’t wear shorter clothes you wear fewer clothes. There is a boundary where you can’t take off any more layers/wear shorter clothes and still be in the dress code. Violating the dress code would not help the focus and concentration in the class. If our focus in school is on our clothes and who’s wearing what, we will not do well on tests.

If we bought air conditioning our district would do better on many national tests. Our results would be out there for all teachers to look. When a good teacher is looking for a place to teach and notices that we are doing well, it will certainly catch their attention. Good teachers would equal good students and that would result in an educated nation; that is a key thing in countries being competitive in the world. It would cost a lot of money, but if we were to get the best insulation and air conditioning it would pay for itself in the end.

In conclusion, I believe that we should have air conditioning. Not only would our health and hygiene improve, but so would our dress code problems. Following the dress code would improve our concentration in schools. The cost would be great but it would be a very good thing for our country. We need air conditioning in our schools in Davis County.