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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous](I use "you" to refer to everyone in this thread against open lunch) Hi, I'm a freshman at BCC. I leave the school every day for open lunch, and I'd like to address some of your criticisms of open lunch. First, I'd like to start with the issue of being late due to the short lunch period. BCC's lunch period is 55 minutes, and with the passing period added, it's an hour. Second, the issue of places to eat within 5-10 minutes of the campus. You may not live in or be well acquainted with downtown Bethesda. Still, within a 5-10-minute walk of the campus, there are multiple restaurants/places to eat: Andy's, Jean's deli, Sprout, Lidl (for pre-prepared foods), &Pizza, Crescent convenience store (close to the metro), Dunkin' Donuts, Simona cafe, Subway, Starbucks, 7-11, Sister's Sandwiches. The list goes on, but the common denominator among all these places is that they all cost under $15. I'm not saying your kid has to get food out every day, but for a weekly meal, these are all easy to get to. Third, regarding students entering class late, I'll admit that I'm guilty of entering the school near the end of the lunch period, but when I do, I see at most 20 kids walking in at 12:00 pm. If you mean to say that students are entering the class itself late, that's an issue with skipping class, not open lunch. 
If you take into account BCC's population of 2500 students, having them all in the school will lead to crowded classrooms and hallways, lower sun exposure, and space for clubs. There are ~110 classrooms in the school, meaning that every classroom would have at least 22 students in it, which lowers space for clubs and direct student assistance. If 20 teachers are holding test retakes and another 10 are in their planning period, as well as 10 who are directly assisting students, the number of students in a classroom on average is 35. That spills into the hallways, causing crowding and boredom. Sun exposure is vital to learning because it boosts mood and increases focus. When you take a walk, eat, and talk with your friends, it increases your mood and therefore makes it easier for you to learn. If I stay inside the building all day, I tend to stop focusing on learning after lunch; this is easily remedied by a quick walk [b]outside of the school.[/b] My third point is that without open lunch, clubs wouldn't be able to find somewhere to meet. If 22.5 students fill a classroom, on average, there is no world where a medium to large-sized club will find space; most clubs have 10 members, and student unions such as LSU, ASU, and JSU will often have 20+ students; the students will have nowhere to meet, which lowers the student community, which would eventually lead to students forming clicks and rates of bullying increasing because students wouldn't have any mixing based on interest.

Before you answer any of my points on overcrowding, please look inside the school, or at least look at a map of it.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to ask!

Also if you haven't visited BCC or the area around it in depth in a while, please consider it! [/quote]

Every other school manages just fine.  Personally my kids are not spending $15 a day for lunch and your parents failed to teach you about money if you do daily.  [/quote]

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