6 ideas to improve schools

    
     The following are 6 ideas to improve schools. I have no idea if these concepts may improve schools; however it is something to consider.
1) Brain research indicates it is most functional between boredom and too much stress. At either end of this spectrum, people begin to build unwanted brain chemistries. Teachers need to be aware of this. If lectures keep dragging on (increase boredom), students’ brains begin the process of not functioning at its best. Therefore, teachers should utilize exercise, technologies and perhaps even have students move around - to reduce boredom in the classroom.
2) Increase cardio vascular exercise for students. Exercise actually causes the brain to become smarter. Students who exercise actually have fewer disciplinary problems as well. It causes the brain to burn off the negative brain chemistries it accumulates during long class lectures. Schools need to include cardio vascular exercise mid morning and mid afternoon to cause their brains to function at its best.
3) We need to decentralize class settings. Many schools are located on huge school campuses. Studies have shown whenever many people are in very tight quarters, the fight or flight mechanism starts to take place. Students become more aggressive toward on another. Perhaps many classrooms should be moved. There are many commercial retail spaces that are sitting empty. Perhaps many classrooms could be moved to some of these empty spaces. This will result in more space for students to breathe. In addition, some of these new spaces could be converted to exercise rooms as well. Some of these classroom spaces could be used as k-12 classrooms in the morning. Then these same retail spaces could be utilized as classrooms for adults in the late afternoon and the evening.
4) Greatly expand after school activities, such as sports, music and plays. Ask students what items they would be interested in earning for so many hours they participate in after school activities. Perhaps it is certain concert passes, sports tickets, restaurant meals or other items. Then for so many hours they participate in after-school activities, they will earn these items.  There will always be extra tickets or items that still will not sell by many organizations. Why not ask business to give away these items as incentives for our youth? This country has many opportunities for those with the right attitude. Sports can be an excellent educational tool to teach these skills.
Many other after-school programs could also be organized. Music could be taught. Perhaps if they get good enough, they could sing or play music at airports, restaurants and other outdoor activities for cash. After school plays could also be organized. Perhaps with the right play, students could learn excellent life’s lessons through their lines. For the adults who volunteer their time for such after-school programs: perhaps these adults could earn 5 times the rate in donated tickets and items.
  5) Greatly increase summer opportunities as well. Summer heat can sometimes cause negative human behavior or conflict between groups of people. Many rental properties do not have central AC. This causes many people to just “hang” outdoors in the evening at parks in the summer months. Perhaps if we increase summer opportunities for students to stay busy in cool environments: this may reduce the problems of the youth just hanging out.
  6) Help kids and parents manage high tech gadgets. Today, many kids will spend hours on social websites and on text messaging. This sometimes cuts into their valuable sleep and homework time. Perhaps parents and their kids could be a fan of their kids’ schools. They could also forward their cell phone numbers. This way videos and web links could be used to teach people how to better manage these gadgets. Better ways to parent could also be forwarded to people as well.
      In conclusion, I have no idea if any of these 6 ideas have any weight to improve schools; however, some of these ideas just may.