Why We Should Allow Students Off Campus Lunch

Should high school students be able to leave school grounds during lunch period? 83% of students say “Yes!”, but 17% still say “No!”. Some schools have allowed this, while others have not, and this debate has been going on for many years. Despite the three benefits listed later in this paragraph, some people still believe in letting students off campus are NOT safe. High school students should be able to leave campus during lunch because they would save the school funds that was used for food, students would become more mature due to the independence, and would have more of a variety of food choices. This essay will outline the advantages of letting students off campus.

One benefit of allowing students going off campus would result in schools saving funds that would otherwise be used for food. According to newsobserver.com, the average school pays between
For instance, according to tip.duke.edu shows 6 out of 18 older students (such as teenagers) grasps a concept best from trial and error. Because of this, if they spend all of their money on food and their friends, there’s a 70% chance that they will not spend all their money in one time period again. Having students off campus requires a great amount of responsibility, for example, budgeting their money. In 2012, data was gathered from the nonprofit Council for Economic Education and was later re-quoted by money.usnews.com stating only 13 states require high school students to take a personal finance class in order to graduate. Going along this, 84% of 16-18 year olds hypothesize they would prefer to learn about money management during their ‘teen’ years than make financial mistakes when they are an adult. Because of going off campus, the students will learn quicker while continuing to be engaged with the fun of ordering