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Sophie Niesenbaum 3/30/10 Recess
 * __Recess is wanted__**

Which do you prefer? Coming into the classroom with your students acting like wild animals, or coming into the classroom with quiet, seated students being collaborative and cooperative? If I where a teacher, I would pick the second option, but the first option is most likely to happen if there isn’t any recess. I can tell you why recess is important. Recess daily gives students exercise that is needed, good classroom behavior, and makes students happy, open minded and ready to work.

The daily amount of outside time is 60 minutes per day. Exercise is also a daily thing needed. If we get to have recess in middle school a lot of those daily portions of outside time will be fulfilled. Exercising also decreases obesity. Plus going out side will help us get our dose of vitamin D from the sun.

Classroom behavior is a big part on getting a good education. For example: You can’t possibly work with kids yelling, talking, and running around. But, from what I’ve seen as a student, when we do get to go outside our craziness gets out and when we go inside we are ready to learn, and be open minded.

Recess makes us really happy! If we are happy there will be less fights. Teachers, you can have fun outside too! This is a good time for you to take a deep breath and get outside for a while. I think you would get a lot of advantages if we got to go outside.

So why not have recess? It will help us stay healthy, be intent on our work, and its fun! Middle school should get to have a little time outside too. Make it happen, **__Have Recess Today!__**