Every school has issues worth addressing. Most would think the issues addressing our school are greater than when students can travel during seminar.
Throughout the school year students have seen a reoccurring decrease in the amount of freedom they are given during seminar.
Travel time used to begin at 9:50 a.m. Now it has moved to 10:15 a.m., leading to many of us students remaining in our seminar home room for 25 minutes before work can start. This is a big waste of time and productivity.
The only reason students can leave before the designated time is if they receive a red pass or appointment pass from a teacher. These passes are only used when students are desperately needing help or have recently missed school. This system does not help the students who are here every day and need to meet classmates to work together on assignments.
Seminar is used by students to collaborate with classmates and to seek help from teachers. Because this is what the time is intended for, students should not be required to obtain a special pass. The change in time drastically lowers the amount of work that students can get done.
After leaving at 10:15, students still only have roughly 40 minutes before they have to return at 11:05. Most students need more than this amount of time to get the help they need, especially when a teacher is busy with many students.
The majority of students are productive and use the designated seminar time to their advantage. The few students who do not use this time wisely should not be the reason that the majority of responsible students are held back during what is supposed to be their own time.
When there are no seminar lessons students should be allowed to travel at 9:50 in order to make full use of their time.