As students sit still in a classroom listening to the teacher drone on in the 35th minute of an 85-minute class, they slowly begin to lose focus on the topic at hand.
The solution to this problem: strategically timed breaks. It is quite obvious that most students nowadays have the attention span of a goldfish, so what is the point of long, uninterrupted classes? Breaks reinvigorate students and prevent boredom and burnout.
Engagement and creativity are drowned out by constant internal distractions. Students need time to reset physically and mentally. All these long classes do is to add more stress to their days. Breaks in class aren’t just about education; they are important to students’ mental health too. Breaks build creativity, not undermine it.
