Kanmarawanich

Waramas Snow Kanmarawanich

Mr. Abel Cadias

English 10 / 1008

June 5, 2019

The Eating in Class School Policy of Mahidol University International Demonstration

School

Eating is an important need in human life. People need food to survive. However,

eating is not just about having meals, but also eating snacks. Eating snacks helps children

when they are hungry. Most of the schools around the world provide break time for students

to enjoy their snacks. At Mahidol University International Demonstration School, students are

also allowed to have snack time during their break time. However, the school only gives 20

minutes for break time which is not enough for some students due to the long queues of the

shops with the number of students in the school. Some students need those snacks as their

breakfast. According to Gunn (2018), the research study clearly explained that not having

breakfast can reduce the efficiency in learning. Due to the long queue, students will not have

enough time to eat their snacks during break. Having snack during class time is the common

treat that some MUIDS students have been doing. Unfortunately, this is not allowed according

to the school policy. MUIDS should not prohibit students eating in class to help them with

their health and increase their efficiency in learning.

The purpose of this research report is to find out the number of students who have been

eating in class and whether they agree or not to allow students to eat snacks during class time.

The importance of this research is to request the school to change the school policy. The author
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uses three academic articles from different sources to relate the results and interpretation of

the survey to other research studies.

The respondents are 60 students of Grade 10. The first question asked do the students

think that MUIDS should allow students to eat snack during class time. The choices are agree

and disagree. Figure 1 below shows that the number of students who think that the school

should allow students to eat snack during class is fifty-nine students or 98.3%. There is one

student, or 1.7%, who thinks that eating in class should not be allowed in the school. The

second question asked what are the benefits of eating in class. The choices include more

concentrated in class, avoid gastritis, enjoy in classroom and more energetic. Figure 2 below

presents that most of the students think that the benefit of eating snack in class is to be more

energetic in the classroom with twenty-eight students or 46.7% followed by to avoid gastritis,

enjoy in classroom and to become more concentrated with number of sixteen, twelve and four

students or 26.7%, 20% and 6.7% respectively. The results show that allowing students to eat

snack in class can help them to have more energy. Energy is the most important requirement

to have in the classroom. Without the energy, they will not be able to do the activities and

enjoy the class well. Its benefit also helps students with their health.

The research of Krittikul (n.d.) said that the gastritis is caused by when there are no

foods in the stomach. The Hydrochloric acid of the stomach will come out which will destroy

the wall of the stomach. This is very dangerous. According to the studies of Vervetar (2017),

the study found that about 50% of students in class didn’t have breakfast. Besides, students

with low energy in the classroom often have troubles with the tasks that have assigned (Gunn,

2018). Furthermore, this will affect their participation score which has the effect of their grade
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also. Allowing the students to eat in class can be useful to help them with their grade. Without

having good health, their academic progress will be worse than before.

Figure 1 Number of the students agree to eat in class

Figure 2 benefits of eating in class

The report concludes that eating in class helps students in various ways. It is worth to
request the school to allow students to eat in class. It helps students with their academic
progress and importantly their health. Many researchers explained clearly that even though
the students are good academically, but if they do not have good health it is impossible to have
good grade.
References
Krittikul, P. (n.d.). กระเพราะอาหารอักเสบ. Retrieved from
http://haamor.com/th/กระเพาะอาหารอักเสบ/
Gunn, T. (2018, June 12). Hungry Students Impact Classroom Performance. Retrieved from
https://education.cu-portland.edu/blog/classroom-resources/hunger-pains-teaching-
hungry-students/
Veverka, S. (2014, May 24). Eating in Class Benefits Students. Retrieved from
https://mhsmirador.com/opinion/2014/05/23/eating-in-class-benefits-students/