3rd Hour - Population Boom

Experts insist that the population of the Earth is increasing at a rate faster than the planet can support. Read “The Global Population Conundrum,” at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/global-population-conundrum.html . This is an interview between Nova and population expert, Lester Brown. Then answer one of the questions that follow:

1. What changes does Brown believe will have to take place in order for our world to be more successful?

2. What would happen if McCluer North became overpopulated? What kind of problems would it cause? What kind of day to day changes would have to be made (besides building a bigger school) to accommodate a larger student population? Name at least three specific problems of accommodations in your discussion.

If McCluer North became overpopulated, people wouldn't even be able to moves because there would be soo many people in the hallways. It would cause people to be late for class, peopl getting pushed, which in turn would cause fights. A day to day change would be, that we tell people not to stand in the hallways, blocking people's path.

If North became overpopulated, then the experience would be even more unbearable than it already is. It would cause massive pile-ups in the hallways, food shortages during lunch, and general feelings of uneasiness and tension which could lead to fights (which are always fun to watch). There's also the problem of evacuating the school in case of an emergency. It already takes forever to get outside during the fire drills. Overpopulation means more people on the stairs that block me from getting out of the burning building. To accomodate the massive quantities in the hallways, the school could use the middle school system and be released by grade.

Now, walking down the hallways you are bumped pushed and even sometimes...run over! There are times at lunch when food runs out at lunch in order to have enough for the next shift. Classes are crowed and not comfy. if the population were to increase it would just get worse. Hallways would be a nightmare,luch would run low, classes would be crowded and the teachers would a hard time giving everyone personal help.Fights would be more likey to happen, violence would increase, it would be even more dirty. We would have to build a bigger school or move campuses in order for things to work well. Basically, increase in north's population=all bad!

If McCluer North became over populated it would be chaotic. We would have to add in extra lunch periods and an new way to serve the food that makes it harder for people to but in line, even though they should be trying to do that now. There would also have to be more ways to get around the school because it is already hard enough. Teachers would also have a harder time teaching because The amount of loud ignorant idiots would have at least doubled so then every student's grades will fall because they can't concentrate.

If McCluer North became overpopulated that would be a huge problem, it would be extremely cramped. The problems with this situation would be it would be hard and fustrating going from class to class. The changes that would have to be made are the times that we get to go from class to class would need to be longer because it would take more time getting past crowds, lunch would need to be longer because lunch servers would be serving more kids, and the school would need more teachers or bigger class rooms for the students to be in.

If McN reached its carrying capacity there would be three major problems:
1. Not enough space
2. There would be chaos
3. Not as much fun

There would be no space in the classrooms for students to learn effectively and GPAs would most likey decrease.
People would begin to thnk that rules would not apply to them and there would be dress code violations out this world, fights almost everyday, administration would have no control, lines would be extremely long, passing time would increases, and school would probably get out a little later than it is now just to get everybody where they are supposed to be.
I dont think it would be as much fun to go to school or to dances, or games because it will be just TOO crowded, and there would be less school activities to partake in.
The only solution to this problem is preventing McN's population to a comfortable size per classroom.

2. What would happen if McCluer North became overpopulated? What kind of problems would it cause? What kind of day to day changes would have to be made (besides building a bigger school) to accommodate a larger student population? Name at least three specific problems of accommodations in your discussion.

If McCluer North became over-populated the school would be overly chaotic. Everything would be affected, we will have more people in everything class to the student to teacher ratio will be bigger. The lunch schedules won't really work anymore so we'll probably end up having more not just three causing the rest of the schedule to be affected. The school will also need alot more books and other materials like that to accomadate for the all the students.

One problem would be lunch shifts. We would need to create more lunch shifts. Another thing we would need to fix is the hallways. We would need to create a longer passing period or make it to where people were not in the hallway all at the same time. We also would need to find more supplies such as text books for all of the extra students.

ROBBYECANADA wrote:2. What would happen if McCluer North became overpopulated? What kind of problems would it cause? What kind of day to day changes would have to be made (besides building a bigger school) to accommodate a larger student population? Name at least three specific problems of accommodations in your discussion.

If McCluer North became over-populated the school would be overly chaotic. Everything would be affected, we will have more people in everything class to the student to teacher ratio will be bigger. The lunch schedules won't really work anymore so we'll probably end up having more not just three causing the rest of the schedule to be affected. The school will also need alot more books and other materials like that to accomadate for the all the students.

I agree with you robbye about the teachers, lunch, and the materials. You summed it up pretty well.

JessLockette wrote: If McCluer North became overpopulated, people wouldn't even be able to moves because there would be soo many people in the hallways. It would cause people to be late for class, peopl getting pushed, which in turn would cause fights. A day to day change would be, that we tell people not to stand in the hallways, blocking people's path.

Jessica you bring up a good point about people being late for class and people pushing and fighting. I agree with you because that would be likely to happen.

JessLockette wrote: If McCluer North became overpopulated, people wouldn't even be able to moves because there would be soo many people in the hallways. It would cause people to be late for class, peopl getting pushed, which in turn would cause fights. A day to day change would be, that we tell people not to stand in the hallways, blocking people's path.

I think you have a good idea about that and I think that that should be that way even now. What do you think about lunch shifts...there would be no way that with our current lunch shifts that we would be able to feed more people in a more timely manner.

brianadreid16 wrote:If McN reached its carrying capacity there would be three major problems:
There would be no space in the classrooms for students to learn effectively and GPAs would most likey decrease.
People would begin to thnk that rules would not apply to them and there would be dress code violations out this world, fights almost everyday, administration would have no control, lines would be extremely long, passing time would increases, and school would probably get out a little later than it is now just to get everybody where they are supposed to be.
I dont think it would be as much fun to go to school or to dances, or games because it will be just TOO crowded, and there would be less school activities to partake in.
The only solution to this problem is preventing McN's population to a comfortable size per classroom.

Yes, it would be way too crowded for the likes of me, who happens to be closterphobic. You made a good point about the classroom space being a problem for learning...I hadn't thought about that aspect yet. I am not sure about the GPA's decreasing though...some would be determined more than ever to keep there grades up.

[quote="Kara Gordon"]One problem would be lunch shifts. We would need to create more lunch shifts. Another thing we would need to fix is the hallways. We would need to create a longer passing period or make it to where people were not in the hallway all at the same time. We also would need to find more supplies such as text books for all of the extra students.[/quote
That's a good idea. I didn't even think about how the population of the school would affect passing time ,but you're right we would have to completely change how the passing periods work. All these changes will make McCluer North soooo much different.

JessLockette wrote: If McCluer North became overpopulated, people wouldn't even be able to moves because there would be soo many people in the hallways. It would cause people to be late for class, peopl getting pushed, which in turn would cause fights. A day to day change would be, that we tell people not to stand in the hallways, blocking people's path.

I think that people literally probably wouldn't be able to move. There would be hardly any space for that capacity of people. Going to class on time will be almost impossible too because of the large amounts of people going there too. Everything at McCluer North would be dramatically changed..

Changes Brown believes will have to take place for our world to continue to succeed are the restructuring of the economy to accomodate rising food prices and global competition and more immediate action by world governments in the face of global warming. By the way, global warming is causing rising temperatures, influencing falling water tables, helping drive up food prices, and limiting excess food production to support more people. Personally, I beleive Brown's recent prediction is taking place in the present. Look at the economy and ridiculous cost of living. Before we know it, there will only be the poor and the wealthy.

Kara Gordon wrote:One problem would be lunch shifts. We would need to create more lunch shifts. Another thing we would need to fix is the hallways. We would need to create a longer passing period or make it to where people were not in the hallway all at the same time. We also would need to find more supplies such as text books for all of the extra students.

-In the same way as McCluer North would be very dense and less fuctionable, the world would be the same on a bigger scale. Food, Water, Space, and other important resources and things that make life bearable would be little to none. This is where new construction or schedule restructuring would make things work much more smoothly, like the restructuring of the economy and adjustment of prices as well as new resources and technology like 'green tech'.

JessLockette wrote: If McCluer North became overpopulated, people wouldn't even be able to moves because there would be soo many people in the hallways. It would cause people to be late for class, peopl getting pushed, which in turn would cause fights. A day to day change would be, that we tell people not to stand in the hallways, blocking people's path.

-Thats happening right now, especially in the main hallway. This is the result of extreme population density and not enough resources or a good economic structure. Think of major cities or highways where the infastructure is constantly blocked or space is a rarety. This is why its important to restructure the economy or extend the infastructure.....(Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Major Cities, McCluer North) and maintian what we have.

If McCluer North were to become overpopulated, there would be no no way to travel through the halls, there would be too many people in the halls. Passing time would have to be extended so that everybody can get to their lockers, do whatever they need to, and get to class. The school would have to spend more money on food, which in turn could raise the prices for available food. Classes would become bigger, which means less personal time with the teacher and more out and out lecturing. School-wide gatherings like assemblies would be impossible for all to attend.

[quote="danirivera"] I don't think the school would knowingly have a low amount of food. I think they would be forced to order more food and, if they feel, raise the price of the food.

[quote="Logan Huddleston1"] This is why the school needs stricter regulations for honors and advanced classes. People could concentrate if they were in a behavioral, learning-focused class.

I think that McCluer north is already heavily populated. You have teachers sharing classrooms, switching out different hours to teach. If we add more students to the mix, McCluer North would be a wreck. I think we would see a projection of limited funds, in turn, less food options at lunch, less available elective classes to make room for the demand of required course teachers, and possibly lay offs for those elective teachers. Because we have the annex, it may have to be converted into a second schooling house also. Many changes would have to made. I think over population could be handled, but it is still has a negative impact.

adamobrock wrote:If McCluer North were to become overpopulated, there would be no no way to travel through the halls, there would be too many people in the halls. Passing time would have to be extended so that everybody can get to their lockers, do whatever they need to, and get to class. The school would have to spend more money on food, which in turn could raise the prices for available food. Classes would become bigger, which means less personal time with the teacher and more out and out lecturing. School-wide gatherings like assemblies would be impossible for all to attend.

I didnt think of it that way Adam, but you are definitely right! It would be impossible to pass through the hallways. And i cannot deal with rising food prices!!

Erika Edmonds wrote:If North became overpopulated, then the experience would be even more unbearable than it already is. It would cause massive pile-ups in the hallways, food shortages during lunch, and general feelings of uneasiness and tension which could lead to fights (which are always fun to watch). There's also the problem of evacuating the school in case of an emergency. It already takes forever to get outside during the fire drills. Overpopulation means more people on the stairs that block me from getting out of the burning building. To accomodate the massive quantities in the hallways, the school could use the middle school system and be released by grade.

Agreeeee!!!!! If this over population just so happens to happen next year... SENIORS DISMISSED Fi RST

[quote="Kara Gordon"] I agree with you, we would need a surplus of things. But, if MNHS became more populated, how would everyoe fit into the tiny classroms?