The Importance of Maintaining School Environment

As a student, we spend most of our time at school. From the morning to

the afternoon, we do a lot of activities within the school area. I personally
believe that maintaining the school environment is very important for us as a
student as it will affect anything that we do in it. Below are several opinions and
argument that will explain why keeping the school environment clean and safe
is important.
Firstly, keeping the school environment clean gives us healthier
atmosphere to study and to do various activities at school. Pile of trash produce
bad smell, pollute the soil and invite a lot of flies to stay in the area. By
maintaining the school environment free of trash, we can provide healthier
ground and fresher air for teachers, students and other school inhabitant. With
this condition, we will definitely enjoy our learning process at school as well as
our other activities within the school ground.
Secondly, maintaining school environment will actually raise the image
of the school within the society. It is common that a well maintained school will
be considered as credible and trusted school by the society. When this condition
is achieved by the school, more and more people will be willing to send their
kids to this school. This will be really good for the development of the school as
they will have enough capital to improve the school infrastructure.
Thirdly, maintaining the school environment is actually a lot more
efficient compare to the loss that might happen if all school residents is ignoring
it. Maintaining the school environment doesn’t necessarily mean cleaning the
school yard all the time. It also mean to secure the area by having several guards
patrolling around the school. With this, no one will be able to get out of or get
in to the school unnoticed. Therefore, we will be able to minimize the
possibility of theft or the chance for the students to sneak out.
Now that you have seen some advantages of maintaining the school
environment, I believe that you start to consider this issue as an important
matter. Taking this matter seriously is very important to all of us, whether you
are a student, a teacher, a principal, or any other member of the school, as it is
the place where you will spend most of your days.
 Between Village and City

The village is a residential area that is considered less popular as a place

to live by modern society. This village is seen as a very backward area. Almost
do not have adequate facilities and technology that can be accessed by the
public to facilitate various activities. The backwardness of technology is what
makes people who live in rural areas labeled ancient and primitive.
Unlike urban areas. All existing facilities and technology are readily
available and easy to access. Human activities also spread instantaneously
because they are supported by adequate technology.
That is why so many rural people migrate to cities in search of a better
life.Not only that, the circulation of money and the economy also occurs in most
cities. Likewise, many urban communities are saturated with the atmosphere of
a metropolitan city.
 Congestion and the Future of the City

Transportation is defined by experts as a derivative need from various

economic and social activities (see for example Morlock, 1985). Different types
of socio-economic activities will have different impacts on transportation
activities.
Daily transportation activities relatively cause repetitive movements, for
example what happens to workers and those who are studying at school. In
Yogyakarta, our beloved city, traffic jams occur every day at points that become
the path of movement of workers and students from their homes to work sites
and schools.
Recurring traffic jams in the longer term tend to occur during the holiday
and Eid season. At the arrival and departure stages, severe traffic jams will
occur on roads leading out of town (eg Jalan Magelang, Jalan Solo, Jalan
Palagan and Jalan Wates). During this period, congestion can be felt in the city
center as a place to stay and as a tourist destination (such as Malioboro,
Prawirotaman), as well as roads leading to tourist attractions, such as Jalan
Parangtritis.
The dominant daily traffic jams are caused by community activities in the
internal sphere. Congestion that repeats every day is an excess of the pattern of
living, working and schooling. Efforts to bring the location of residence closer
to the location of the activity is one solution that can be done. So far, it seems
that there has been no systematic effort to regulate the pattern of activities.