These days, many children have difficulty paying attention and concentrating in their classes at school. What are the reasons for this? How can it be dealt with?

Teachers

are increasingly finding that their pupils do not pay in full attention or concentrate properly during

class

time.

This

essay will examine the reasons for

this

and suggest some possible solutions. One of the reasons for

this

is that

teachers

now lack the freedom to discipline

children

. In the past,

teachers

could use any methods they felt appropriate to control pupils in their

class

, even if

this

meant physical punishment.

However

, the balance has now changed, with

children

aware that there are limits to what a teacher can do and without these restrictions, they do not concentrate if they do not want to. There have,

for example

, been cases where pupils have sued

teachers

for disciplining them too harshly.

Children

should of course not be abused, but

teachers

must be given more power to use the methods that they find appropriate to control the

class

without fear of recrimination. Another factor may be the diet of

children

. Research has widely reported that the additives in a lot of the

snacks

and carbonated drinks that

children

drinking regularly can cause behavioural changes

such

as hyperactivity.

This

may lead to a lack of ability to concentrate in

class

. To prevent

this

, schools must make sure that these

snacks

are not available at the school. Parents have a part to play as well, and they must ensure that their

children

are not given too much of these types of

snacks

at home.

To conclude

,

children

may have difficulty paying attention in

class

because of a lack of discipline in schools and additives from

snacks

.

However

, the solutions are to give more power back to

teachers

and to limit the availability of certain foods.