Have you ever felt the lethargy during an afternoon class? Well, you are not the only one; and researchers suggest that something in the air is the actual reason behind it.
Co2. It’s that ‘something’ in the air we’re talking about. It is the reason why classrooms, specially in public schools, feels like a parboiled pantry or an airtight tupperware or a turned-on oven or anywhere, anything that defines tropical stinging heat.
Arellanitas of BNHS-SHS know this feeling all too well. Having 3127 students constituting the premise and only _ rooms to accomodate everybody, it really is hot in here!
“Too much people, too much radiant heat,” Tom Lane of CEO Solar Company stated in quora. Since heat is constantly generated within a human body via chemical reactions, it needs to be released. With approximately 50 students in a _ sqm. room, it’s almost grueling to imagine everybody’s internal heat adding up to the 79.9 degrees Fahrenheit average temperature of the Philippines. Plus, the lack of ventilation. Wow, this sucks.
Adding to the ‘heat’ of things, researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Labor asserted, “There is a substantial evidence that performance on challenging tets of decision-making and flight simulations is worsened by (carbon dioxide) concentrations.” This is supported by their experiment conducted to four participants where they enclosed them in a small-like office where inside they pumped carbon dioxide each session with different CO2 concentration while the four take Strategic Management Simulation with 9 various parts namely:basic activity, applied activity, focused activity, task orientation, initiative, information orientation, information usage, breadth of approach and strategy.
Through this, the results displayed a significant decrease in strategic thinking as the concentration of CO2 increases, showing an inversely proportional relationship between the two.
Are you bored with this science chit-chat already? Maybe it’s that Carbon Dioxide in your room. Regardless, adjusting to the mood of surroundings is the best step to take. Not to be mad at the heat, or the classroom congestion, or the lack of ventilation, or the dullness of an after noon lecture. Because we can’t do anything about that, but what we can do is to go find a spot outside, under a tree, or anywhere we can breathe some fresh air, cool down and feel the most comfort.
By: Erma S. Macaraeg | RPm
