Alot of friends tell me they used to be the Bell Monitor kid, and they liked skipping class, and they felt really special with there friends.
What school staff also tell me is if the Bell Monitor student was away sick, in swinning class or in physical education class, then the bell ringging duty would be completley missed. It was upto the staff again to monitor the Bell, and jump into action when the bell didn’t ring.
What is more stressful.
1/ Having a Bell Monitor student operate the Bell?
2/ Having the School Staff operate the Bell ringging.
It’s #1, because there is two tasks plus an unknown. Monitoring the Time and Bell Monitor. The Bell Monitor arriving is an unknown.
The least stressful option is to have an Automatic Bell. You would not believe the great comments I get after the Bell is automated. If this was analysed scientifically, after an event there was happiness, therefore there is less stress.