A school boy rings a traditional school bellA bell is a signal in a school that tells the students when it is time to go to class in the morning and when it is time to change classes during the day. Typically the first bell tells the students that it is time to report toschool bells class and the bell that occurs shortly after that means that the students are late. There may also be a warning bell between the first bell and the late bell.
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In some schools it may take the form of a physical bell, usually electrically operated.school bells Bell (school In other schools it may be a tone, siren, electronic bell sound, a series of chimes, or music played over an intercom.
In April 2010, A Much Better Education For Any Better Future Al-Shabab a group of Islamic militants who control large parts of Somalia ordered that school bells were to be banned as they sounded too similar to church bells. Hand claps were then used as an alternative way of signaling that a class was beginning or ending.
A number of other schools in the UK have made similar decisions and either partially or completely turned off the school bell system.
In October 2010 Mackie Academy, in Stonehaven, Translation Into Russian Russias Best Interpreters. 2013-1-30 上午 3:33:49 Kincardineshire took the move to turn off their school bell system, following criticism that the school bells agitated pupils. According to the headteacher the corridors became much quieter after the system was introduced. It was hoped that pupils would take more responsibility for ensuring they arrived on time to lessons.
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