Benefits Of Allowing High School Students To Start Later Essay
How often do you wake up in the morning and feel well-rested and energized? More often than not, people have a mandatory obligation to fulfill in the morning. This obligation usually occurs at a specific time and requires that people must be awake and ready to fulfill their tasks for the day. Whether it be work or school, most individuals have to start their day early, even if that means not having a proper night's sleep. Imagine what would happen if an individual told his/her boss that he/she is coming in late because he/she does not feel rested? It is a simply outrageous statement which will most likely result in a new job. Allowing high school students to start school at a later hour is impractical and would not prepare them to enter into
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Personally, as a high school student, I do not believe that waking up a half an hour later would help me feel well rested and ready to preform. For instance, if I stay up until 3:00 a.m. in order to study for a test, it would not matter if I would wake up at 6:00 a.m. or 6:30 a.m. because I would still be deprived of sleep. Additionally, if school started at a later time, it would most likely just prompt students to push boundaries even further and stay up later than they previously were. This method of thinking that a later start time would be beneficial does not solve the existing epidemic of sleep deprivation, but raises more …show more content…
If parents leave earlier than their children in the morning, how would they help them to get ready for school? Currently, many school districts use the same buses to transport both high school students and elementary school students; how would schools afford to pay for new busses to transport elementary school students and high school students at the same time? How would students with after school activities find time to study, finish homework, and participate in social activities? Ultimately, beginning the school day at a later hour would be problematic for students, parents, and even the schools
Personally, as a high school student, I do not believe that waking up a half an hour later would help me feel well rested and ready to preform. For instance, if I stay up until 3:00 a.m. in order to study for a test, it would not matter if I would wake up at 6:00 a.m. or 6:30 a.m. because I would still be deprived of sleep. Additionally, if school started at a later time, it would most likely just prompt students to push boundaries even further and stay up later than they previously were. This method of thinking that a later start time would be beneficial does not solve the existing epidemic of sleep deprivation, but raises more …show more content…
If parents leave earlier than their children in the morning, how would they help them to get ready for school? Currently, many school districts use the same buses to transport both high school students and elementary school students; how would schools afford to pay for new busses to transport elementary school students and high school students at the same time? How would students with after school activities find time to study, finish homework, and participate in social activities? Ultimately, beginning the school day at a later hour would be problematic for students, parents, and even the schools