Persuasive Essay: It's Time To Start School Later

Students theses day have a lot going on in their lives. From sport to other extracurricular and also homework. When is it time to get a good night rest? Most student have to stay up late to do homework and sometimes don’t get to bed until one in the morning and have to get up around six for school. Some schools in the Pilot Grove area like Columbia school district have decided to change their school days to 9:10 AM to 4:30 PM days. One of the problems that I think our school of Pilot Grove has it starts too early in the day. Which leads kids to not getting enough sleep and which could also lead to more severe cases like health problems, school performances, and the students psychological state.
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Most student who don’t get enough sleep end up being tried and can not take in all of the information that they need. According to Start School Later starting school later “Improved alertness, memory, attention, and cognitive processing skills.” Also it was also proven that school attendance went up. If school starts early it could help with the student safety. When I mean student safety safety from depression, anxiety and also suicidal thoughts. According to Suicidal Ideation and Complete Suicide “Adolescents who experience frequent nightmares and sleep less than 8 hours a night have been shown to be at higher risk for suicidal behavior.” I think that our school needs to change what time they start school because i think it would help with kids not being eager to learn and then we would have better test scores. Also if we started school later According to Mareesa Nicosia “Adolescents who don’t get enough sleep are more likely to be overweight, use drugs and alcohol, perform poorly in school and suffer from depressive symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which recommends 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep.” I think our school lacks at letting kid get that 8.5 to 9.5 which is what we need to work