Why School Should Start Later

The main idea of this essay was the start times of school, my position on this topic was that the start times should be pushed back. My main claim is “In recent discussions of school start timed, some debate has occurred about if schools should start later. On one hand, supporters of later start times believe that kids’ brains aren’t fully awake for an 8 am class. On the other hand, however, opponents argue schools start time should stay the same. The opposition feels that if schools start later, that means that all after school activities will be pushed back. Considering this array of opinions, school start time should be later.” . While writing this essay I tried to incorporate pathos by choosing to talk heavily about the health benefits of later start times. The usage of
While the later start times were the main subject I feel as if there is also a secondary subject ‘ the benefits of sleep’. The reason for later start times would be so that kids can get more sleep. I made my subject known by talking about them in every paragraph. Occasion ~ This topic is relevant because kids are always tired at school especially during 1st hour. This is also relevant because the health of people should always be a first priority. Audience ~ I aimed this article at teenagers and their parents. Teens are a good audience because what teen doesn’t love sleep. The parents of teen or even younger kids is also a good audience because they get to see the health benefits that could happen if schools started later. Purpose ~ The purpose of this article is to inform people of the benefits that a later school start time can have on kids. As well as the health benefits of sleep especially on teenagers in high school. Speaker ~ I hope to be viewed as someone of knowledge on the topic I am speaking about. I feel that I have accomplished that by writing previous know information about this