Why School Should Start Later
Ever wonder why kids are so tired when they go to school? It’s not because they didn’t go to bed too late or they are just being lazy. It is because the school starting hours are actually bad for their health. “Sleep researchers and other health professionals have been telling us that these early school hours are harming children.” (McGlinchey) That’s means that schools should start later.
Most schools brush-off the facts kids are falling asleep in class.They don’t blame it on the fact that it might be too early for the kids, they blame it on that the kids are to lazy and stay up to late. The averge time a teenage goes to bed is 11:00. Dr. Denise Pope said “Their circadian rhythms are different from adults. Circadian Rhythms are mental and behavior changes in the body. Even starting school at 8:30 can make a huge difference.” (Walker)
Schools are avoiding the biology in this proven fact and blaming it on how teens are lazy or just don’t want to go school. “The Oxford and Harvard researchers recommend 10 a.m., which they say properly aligns with the “biological wake-up time” of a typical 16-year-old. That would mean 6:30 a.m. for a 10-year-old, so school …show more content…
Yes, getting out of schools would be a little bit later than normal. Most parents get out of work around 5 so their kids wouldn’t have to ride the bus home or wait for their parent to pick them up and the practice or games might be pushed back but at most schools games start at 6 so if school got out at 3:45 than you still have awhile until your game and most practice start after school. “Meanwhile, no research has shown any benefit to requiring any child, of any age, to start instruction before 8 a.m.” (McGlinchey) the schools still do not want to start later yet there is no evidence showing how any child of any age should start at 8 in the morning
Most schools brush-off the facts kids are falling asleep in class.They don’t blame it on the fact that it might be too early for the kids, they blame it on that the kids are to lazy and stay up to late. The averge time a teenage goes to bed is 11:00. Dr. Denise Pope said “Their circadian rhythms are different from adults. Circadian Rhythms are mental and behavior changes in the body. Even starting school at 8:30 can make a huge difference.” (Walker)
Schools are avoiding the biology in this proven fact and blaming it on how teens are lazy or just don’t want to go school. “The Oxford and Harvard researchers recommend 10 a.m., which they say properly aligns with the “biological wake-up time” of a typical 16-year-old. That would mean 6:30 a.m. for a 10-year-old, so school …show more content…
Yes, getting out of schools would be a little bit later than normal. Most parents get out of work around 5 so their kids wouldn’t have to ride the bus home or wait for their parent to pick them up and the practice or games might be pushed back but at most schools games start at 6 so if school got out at 3:45 than you still have awhile until your game and most practice start after school. “Meanwhile, no research has shown any benefit to requiring any child, of any age, to start instruction before 8 a.m.” (McGlinchey) the schools still do not want to start later yet there is no evidence showing how any child of any age should start at 8 in the morning