order to get to school on time. Most children get up at unreasonably early times for school every morning. In order to get up on time‚ some people go out of their way by setting multiple alarms that are not always effective. It is especially difficult to wake up when you were up late the night before due to sports‚ extracurriculars‚ and homework. There is a solution to this problem. Schools can simply change the time the school day begins and ends. I strongly believe that all schools should be required
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issue that could lead to potential health problems later on in life due to continues use. According to the Risk Behavior Survey (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) “more than 25% of students nation wide have been offered‚ sold‚ or given illegal drugs on school property.” Adolescence who abuse substances are at risk of long- term impairment of cognitive ability and memory‚ lack of motivation and self –discipline‚ and have reduced school attendance. (American Academy of Pediatrics‚ 2007)
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don’t want to go. I believe that school should start late because if school started later‚ then it would give students a little more time to sleep in and get ready for the day. If school started later then students would be able to sleep in late‚ therefore getting more rest and more hours of sleep. For example‚ school starts at 8:00. Some students‚ like myself‚ take at least an hour or more to get ready. I have to wake up at 6:00 in the morning to arrive to school before 8:00. Most student go to
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High School Sports: An Unhealthy Alternative to a Fit Life According to the Center of Diseases Control and Prevention‚ the American people should exercise for at least thirty minutes a day. Most adolescents obtain that physical activity by participating in high school athletics; on average‚ 73.8 percent of high school students compete in such events (Ball‚ Bice‚ and Parry). These activities are not always the best practices for physical fitness; fitness can be obtained in other‚ safer forms
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School Should Not Start Early I don’t like to stay at school any longer than they have to. People in school don’t want to be there longer in the day either. That is why schools should not start earlier in the day. School should start at the same time as usual and end at the same time as usual. If we did start school later then students would have less time to get homework done‚ students who are involved in after school activities wouldn’t get home until a later time as well. Older kids with jobs
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Why schools should start later? In my opinion schools should start later because it benefits the students‚ teachers‚ and parents. I am going to be discussing the internal clock of teens‚ attitudes caused by lack of sleep interfering with education‚ and finally homework. Research in the 1990s found that later sleep and wake patterns among adolescents are biologically determined; the natural tendency for teenagers is to stay up late at night and wake up later in the morning.(NSF) This research indicates
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makes waking up early and going to school a difficult routine. By waking up this early‚ it allows teenagers to adapt to this routine and become used to it. I believe that school should not begin later in the day. If school started at a later hour and ended at a later hour‚ there would be no time for sports practice and competitions‚ the teachers’ time‚ and by waking up at such an early time‚ it prepares you for possible job opportunities when you graduate from school. Having that extra time
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before heading to school. However‚ during 1st period‚ Joan is asleep. She is too tired to pay attention to anything that the teacher is saying. For many high schoolers‚ this is their daily routine. Statistics show that 60% of children say that they are always tired and 80% of high school students say that they have fallen asleep during class. Psychologists recommend that high schoolers sleep 8.5-9.5 hours per day. Most high school students sleep only 5.5- 7.5 hours of. High school students should not
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I believe school should start later‚ studies have found that as we age from 6-17‚ our circadian rhythm changes‚ we are more of a morning person at the younger ages (6-10). We wake up early natural in those ages. From ages 10-14‚ our bodies naturally get to bed later and wake up later‚ that’s why some schools have switched the start times of high school and elementary school. It’s in the best interest for the students that the start times of high school and elementary schools to be switched. Other
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you would like to get better grades in school? How many of you would like to be able to participate in more after school activities? Well one way both of those things could happen is by making school start at nine o’clock. When you make school start later students could participate in after school activities‚ they would get better grades‚ and less students would be sleep deprived. All middle schools and high schools should start at nine o’clock. If school started at nine o’clock then students would
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