Middle and high schools around the nation are welcoming students in the morning at the average of 8:07 am‚ nearly 30 minutes earlier than recommended by health officials. Studies show that 20% of all students fall asleep during class on a regular basis‚ and a recent National Sleep Foundation study shows that only 15% of teens get the amount of sleep their brain needs. The reasons for such early start times include convenience for working parents‚ and daylight for extracurricular activities. Teenage
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they argue that high schools should start classes later to help the sleep deprived students get the sleep they need in order to do well in school. However‚ I do not agree that high schools should have a later start time because the students would be getting out late from extra curricular activities‚ and their parents would be delayed in their schedules. First of all‚ the students would be getting out late from extra curricular. In other words‚ students would getting home later than expected. For
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than 90% of high school teens are sleep deprived due to the start time of school (Gregoire‚ 2015). School start times need to change to at least one hour later. Later start times would result in a dramatically better student health‚ performance‚ and attendance. First and foremost‚ the health of students would increase if schools started later. Students will have more time to eat a healthy breakfast‚ which is the most important meal of the day (“5 Pros and Cons of Later School Start Times‚” 2017). Not
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East Porter County Schools are making a big mistake with later school start time. Getting out of school later can cut into the time students spend with their parents if they are divorced. Students should as well be more responsible before school. Kids will also think they can stay up even later. So later school start time is going to lead to bad habits and high levels of stress. If kids have divorced parents‚ later school start time can badly affect it. Parents and court will struggle to post-pone
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sleep” Written by Valerie Erde‚ she makes many good points about why school should be set back to a later time. First is how it increases academic alertness and vigilance. Second‚ is how a later start time decreases depression in teens and decreases tardiness and decreases truancy. Last‚ is how this later start time is actually helping the students get better grades. I one hundred percent agree with this and believe these policies should definitely be implemented. First is how it increases our whole
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going to school early after only a couple hours of sleep‚ day after day‚ can cause serious problems for teens. Over the last few years‚ new studies have found that lack of sleep has more effects than just the obvious tiredness. Doctors and scientists around the country say that insufficient sleep can lead teens to make poor decisions such as drug use and not exercising. Other studies have found that students tend to be happier and more involved with their learning when their school has a later starting
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Dear friends‚ aren’t you tired of getting up so early? On a chill morning‚ all you wish for is to remain on a warm and cozy bed. Unfortunately‚ our school schedule forces us to wake up early and to have to prepare for school. Before year 2009‚ school starts at 8 o’clock‚ which mean that students were not required to wake up so early‚ but today‚ IICS school start time changed drastically from 8:00AM to 7:00AM. This‚ and the school still expect us to learn most efficiently even though most of the
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Schools shouldn’t start at later times. Schools shouldn’t do this because it would push back practice for school sports‚ parents would have a difficult time getting to work on time‚ and it’s harder for students to get home safely. If schools start later‚ students will not have enough time for homework or projects to finish. If they don’t‚ they’ll have a good amount of time to finish it. Yes‚ students will get more sleep if school does start later but keeping it the way it is had good reasons why
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Students have been complaining about school start time for a while‚ but here are the reasons why school shouldn’t start late. One reason is because many students are responsible for when they go to bed. Another reason is because it makes the school district waste money. One of my final reasons is that students have after school activities causes them to be out later. - (Student sleep habits‚ Alison Dennis‚ 5th hour) My first reason is that many students are in charge of when they go to bed
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Have you ever been exhausted on a Monday morning‚ struggling to get up‚ well don’t worry‚ I have too? Schools should start later in the day so that students can get the recommended full 9 hours of sleep‚ because let’s face it‚ we all know most students don’t actually get enough sleep‚ but if school times were changed‚ say an hour ahead of current time‚ then students will be more attentive which will help them learn and stay focused in class‚ getting more sleep can help with their concentration‚ which
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