...Benefit by Starting School Later Morning after morning I find myself fighting the same battle, getting my son out of bed. Many times, I think he is awake and walk away only to come back and find he is snuggled back under is covers sleeping soundly. This doesn’t typically make for a good morning for either of us. In my own rush to get ready and out the door to work, my frustration builds. It is very difficult to hide frustration at times. He picks up on the stress and is put on the defensive while he is in his own rush to get ready and out the door. My frustration always came from a very practical standpoint. This young man is 18 years old, why can he not wake up to the six alarms he has set? He used to do such a good job at getting himself up, what happened? I would compare him to myself as a teenager. I didn’t have anyone to make sure I got out of bed and to school on time, I was responsible for myself. I knew it wasn’t right to compare two people, everybody is different. I then started thinking about the situations. What things in his life are different than mine at the time? There are many, but one that really stood out. I started school at 8:30 a.m. His school starts an hour earlier. I only did a little research at the time, and it showed that teenagers, in general, require more sleep. I also talked to a few of my son’s friends and their parents. Krista Carden, a senior at Moberly High School, stated that she has to get up at 5:00 a.m. to start getting ready for...
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...early to get ready for school. As tired as I was, I wasn't focused at school causing me to fail a math test the following week. Throughout the semester, I didn't try my hardest to succeed in my math class anymore because I was disappointed with the score I received. Throughout the year my school performance decreased causing me to get bad grades in all my classes. A later school start time is better. A later school start time is better because it can improve a teens health and school performance. Some may argue that an earlier school start time is better. A later school start time is better because it can improve a teens health. According to “Bright and Early...or Not?” by Achieve3000 it states, “Studies indicate that delaying school start times is a key factor in helping adolescents get the sleep they need.” This evidence supports the claim that a later school start time is better because it can improve a teens health because it shows how adolescents who get enough sleep are healthier and do better in school....
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...Have you ever gone to school tired because if so you aren't the only one, many students have the same problem as you. I believe that the school start times should be later than what they are now. Start times should be later because schools can save money and be able to spend their budget on other stuff, people go to school tired and sleep deprived because of the early start times, and later start times because there are many positive effects on the students. If school would have their start times later they could save money on their budgets. Later start times would make busses more efficient and save on transportation. A school in West Des Moines said that the later school times made the busses more efficient and they predicted that they would...
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...Schools should have an early start time, because if it started late it would mess up everyone’s schedule. It would be even more difficult for parents to bring you to school every day. For a regular family it would completely mess everything up. According to Should School Stay Early written by Teennink Web, “It means changing a teens whole schedule, which in many cases is nearly impossible.” Parents have work at 8 am a 7:45 start time would be perfect. If school started at 8:30 what would they do? If you had a sports practice at 5 and school ends at 5:30, what would you do? Any way you put it later school would mess up a family’s schedule. Day times can be big issues. Changing school hours is easier said than done. If school start two hours...
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...Trevor Rickert 5th hour 10-06-17 School Start Times I believe that school should start later, at 8:45 AM. I think that school should start at 8:45 AM everyday because the average teenager needs nine to ten hours of sleep a night. Another reason school should start later is because students tend to fall asleep in their first hour class because they didn’t get enough sleep to stay awake. Another reason that school should start at 8:45 is that every teenager releases a sleep inducing hormone called melatonin around 10:45 to 11:00 PM. A new, later schedule would also be easier on the bus drivers who have to wake up at 4:00 AM every morning to drive children to school. Students would be more awake as well for tests that take place early in the...
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...In a recent article in The Clarion – Ledger there were some debates about the later start time for high school. This discussion has become an issue among some families. Some say sleepy teenagers are likely to be tardy, absent, and moody, but that is true in some cases. Many people say that a later start time for high school students more sleep and a later open bell can help improve the lack of sleep. That may be true, but going to bed a reasonable time at night will help. The idea of changing school time would cause a major disorder in the school and the students’ schedule. For students who play sports will be getting out of practice later than they did without the later start time for school. By the time these students get home, they will...
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...Even though some schools start later some have to still wake up early not energized to go to school. There should be a later school start time. Pediatricians agree that later school start times help the kids in school. The bad parts of a later school start time is that some parents cannot switch their schedule for a later school start time and some people think that it is just an excuse for teens and kids being lazy. In fact pediatricians think that a later school start time will prevent sleep deprivation, they believe that students can suffer from mental and physical health problems. The (AAP) recommends that schools delay class to 8:30 in the morning. The (AAP) urges schools to start later. The consequences of a later school...
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...because school ends to late? Besides getting a bit more sleep you can miss out on sports and activities. The topic that school should or should not start later has been discussed many times. Many schools have considered to change their start time later, but only some schools have done it. The schools that tried a new school time have found that it benefited the students while other schools don’t recommend to switch the starting time. “Should School Start Later” by Justin O’Neill, “Sleepy Teens: High School Should Start Later in the Morning” by Mark Fischetti and “Teachers overwhelmingly oppose later high school start times in Montgomery” by Julie Zauzmer and Dana Hedgpeth give support that schools shouldn’t start later. Despite the fact people think school starting earlier is good for students but I strongly believe kids should wake up because school will end to late, there will be transportation problems and changing school times can be unbeneficial for students. To begin, school will end to late. School ending to late can cause various problems for the students. Scope states “For one thing, starting school later means dismissing school later, which leaves...
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...Schools are trying to push back start times in school for children to get more sleep. If this happens many events could be disrupted. If schools start earlier we will lose money and this will result in many catastrophic events. Should schools take this chance? Schools should not start later, it could disrupt children’s after school schedule and cost a lot of money. Will school’s use this or not. If we started school later it will be costing about 8 million dollars to change the bus schedules. The school board will have to chose if they are going to change the schedule the schools will lose lots of money. In the video “Should schools start later in the morning?” it states that “After dropping the high schoolers the busses turn around drop the middle schoolers and then the elementary schoolers.” This could result in a hectic morning for the busses and if one change happens they might need to buy new busses for the high schoolers and that is what will cost a lot. If the school push the start times back it could result in consequences since they end school later too. I do not think that it would be smart to push the school times back because if we push school times back we are also pushing the end times back. Many children have homework or play...
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...brush teeth, eat, catch the bus, go to school. No one wants to get up in the morning and most people would agree. The average start time for high schools in America is 8:03 which is before the recommended start time of 8:30. Why does school start early? The majority of U.S. middle and high schools start their school days too early, not letting young people get enough sleep for development and academic success. One of the reasons schools should start later is that they are not starting at the recommended time set by the American Academy of Pediatrics of 8:30. A new study was published from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) that states that less than one in five middle and high schools in America starts...
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...should schools start later. Visualize kids not being able to play sports they like. Imagine kids losing bond with their family so they don’t get to talk to them. Picture kids being left at home alone or skipping school because their parents have work in the morning. This could happen if schools started later, I believe No, school shouldn't start later because people won’t have time for sports or after school programs because it could get to late or dark so it would be hard to play sports in the dark, it could cut family dinner time which means they could lose bond with them, many kids may be left home because their parents have to go to work. Some people think if it starts late then they may perform poorly in school. First, kids may not have time for sports if school starts later because it could get too dark. Allow me to explain, if it gets too dark then...
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...Payton arrived home from her school soccer game, she rushed to finish all of the homework she was bombarded with, while not caring about how it turned out. She was shoving her dinner down her mouth as the sun started to set and it kept getting later in the night. She opened her math textbook and started studying for her substantial math test tomorrow which determines the majority of her grade. Now, it was eleven o'clock at night and pitch dark outside. Payton is delighted as she walks up to her bedroom and sees her bed and falls fast asleep after a long drooping day. It is now early in the morning, the bus comes in thirty minutes. Payton hears her mom calling for her to get out of bed, but she is struggling to wake up. Twenty more minutes pass by and her mom calls again and Payton is forced to wake herself up and jump out of bed. The sky is still black, just like it was before Payton went to sleep....
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...Why do schools start at 8 a.m.? It is because it is more convenient for parents that have children in elementary school. School starts too early for teens; it is natural for elementary children to start at 8 a.m. but not teenagers. Teenagers need more sleep than older adults and young children. Schools should start later because students be more alert and healthier as well as schools will save money. Schools starting later will help students be more alert. The lack of sleep most adolescents get can cause moodiness, lack of attention, memory problems, behavior issues, and the ability to function (kqed). People between 14-24 years old are the most likely to be sleep deprived and it is due to not getting enough sleep during the week (iflscience). Benefits of sleeping include increased memory and learning, better attention span. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 70% of high-school students report sleeping for seven hours or less on a regular basis (time). This proves that the majority of students are sleep...
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...getting up in the morning for school at all. Students usually are very tired in the morning because they are up all night on their phone or tv. If students went to bed earlier, they would be less tired in the morning. They would also get the 8.5-9.5 recommended hours of sleep each night. Schools should not start later because it would cause many problems for students in before, during, and after school. According to Justin O’Neill, in his article, “Should School Start Later?” he states, ”Being on time, managing a busy schedule, and getting enough sleep are important skills teens need when they enter the workforce” (21). Students are going to have to get up early in the future for their job so, they will have to get use to waking up in the morning. This could send the wrong message to students about being responsible for themselves in the morning. If students have no experience in getting up early and getting there on time, they will be late for most of their life. Making room for all your work and other activities is hard. You have to develop a “routine” to help manage a busy schedule and get some sleeping time....
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...comes to school, some kids believe that school should start later because it could improve their lack of focus. I believe that school should start at the same time in district 112 because it will help decrease the stress level of the students, they can still have after school activities, and the transportation will still be easy. Students work very hard in the afternoons. Spending many hours on homework. If we change the start time of school it will also change the end. Students won’t get out of school until 4p.m. If they have extracurricular activities such as volleyball, they will be up doing homework even later so they will still get the same amount of sleep as they would before. According to Later High School Start Times a...
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