...Mostly everyone doesnt like to get up in the morning for school especially us teenagers.As bad as we may want to stay up all night and watch tv and sleep in we just can't heres why. Teenagers may complain about ha get up having to go to bed early and get up early ,but they dont understand the purpose of it all. There was once a question asked to me by a teenager...and it was should HighSchool classes begin later during the day in order for us teens to get more sleep ?.My response was no.You see i beleive that if school had started later during the day that teens would'nt get as much sleep anyway because it is so late in the evening.(Example) when you go to bed on time your able to do more in the morning like eat breakfast,take a shower...
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...Jenah Cooney May 15, 2012 College English/Surinak Senior Research Paper Period 2 Wake Up Later and Your Grades Will Be Greater High school is a part of every teenager’s life whether they like it or not. Although it is not a requirement; most, if not all, teenagers will experience at least one year of high school. With the experience of high school, students will also go through waking up early sometimes at five or six a.m. The starting time of high schools has been highly debated for several years. Those who debate this topic usually dispute on whether or not changing the time would be beneficial. Psychologists estimate that as many as 30% of children may have a sleep disorder at some point during childhood. Sleep disorders have implications both for social-emotional adjustment and for school performance. For this reason it is important for both parents and educators to understand how sleep works and how disruptions in normal sleep patterns can affect children and teenagers. Starting school just a half an hour later would benefit the most families and students, and also to accommodate for teens' sleep needs. One of the main beneficial topics to argue for starting school later is attendance. Schools should start later because it is proven that students will have higher attendance. If students can get more sleep, they are more likely to attend school on a regular basis. Studies have shown that after puberty, teenagers require more sleep, around nine and a half...
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...Schools across America have been debating for years on if school should start later. Do you believe students would benefit from a later start time? Many people from across America believe students should have a later start time, including doctors, parents, and members of the school board. Consequently, schools that start earlier in the day can have a negative impact on students grades and most importantly their health. Nevertheless, this issue is controversial due to an increase in teen car accidents in the communities in which schools begin early. No, school should not start early in the day; due to the negative impact on students and other members of the community. Students grades across The United States are negatively affected by early start times, which means school start times should begin later. Nancy Kalish once said in The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade, “Minneapolis and Edina, Minnesota, which instituted high school start times of 8:40 and 8:30 a.m., respectively in 1997, students grades rose slightly and lateness, behavioral problems, and dropout rates decreased.” All students will benefit from a later start; grades increase due to not falling asleep during class. Opponents of this idea believe that changing school start times will not help this issue, due to the fact that teenagers stay up...
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...I think high schools should start later in the day and end later in the day, to improve high school students lives. Now that research proves this idea. Many students have a hard time waking up on time and tend to perform poorly in class without the correct amount of sleep. So lets talk about some of the benefits of starting school later on in the day. Firstly and most importantly students will come to class alert and ready to learn. Many teachers struggle with getting students to be active in class and it is not their fault but the school's fault. The reason why students are not being active in class is because school starts too early and causing students to get a lack of sleep making them sleep deprived. If students got a good night...
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...High school students should not begin their school later and end their school day later. Stuents have sports and work to attend. Also stuff at home to do. Stdents need time for themselvese. Making the day longer will do no good at all. Sudents have after school sports that they enjoy to do. If school were to end later then the students would have to go to their sport later and then the would get home even later then what they already do. Okay, say their was a football game and the game was a hour and a half away, the students would get out from school even later so that means they go to their game later and by the time they get home they would not have time to do anything because they would need to go to sleep. Once a student gets home...
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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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...Students wake up very early to go to school, sometimes earlier than their parents. The issue of early start-times for schools may be the reason why students sleep in past their alarm clocks. High schools should start later in the day because then students could get more hours of sleep, students would be safer behind the wheel, and students would actually have an appetite for a nice breakfast and not feel so rushed. To begin with, high school students should receive 8-10 hours of sleep on a regular basis. As far back as 1999, a member of Congress introduced a resolution to make school start times later. Addressing the resolution, representative Zoe Lofgren said, “Over time, sleep deprivation leads to serious consequences for academic achievement, social behavior, and the health and safety of our nation’s youth”. Students who get less than 8 hours of sleep a night were ⅔ likely to get injured than those who do. If you get more sleep, you won’t be drowsy and clumsy. Also, the issue of inadequate sleep for students has been brought to the attention of the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They realized that over 40 states had students starting school earlier than 8:30 a.m. There is proven facts that a lack of sleep causes higher rates of obesity and higher rates in motor vehicle...
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...internal sleep clocks so that waking up early and going to sleep early are difficult. Should high school classes begin later in the day and end later in the day to accommodate students' natural sleep clocks? Consider some of the benefits and disadvantages to starting school later in the day. I agreed for trouble sleeping, for their sleeping patterns are in the different way by time for to sleep, by going to school are starting the school later in the morning. I actually agree, because students from high school do have problems of their sleeping patterns at night time for sleeping early, or some students are stressed out by staying up late for other things to do like finish their...
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...High school is a very important time in teenager's lives. They have many things going on and important decisions to make. I know this because I'm a teenager. To start an hour later would be great, but at the same time would cause too many problems. That is why I believe high school shouldn't start an hour later. However, starting school at our normal time is harming students. According to sleep experts, "[t]ypical sleep cycles begin around 11 PM for teenagers and continue through 8 AM "(Start School Later, Inc). This means that students only get around six or seven hours of sleep per school night and wakes students up in the middle of deep sleep. In contrast, parents oppose teens to start later. Mary Carskadon, a professor of psychiatry and human behavior stated, "parents are often reluctant to have teens start later, because they rely on having older children at home in the afternoons to take care of their younger siblings "(Richmond). This is because many...
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...Research has shown that teenagers have internal sleep clocks, and have a difficult time going to sleep later and waking up earlier than normal. It has been thought that high school classes should begin and end at a later time. in my opinion, I disagree with this idea for a few reasons including; jobs that teenagers may have in high school, extra curricular activities , and it may also inflict on the pick up and drop off of the students to and from school. Making this change would not be a good idea. Many high school students have part time jobs in high school. Having to go to school later in the day may cut hours at work for the students. Those that have jobs most likely drive a car and have to pay insurance and make car payments...
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...It was an early school morning and Sally still has not gotten up. Her bus would leave in approximately an hour. Sally has always had a difficult time waking up in the morning; she would always stay up past her bedtime because she had a difficult time falling asleep at night. This particular time, she stayed up and was worked on her group English project; she only had two hours and thirty minutes of sleep and was expected to wake up at five am. During peoples' teenage years, they experience a change in their internal sleep clock. Teenagers should have their high school classes begin later in the day and end later in the day. High school starting later benefits the students in many ways. First, they will be wide awake in class and ready to learn....
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...Walking the halls of most American high schools during the morning hours, one might think they are in a zombie apocalypse. Students have bloodshot tired eyes, drinking red bulls and falling asleep in class. Not doing well, especially in first block classes. Over the past two decades The Sleep Foundation has been trying to suggest that high school should switch start times to later (later start times). Teenagers are told they should get around 8 hours of sleep at the minimum but nine to ten hours is ideal (Carroll). Teenagers are going through puberty and require more sleep than the average adult (Troxel). Only one out of ten students are getting the right amount of sleep each night (wake up calls). A typical teen who is sleep deprived are less likely to do well on a quiz or test than a student who is not...
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...that teenagers in high school classes should begin school later in the day, because of having to wake up early and going to sleep early. Also about how the research shows that classes should begin later in the day, and end later in the day. I am in between about the research because there are good things and bad about starting school later in the day and getting out later on in the day. Why I think that it is a good idea to start classes later in the day, because high school students will get more sleep and be prepared for class. Also students would have more time to eat breakfast in the morning. Another reason why I agree because the students will be able to go to sleep easier, and will not...
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...A survey of U. S districts shows fewer than one and five high schools begin before 8am. High school students go through a mass amount of bullshit on a day to day basisIf there are any changes that should be made about school it would be the school hours, standardized test and classes. Sleep the time our bodies recover; but what if you don't get enough? Your grades, health, and performance suffers. Teens need about 8 hours of sleep each night, but when you have homework, chores, and hours of studying how can you achieve that with adequate amount of sleep in mind. School should start later so students have enough time ti get work done and get an appropriate amount of sleep. We spend hours deciding and choosing our major and career paths but...
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...students gain the most from delayed start times. Making middle and high schoolers start classes before 8:30am threatens children’s health, safety, and academic performance. The start time for middle school students should be later than it is now because it has positive effects on middle school students lives. For one thing, middle and high schoolers need to get more sleep according to npr.org. Making middle and high schoolers start classes before 8:30am threatens their life. With a later start time students can get more sleep, and be more active, and focus better in class. When students get more sleep, their health is better than someone who gets less sleep. If middle and high schoolers get more sleep they would have fewer mood changes, they would also have improved physical health. According...
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