...early school times can result in less concentration in class and creating bad health habits such as skipping breakfast. According to Jennifer LeComte, director of the pediatric program at Christina Care’s Wilmington hospital health center, bad sleep habits can lead to obesity and diabetes, because the body’s regulation of sugar is thrown out of whack (Albright). This could...
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...alarm clock. “I should be sleeping right now. Not waking up at 6 AM.” I grumbled to myself as I slowly got ready for another day of school. People often ask their friends and themselves why we have to get up early almost everyday and be at school by 8:45 or 7:30. (Debate.org) According to the data collected from students, 79% say that school should start later, while the remaining 21% oppose the idea. One student who supports the idea stated that she had observed her sister through her high school years. She said that if her sister’s school had started later, and ended later, then she would be ready to learn and the chance of her falling asleep during class decrease. Another student claimed that a average teenager need about 9.5 hours of sleep a night, but study shows that teens usually get about 7.5 hours. Their claim was that you can’t concentrate when you are tired, and if you were taking a exam, you would need concentration. Other students share that they don’t have time for breakfast, they are stressed in the morning hours and they feel rushed. Though the students are correct, the other 21% is also correct. Students...
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...I feel like school should start later in the day. If we had more time to sleep in the morning we would be more energize throughout the day. Even if it was just two hours I would feel a lot better about coming to school. I also think that the school day would go by so much faster if we got more sleep. If we got more sleep in the mornings we would have more energy. If I got two more hours a morning i would be more ready for my classes and football practice. My buddy Zach is late for school three days out of five because he over slept that wouldn't happen as much if we got more sleep. We also have most of the girls that I go to school with are waking up at 5:30 am just so they can look good for school. If we got two more hours in the morning...
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...School isn’t so easy and can be really tiring … shouldn’t we students deserve late days at least every Friday? A late day is a day when school starts later, at about 9:00 in the morning. Starting school later in the day will help students achieve better test scores, have less sleepy faces during class, and improve their academic performance. Sleep is important to have, and it keeps you not as grumpy in the morning… wouldn’t you want to have a late day on Friday if it means you can get more sleep? Getting more sleep means that us students would be more energized for school, and we wouldn’t be half asleep in class! I have had some personal experience with getting up in the morning and it’s not too pretty! I always want to go back to sleep and...
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...School is a very interesting thing when it comes to learning,but sometimes and some subjects can make you want to fall asleep. I think on Friday’s, school should start way late on Fridays: like around 9:45 or 10:15! If school was to start on Friday’s it has to have reasons why. I looked up on google what the expert say and Dr.Paul Kelley says that Children 8-10 should start at 10:30 or later. Kelley called for an end to early starts at schools, colleges and university to “improve the lives of a generation”. An effect on students if there was to be a later day, is the sleep difference. An expert from CBS News says that middle schools should start later in the morning to give students their much-needed sleep. But Dr.Judith Owens says, “One of the issues is that kids are overscheduled, don’t give them so much work so they can be in bed before midnight. I agree with all these experts, but just because they’re experts doesn't mean they’re true. I only agree with two out of the 4 opinions from all of the doctors or professor’s opinions. I know that school is good for you but,why does it have to start so early? 9:15 would be fine!...
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...of schools start before 8:00. Schools should start time later because when kids fall asleep in class, they don’t get the knowledge they need, not enough sleep makes people sleepy and groggy and not enough sleep can hurt people mentally and physically. The first reason why sleep is important is when kids fall asleep in class, students don’t get the knowledge they need. Teenagers are tempted to stay up later so they have a tendency to fall asleep in class (The teen who woke up her school). This is bad if students fall asleep so this is one reason to push back school times. “60% of kids complain that they are tired in school,” states Sleepfoundation.org. Again, if school started at 8 or 8:30, there would be no problem with the complaining.The majority of students past the age of 13 are sleep deprived. To conclude this, Next when people don’t have enough sleep, people are really tired and cranky. The second reason why school should start after 8 is not enough sleep can make people sleepy...
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...Did you know that lack of sleep in children and teenagers can have a negative effect on their health and can cause kids to be less active and even lead to obesity? Schools all over the world should start later because of the mental health effects a lack of sleep can have on a student. One piece of evidence from the article “School Start Times” is, “Doctors say that kids between the ages of six to twelve should get nine to twelve hours of sleep a night to make sure they stay healthy.” This piece of evidence from the text supports my claim because this quote explains that if kids don't get a proper amount of sleep it could damage their health. The amount of sleep we need to get is different for everyone but studies show the more sleep you get the better students focus in class, so why do schools make students start so early if they know the students won't be at their best learning capability?...
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...they need. After barely making it out of bed, everyone has their own morning routine, like washing up, getting dressed, eating breakfast, or even doing last night’s homework. Then comes the race to make it to homeroom before the bell rings. Sadly, this is the daily morning routine of almost every teenager in America. This only gets worse when they have to spend their school day yawning and daydreaming about their comfy bed at home. Secondary schools should have a later starting...
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...This is because some teens have up to 1-2 hours of homework each night and don’t get enough sleep time. Studies have shown that “later classes could help improve teen's performance at school” (Kohut). For instance, if school starts at 7:30 am most students are sleepy and have hard time paying attention. If school starts later at 10:00 am more students will be able to pay attention because they had enough sleep at night. “In more than 40 states, at least 75 percent of public schools start earlier than 8:30 a.m” (Frum). If school did start at 10 am then there would also be less tardies. This means that a lot of students in these schools are stressing out because the amount of homework they have. Teens that are entering college are the one having less sleep. “At the age of 16, the biological wake up time is around 8:00 a.m., and school should begin between 10:00 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. At 18 the biological wake up time is closer to 9:00 a.m., and a class time of 11:00 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. would be most beneficial”...
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...up early. Given this fact, I believe that school should be attended later in the morning; not only would this help students concentrate due to the fact that they aren't exhausted, but it would also help to prevent some conflict among students and/or teachers. This being said, students and teachers would be less groggy or irritated. Due to the simple fact that teenagers experience a change in their internal sleep clocks, it would be more appropriate to start school later in the morning; it is to my belief that school would be less of a chore to students. Furthermore, students have a better chance of...
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...Do you want smarter people in our society? Many schools start late and there are not a lot of benefits for that. If school starts at 8:00 AM there is time for more extracurricular activities and time to play outside, which makes kids smarter and healthier. You can be tired if school starts late, and outside will be even more dangerous. If somebody stays up too late, from staying at school too long, there will be a serious loss of sleep and they will be very tired in the morning. If kids are tired in the morning, they may not be as sharp in the morning, and this could lead to worse grades. If schools start later, it will be dark when you come back and it will be dangerous for kids walking home as they cannot see anything. Kids can get hurt...
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...There has been a neutral debate for many year and even more to come, should school start later? Evidently, scientist have proven that starting school benefits many factors including academic performances and essential growth. While others argue that starting school later interferes with sports and afterschool occasion that limits them from having a positive childhood. This debate has taken action all across the world but some schools starting later and others refusing and starting school at the crack of dawn. School should start later because it improves grades, helps prevent diseases in children, and the sleep is crucial for essential growth. The fact that school opens so early has caused some major problems among students at middle schools including essential growth and sleep. It is not right that almost all middle school students should arrive at school, yawning and with their eyes drooping. That's how it is with most middle schools. A negative point about an early school starting time is when kids wake up in the morning, they usually haven't had enough sleep. In the morning, teens have to rush and get ready really fast, maybe even miss breakfast just to catch the bus. If they miss it, it always becomes a problem for everybody because most parents have their jobs to go to also in the mornings, so this causes stress for everybody at home. When students come to school all tired and sleepy, they feel that school is something very hard to go to, and it shouldn't be that...
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...Kenzie .4 1.16.16 Many kids have problems waking up in the mornings. That becomes a problem whenever students have to get up for school so early in the morning. Students have to get up early and many of them get less than six hours of sleep a night. If school start times were to change many students could make up for the lack of sleep, and not have to wake up so early in the morning. I believe that our schools start time should change to start no earlier than eight thirty in the morning. There are many reasons for this, One of the reasons schools should start no earlier than 8:30 is that more students will be in better moods. Other schools that have moved their start time have shown a decrease in the amount of depression in their students. The amount of depressed students is high now, and with extra sleep it would drop. In addition a lot of students who get a lack of sleep are grumpy and get irritated easily, with more sleep students are generally in a better mood. Also while starting later students can get around five extra hours of sleep each week....
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...The question of whether school should start later and end later has been brought up in countless school board meetings and pondered by teacher and student alike. Supporters say that studies show that teenagers perform better when they are allowed more time to sleep in. Doubters say that it is the way it ahs been and there is a reason that it hasn't been changed for many years. The truth is that there are many advantages and disadvantages to starting and ending school later, it is just a question of whether the benefits outweigh what is being given up. Starting and ending school later in the day would improve student performance and help boost morale, however, it might harm student's preparedness for "the real world". Starting school later in the day would improve...
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...If you were to ask people weather starting school later in the day is a good or bad thing. There would be a chance that you would get 50% that would say good or bad. There are many benefits and disadvantages to this situation that would cause students either to stress out or enjoy the late time. Starting school late do have some benefits that can help students very much. Many students would be able to prepare themselves for school like making lunch, finishing homework or projects. Other students would also be able to actually eat a full breakfast, with out having to grab a little snack or not eating at all. Study shows that students who don't eat breakfast may intend to fall asleep during class and not pay attention to the lesson. Another...
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