There has always been a debate on whether high schools should start and end at later times or whether they should maintain the times that they have now. Some people agree and disagree that they should maintain the time they have now; and others agree and disagree that it should be changed. I agree that high schools should start later in the day to accommodate students' natural sleep clocks because as we mature, our brain and bodies start to need more rest in order to be prepared for the next
enough sleep. School started at 8:30 but I needed to be ready by 7:20 so I wouldn’t miss my bus. Later at school I couldn’t focus because I was to tired and I noticed a lot of my friends had the same problem. Most teens need about 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep in order to function normally. Showing that schools should start later in the morning. Schools starting earlier is unhealthy for kids and lowers their class performance. While some may disagree and say it should stay with the same times already is,
Should students have to wake up at 5:00 a.m in the morning to get ready for their school. Many students also get tardy at school because it is too early in the morning for them to get ready to come to school. Schools should start later in the day because it helps students improve in school. Later school start impacts students performance. It also prevents sleep deprivation. This also helps increase awareness around students. Schools should start later in the day because it impacts on students performance
What are the Ideal School Start Times for High School? Why? Early high school start times, along with the small amount of sleep students receive, has infuriated students and parents in the United States. As students get older, they learn more challenging concepts and obtain more work. What sense does it make to give students with more work, less time? The amount of homework given to high school students by teachers and county course curriculums is tremendous. But the fact that they are also forced
Late start school effects teen’s sleeping habits, schedules and after school activities. Late start school has bad effects on kids from 1st grade to high school. Late start will cause kids to go to bed at a later time and wake up later in the morning making the same sleeping habits. Late start school is a lousy idea because it can cut into after school schedules. In the Eight Major Obstacles to Late Start School article in paragraph 9, it talks about teens that have jobs after school to help support
Your eyes are getting heavy, your eyelids start to drop and your head starts to fall. Your forehead comes down like a pebble in water. You are sleeping in class! Sleeping in class is cause by not sleeping at home. School starts way too early for kids. “An early start can cause sleep deprivation, which in turn can affect learning and health”, according to the article Sleep scientists’ wake-up call for later school starts. This means that when we need to wake up early, it can cause sleep deprivation
Do you hate getting up in the morning? For most high school students the answer is yes. This is just one reason why school should start later. The average American high school student isn’t getting enough sleep which is problem that interferes with grades, attendance, and getting enough time to eat breakfast. School should start later so students can get enough sleep, have enough time to eat breakfast, and to accommodate biological changes. My first reason is that so students can get enough sleep
delaying of school start times. Shirley Weber, a member of the San Diego School Board, found that parents were resisting the delay because they were concerned that their schedules would have to be changed in order to accommodate it (“Waking” 1). Parents of students would have to change their work schedules in order to take their children to school, pick up their children from school, and/or accomodate their children at extracurricular activities. Other parents argue that children should just go to
Imagine a girl waking up for school in the morning knowing that the temperature will be high that day, and putting on a pair of shorts to stay comfortable. Now imagine that same girl being punished, and very likely publicly shamed at school for wearing those shorts. School dress codes are a controversial topic in America. Many say that dress codes are a good thing because they prevent girl’s clothing from distracting students. Others say that girl’s dress codes are too strict, and for multiple reasons
School Start Times for Teenagers Teenagers all over the country are suffering from sleep deprivation due to their early start times at school. Some schools have tried making their start times later and have seen incredible improvements in students’ health and academics. This has become a difficult situation, however, because of conflicts in the bus schedules in school districts with elementary and middle school schedules. Even though changing the time teens start school affects bus and district