and had not gotten 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
29 2014 What is sleep? Is your child not getting enough sleep? Is he sleeping in class? Well in the article, “Should schools start later? Medical reasons to delay” by Angela Hungelmann, she implies that teens are not getting enough sleep, which can cause them to have sleep deprivation. Nowadays, teen are not getting their eight hours of sleep that can cause them to have health problems. There arguments about how sleep correlates with sleeping and how well students do not do good in school
Start Later? Many students feel that school starts too early in the morning. There are many reasons why students think school should start later. One reason is extra time to complete homework. Another reason is if you get more sleep you won't be as tired in school. The last reason is if you have sports late at night you can sleep a little longer in the morning. School should start later for students so they are able to have extra time for homework and extra time to sleep. School should start later so
functions of a cell. I had not gotten enough sleep the night before because I was up late doing homework and had to be up too early to come to school. Each year, high school students spend nine months surviving on way too little sleep. If they are required spend a large part of their teenage life coming and working hard at school, they should at least be able to get a decent amount of sleep each night. School should start two hours later because the students need to be well rested to succeed in school
Help Students Today's students have more on their plate than ever before. It is not uncommon to have multiple classes, homework, sports practices, extracurricular activities, and even a job. Then there is the pressure of performing well enough to get accepted to a respected university. All of these tasks constantly vie for attention. Because of this, it can be hard to get up early for school in the morning. School districts should move start times to later in the morning to allow students to wake
class room. Most of the time you will find a teacher at the front of the class, along with students sitting at desks taking notes of some sort. Yet if one looks closely, students are often dozing off or inattentive staring into space. Today an immense amount of students are not getting as much sleep at night as they should. As teens get older, the amount of free time available cuts down drastically. Students often stay up late, go to school at early hours, go to extracurriculars or work, and then
Imagine a student falling asleep in class or even not completing their class work in time because they were too lazy that day. The teacher comes up to them and questions why they are sleeping during the class. Tons of students in public schools would use the same old excuse saying that they did not get enough sleep the night before. Sadly, this excuse is true for most who use it. How come it is true most of the time? That is because these students stayed up late at night completing assignments that
to many researchers is because teens not getting enough sleep at night . According to Wendy Troxel in her TED talk “Why Schools Should Start Later For Teens”, a number one cause of low performance in schools in teens are lack of sleep. Some support the fact as if school should start later for teens. If schools started at a later time for teen students, they would be able get their proper rest, focus better, and improvement
Students grades decrease severely during school. Many people ask why. That's why schools need to change the school hours. Students also lose lack of concentrations during school. Starting school to earlier can cause health problems from students. Sleep deprivation can cause teens under the age of 18 to smoke more than other students. Smoking is not good for your health. In fact, students who smoke and do drugs tend to drop out of high school more often than students who don't smoke or do
Should Schools Start Later? Have you ever fallen asleep in class? Many students have. This is most likely caused by the early start times of schools. Middle schoolers and teens need as much sleep as possible, and if they have to wake up before 8 am, they don’t get enough rest. There are several benefits to starting schools at later times. For example, it improves academic performances. Not to mention, a student who had the right amount of sleep has better moods throughout the day. These are all