Why High School Should Start Later

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I struggled to keep my eyes open as my Biology teacher droned on about the 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, they are not able to enjoy school due to exhaustion, and the amount of sleep the average teenager gets is not healthy. Students need to be well rested to succeed at
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