as the amount of sleep acquired can be directly associated with a student’s performance in school. The amount of sleep a pupil gets‚ can determine how easy or difficult it is for the student to get the grades they aspire. Many students don’t get the recommended amount of sleep in part because of their physiology‚ busy schedules‚ and how early their school day starts. To try and help scholars work to their optimum potential‚ many schools are switching their classroom start times to later in the day. There are many reasons why this action is both beneficial and detrimental
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The new 8:45 a.m. start time – it was 7:50 a.m. – is still extremely early for most teenagers‚ who sleep well past that time on the weekends. “They are still waking up tired and many are still coming late to first period.” said Keven Wyhoon a principal at Ballard high school. For many reasons I think that our school start time should stay the same. If we move the start times back it will affect many other thing than the amount of sleep students get. First if we come to school earlier then it will just
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to go to grade school. A normal school day is usually six to eight hours. Children are required to attend school five days a week. School days begin too early and adolescents do not get enough sleep. Children are required to be at school early each morning‚ therefore children have to get up even earlier. Schools should begin their day at 8:30a.m. or later (Reddy 1). Only fifteen percent of schools begin at 8:30a.m. or at a later time (Reddy 2). Due to the low percentage of schools beginning at 8:30a
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“BrrrrriinnnnnnnnngBrrriinnnnnnnnnnnnngg!!” goes the morning alarm clock‚ it is time for school. The average high school student’s start time is 7:59 a.m.‚ which health experts say is not an ideal time for a for the beginning of a high school student’s school day. That early in the day most students are not alert nor focused on what they are doing. Being focused during class is crucial in high school. Teachers are learning to let the students have more freedom‚ which means the notes do not simply
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12 .15 .15 Delaying School Start Times: Is It Good For Students? School start times is a major issue for students. It’s has either been affecting them academically‚ or by reducing the students sleep time. Some schools have made the change of delaying start times‚ hoping for an improvement in students. Studies have shown that delaying start times have a beneficial effect on students. School Start Time Should be delayed early in the morning. Delaying start times could help students academically
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Why does school start so early? Get up at 6:00‚ take a shower‚ get dressed‚ eat ‚ brush teeth‚ go to school. I never want to get up in the morning. In my opinion school would be much better if it started at like nine. School isn’t bad at all. Having to get up makes school depressing. Making school start later will allow kids to get more sleep‚ students wouldn’t have to rush at night when doing work and it could possibly be safer for kids and more convenient for parents. Most students would agree
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starting school later ? Students today struggle in school because the aren’t sleeping for at least 8 hours at night. This means they have less time to do things like get ready for school‚ get homework done‚ or come to school early in the morning to ask questions for homework. School should start later because it will increase attendance‚ students will be more engaged in class‚ and students will have more time with their parents. Schools should start later to increase attendance. Some schools that
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School Districts Debate Over Later School Start Times As most high school students say‚ “if you will regret not doing something for tomorrow‚ stay up late.” This is due to the innumerable amounts of students occupied by homework‚ an after-school job‚ or even extracurricular activities that take place each night. Teachers have noticed that their students are not participating in class and have lower grades‚ because they do not attain the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep needed to function every
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amount that teens sleep. Lack of teenage sleep could be caused by a number of things‚ however‚ early school start times undeniably play an enormous role in teens’ sleep. Adolescents spend most of their days in school and the majority of students have homework‚ jobs and extracurricular activities after school‚ leaving them with just enough hours left in the day for sleep. It is imperative that schools start later in the day because sleep is important for teenagers’ health and development‚ adolescent bodies
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about starting school later in the morning. I believe that school should start at around 8:30 am in order for the students to get there eight to ten hour sleep. In order to stay healthy and work better in school‚ students need these eight hours of sleep. So‚ I believe that school should start later in the morning‚ because students will be healthier and will get better grades in school. But‚ some staff may think that starting school later is not a great idea‚ because if school starts later than teachers
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