Later Starting Times for School Children and teens cannot live up to their full potential unless they get more sleep‚ and schools around the world can easily fix that. There’s nothing worse than waking up from about 7 hours of sleep to go through a stressful day of school. If schools can revolve their start time around teens sleep schedule‚ the schools would see a much better outcome from the students‚ that includes better grades and much better work ethic. For teenagers‚ a typical sleep cycle
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Starting School Later A big topic in the news right now is students‚ especially athletes‚ not getting enough sleep due to a combination of athletic practices and events‚ homework‚ and family activities. Having to get up at six o’clock is already extremely challenging‚ but it becomes even more difficult when students have enormous day ahead of them‚ including school‚ practices‚ homework‚ and anything else needed to be done. Starting school later would be the perfect solution to this‚ and would give
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Is starting school late a good thing for students? Every student at least once in the school year doesn’t have the opportunity to get enough sleep and have time to wake up early in the morning for school. Starting school later means the child’s brain would have enough time to be awake‚ functioning correctly‚ and be ready for learning. Late starts mean knowing your child has enough time to do homework and get plenty of sleep. Improving children’s health and safety that most kids have on
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Start School Later movement has been going on for many years. Many people‚ such as health care professionals‚ sleep scientists‚ educators‚ economists‚ legislators‚ parents‚ students‚ and other concerned citizens are encouraging starting school later. According to all these researchers‚ starting school early in the morning is unhealthy. However‚ starting schools later can cause a lot of hectic. Such as bus schedules‚ transportation‚ after school programs and much more. I believe that schools starting
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early twenties‚ can benefit immensely from starting their day later. Starting school later will allow students to get more sleep‚ result in higher performing students with better grades‚ and increase their alertness in class. This information can have a significant impact on you and your kids‚ affecting everything from school grades to health and even one’s life. First‚ having the school day start later will allow
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the morning should start later and finish earlier. Kids will not be very tired in school. Students will not sleep in lessons. Teenagers need more sleep than adults. Teenagers naturally get tired later. “Teens have sleep-wake cycles that can be two hours later than everybody else and that starting school too early is a key factor to chronic sleep deprivation among adolescents” (Strauss). Sometimes teenagers have responsibility that keep them not sleeping. Finishing school early leaves time for other
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Sleepy or Studious? Did you know that under one-third of high school students in the United States sleep for at minimum eight hours on weeknights? Despite the challenges of change‚ starting school later can have big positive impacts on students. With the effects of lack of sleep‚ schools should focus less on the transition stage of switching start times and focus more on how the pros of the switch would outweigh the cons. Lack of sleep can really take its toll on you and your body in many ways
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Starting school later for students would improve overall health‚ boost academic performance and decrease the number of safety risks. Lack of sleep causes psychological and physical issues. Sleep deprivation causes physical and psychological problems in teenagers. Teenagers need an average of eight to nine hours of sleep every night. If those hours are reduced then it causes health issues. These issues can range from suicidal tendencies to obesity. It has been proven “Insufficient sleep in teens
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School Starting Times Nearly all students struggle to wake up and get to class in the mornings for a few reasons. School starts on average at 8:00am. Some as early as 7:40 am. This is a flaw in the system because teens in adolescence have different sleep cycles than adults and this should be taken into account when preparing the future of our nation for the world. School should start at 8:30 am because of the negative effects insufficient sleep can have on students. First of all‚ students are negatively
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Youssef Graoui Later School Times More than 40% of all schools in America start before 8 A.M. every day (Dretzke). Research also shows that adolescents need a minimum of nine to ten hours of sleep every single day to perform at their best (Dretzke). This means students must go to bed at 9 P.M. on school nights to get the necessary sleep leaving only one hour every morning to get ready‚ eat‚ and commute to school. Because adolescents need a minimum of nine to ten hours of sleep every day‚ school should begin
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