No! kids need to wake up.

Tomas Garcia 9/16/14 English II Ms.Simmonds No! Kids need to wake up. Studies show that nearly 70 percent of teems aren’t getting enough sleep and tired teens have an increased risk of depression, anxiety, obesity, and illness. However, schools shouldn’t open at later times. Schools shouldn’t start later because it could be giving the wrong message about being responsible to the kids or teens. Schools shouldn’t start later than their original time. The first detail that supports the claim of school shouldn’t start later is “school shouldn’t start later because the school bus schedules are arranged to meet the needs of mot one school but all the schools in the district.” I know that if school started later that the district’s transportation would have to hire more bus drivers and to get more buses which can be very expensive. Many parents wouldn’t have time to take their children to school before work. The second detail that supports the claim is “school shouldn’t start later because it could give the wrong message.” I know that if school started later, kids would probably think “Oh, now that school started later I can go to sleep later,” but that’s not the case because even if you change the time kids probably aren’t going to go to sleep at their original time. The third final detail that supports the claim is “starting school later means dismissing school later”. I know that if school ended later that there would be lesser daylight hours after school to do, after-school activities, sports, jobs that the teens may have, and it may even cut into family dinnertime. The other side of this argument states that “kids need at least 8.5 hours of sleep each day”, and if they don’t they would be exhausted. This statement is wrong because even if school started later people would mostly like sleep later. In my opinion if my school started later I would’ve