Why School Should Start Later
Children under 18 are required 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.m. or later, children have to get up extremely early. The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior in 2011 represented that sixty-nine percent of students in high school in the United States get eight or fewer hours of sleep on a school night (“Wake Up Calls” 1). …show more content…
Most children and young adults need to sleep approximately nine hours each night (“Wake Up Calls” 1). During the process of puberty, the sleep-cycle of adolescents changes and they get their most comfortable sleep between the night hour of eleven and early morning hour of eight (“Wake Up Calls” 1). At 11:00p.m., most adolescents are just getting home from their part time jobs and aren’t table to get into bed until by midnight at the earliest. Adolescents getting home late and still having to get up extremely early make them extremely tired and unable to function correctly. Jackson Hole High School, of Wyoming, changed it’s time to begin school to 8:55a.m. and the percentage of teenage car accidents decreased by seventy percent (“Wake Up Calls” 2). The high percentage of car accidents decreasing when a high school created a later start time, allowing adolescents to sleep later, represents how an extra hour of sleep can improve the functioning of a teenager. If schools altered their start times to only 9:00a.m., could make a huge difference on one’s 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.m. or later, children have to get up extremely early. The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior in 2011 represented that sixty-nine percent of students in high school in the United States get eight or fewer hours of sleep on a school night (“Wake Up Calls” 1). …show more content…
Most children and young adults need to sleep approximately nine hours each night (“Wake Up Calls” 1). During the process of puberty, the sleep-cycle of adolescents changes and they get their most comfortable sleep between the night hour of eleven and early morning hour of eight (“Wake Up Calls” 1). At 11:00p.m., most adolescents are just getting home from their part time jobs and aren’t table to get into bed until by midnight at the earliest. Adolescents getting home late and still having to get up extremely early make them extremely tired and unable to function correctly. Jackson Hole High School, of Wyoming, changed it’s time to begin school to 8:55a.m. and the percentage of teenage car accidents decreased by seventy percent (“Wake Up Calls” 2). The high percentage of car accidents decreasing when a high school created a later start time, allowing adolescents to sleep later, represents how an extra hour of sleep can improve the functioning of a teenager. If schools altered their start times to only 9:00a.m., could make a huge difference on one’s sleep