...school. There has always been an argument if schools should start later or stay the same as it is. “The Teen Who Woke Up Her School” article by Jane Bianchi, “Should Students Start School Later in the morning?” video excerpt and the infographic called “Wake Up Call” by Sarah Mckibben explains all different reasons schools should start later. Since everyone wants teens to be less stressed and excited, you should agree that schools should ring their bell later! According to “The Teen Who Woke Up Her School,” a teen named Jilly Dos Santos made a change to start her school later. In the article it states, “ A high school football team went to the state last year for the first time in eleven years,...
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...Why do schools start at 8 a.m.? It is because it is more convenient for parents that have children in elementary school. School starts too early for teens; it is natural for elementary children to start at 8 a.m. but not teenagers. Teenagers need more sleep than older adults and young children. Schools should start later because students be more alert and healthier as well as schools will save money. Schools starting later will help students be more alert. The lack of sleep most adolescents get can cause moodiness, lack of attention, memory problems, behavior issues, and the ability to function (kqed). People between 14-24 years old are the most likely to be sleep deprived and it is due to not getting enough sleep during the week (iflscience). Benefits of sleeping include increased memory and learning, better attention span. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost 70% of high-school students report sleeping for seven hours or less on a regular basis (time). This proves that the majority of students are sleep...
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...about early school start times? Well it's leading to a serious problem. Teens struggle to get enough sleep due to early start time in school. Many teens don't get enough sleep. Early morning class can be a struggle when kids are half asleep, it's not the kids fault that they have to wake up so early just to go to school. It's hard to learn and focus on important things that will help you in your future, all just because of early morning school. Not enough sleep can affect your grades and your body. One reason we should start school later is that kids aren't learning when they are half asleep. Kids in there dreadful block 1 are still very sleepy and then fall asleep in class. When they are asleep it is hard...
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...Did you know that lack of sleep in children and teenagers can have a negative effect on their health and can cause kids to be less active and even lead to obesity? Schools all over the world should start later because of the mental health effects a lack of sleep can have on a student. One piece of evidence from the article “School Start Times” is, “Doctors say that kids between the ages of six to twelve should get nine to twelve hours of sleep a night to make sure they stay healthy.” This piece of evidence from the text supports my claim because this quote explains that if kids don't get a proper amount of sleep it could damage their health. The amount of sleep we need to get is different for everyone but studies show the more sleep you get the better students focus in class, so why do schools make students start so early if they know the students won't be at their best learning capability?...
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...Claim Schools should start later in the day because kids tend to stress and not only that but the lack of sleep. Evidence 1 According to The Conversation,''Are teenagers just being lazy when they have to be dragged out of bed in the morning?According to the National Sleep Foundation, the sleep requirement for teenagers is eight to 10 hours per night. Yet, the average teen in America obtains less than seven hours of sleep on a school night. A big part of the reason why is that nearly half of all high schools in the U.S. start before 8:00 a.m., and over 85 percent are starting before 8:30 a.m.'' Explanation 1 This quote explains why kids are stressing because they're not getting enough sleep. This is a health problem that has been happening...
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...Teenage marijuana abuse is the symptom of many other problems in a teen. Marijuana abuse in teens is often not recognized when something can be easily done about it. Parents need to be more involved in their children’s lives and make them aware of what marijuana does to their body and the consequences of having/smoking it. In this paper I’m going to explain why teenagers use drugs and what the major consequences for using it are and also how it can affects a person life. What is marijuana? Marijuana is a green, brown or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). You may hear some people call it by street names such as Mary Jane, pot, weed, gangster, or chronic. Marijuana is used in many ways. The most common method is smoking it rolled into a cigarette called a “joint” or “nail”. It also can be use in a water pipe called a bong. One can even use it in tea or mix it with food. It was stated in a 2009 survey called Monitoring the Future, about 7 percent of 8th graders, 16 percent of 10th graders, and 21 percent 12th graders had used marijuana in the month before the survey. Marijuana use declined from the late 1990s through 2007, with a decrease in past-year use of more than 20 percent in all three grades combined from 2000 to 2007. I never knew how many teenagers are using these drugs and they and most are just entering high school. I feel that most teens lack confidence and give into peer pressure easily especially when...
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... is an article about teen employment at McDonald’s food chains. Etzioni, a sociology professor, and the founder of the Communication Network, is a very experienced writer who has published more than two dozen books and numerous articles. Etzioni is a very credential author who expressed his credibility by using personal facts, reputable sources, and citing convincing facts and statistics. Throughout the article, Etzioni uses many tactics to try to prove his opinion correct, but commonly weakens the article’s effectiveness...
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...complexities and challenges faced by an individual during this stage, psychologists have termed it as a period of great “stress and storm”. When adolescents are supported and encouraged by caring adults, they thrive in unimaginable ways, becoming resourceful and contribution members of families and communities. We all know that children can’t wait to grow up, but why is this so? Psychologist Thomas Szasz explains that it is because they experience their lives as constrained by immaturity and perceive adulthood as a condition of greater freedom and opportunity. But what is there today in America, that very poor and very rich adolescents want to do but cannot do? Not much. They can do drugs, have sexual intercourse, make babies, and get money. For such adolescents, adulthood becomes an association of responsibility rather than liberty. That being said, sooner or later it happens, children grow up and the time approaches when they will eventually be leaving home. However, during this process, parents must learn to let go and accept their child's growing independence, while still providing guidance and support. Teens must simultaneously learn self-discipline, responsibility and the skills they will need to live in the adult world. It may be difficult for parents to decide how much...
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...Aj Pennywell Professor Neagle English 111 30 October 2015 A Parents Impact on Their Child’s Religious Beliefs “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Prov.22.6). This is just one of the many verses of the bible that people have fought over its meaning and its application. The big fuss comes about because many people you take away a child's choice and ability to decide for themselves. Oftentimes parents teach their children their religion from an early age so they stick with them for the rest of their lives. Nowadays a lot of children who grew up in the church are falling away from it and going about life on their own. But what exactly do parents do to keep them in the church? The religious beliefs of a parent not only affect their life, but can also change the way they think and what they believe both religiously and not. They call this kind of upbringing brainwashing, because you are raising them to thinking what and sometimes how you think. As a parent you are to train a child in the way they should go through life in regards to their spiritual walk. They are teaching them about their religion at earlier and earlier. According to Wendy Thomas Russell in her PBS article “How young is too young to talk to your kids about religion?” kids between the ages of 4 and 6, are prepared to start exploring spiritual ideas and concepts. Although this is true at the ages of 12 and 13, it may be too late says Ms. Russell. They do this so...
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...In the reading selection Should Everyone Go to College? It is a primary strategy that is being used to give two opposing sides to the question. Both parties provide details for their choosing as well as using the strategy of skills providing reasons. The side that agrees with the question explains that having a degree will benefit the future. Whereas, the side that disagrees elaborates on stating that not every occupation requires one, so it is not always necessary to have. The primary goal for both sides is to provide those with information to think about the future primarily aiming towards the youth. Furthermore, the agreeing side's message is clear as estimating stated in the selection Should Everyone Go To College? by Stephanie Owen and...
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...Child Psychology Developmental Transitions Developmental Transitions In the study of child development, adolescence refers to the second decade of the life span, roughly from ages 10 to 20. The word adolescence is Latin in origin, derived from the verb adolescere, which means "to grow into adulthood." In all societies, adolescence is a time of growing up, of moving from the immaturity of childhood into the maturity of adulthood. There is no single event or boundary line that denotes the end of childhood or the beginning of adolescence. Rather, experts think of the passage from childhood into and through adolescence as composed of a set of transitions that unfold gradually and that touch upon many aspects of the individual's behavior, development, and relationships. These transitions are biological, cognitive, social, and emotional (Laurence Steinberg, 2016). While there is much research to be done as to what creates the best environment for young adolescents, understanding their transition from childhood to adulthood may help adults know how to better support them. Children will find their bodies and minds beginning to change. For the young adolescent, these changes either come about too swiftly or too slowly, causing them to become painfully self-conscious about their appearance. Developmental transitions are an important juncture in people’s lives. For adolescents, two important transitions are from childhood to adolescence and from adolescence to adulthood. Let’s explore...
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..., professor of pediatrics at the University of Maryland medical school. In other words, build relationships with the teachers, and your children won't get away with anything. Planning tip: Since the school calendar is set by Labor Day, ink in the year's events as soon as you can so there won't be conflicts later. HAVE 5-MINUTE CONVERSATIONS If you're running late and the kid comes in while you're shaving, don't tell him to beat it. Instead, "Hoist him on the sink, let him help you lather, and answer his questions--he'll have lots of them," says Robert Frank, Ph.D., author of Parenting Partners. Answering them all is impossible--we have no idea why that glob of shaving cream looks like Uncle Bobby--but any man can give a kid 5 or 10 minutes. The payoff: Spontaneous chats bond kids to their dads in ways planned activities can't, Frank says. TURN OFF THE RADIO Don't waste the nightly 20-minute drive to tae kwon do classes listening to stock reports. Instead, just listen. Frank says paying attention to what your kids are saying now makes it more likely they'll listen to you later. Trouble getting through to your teen? Take your kid's friends along. Teen-agers are more forthcoming with their peers' parents, Frank says. So you're more likely to hear about a bully or a bad teacher from your boy's buddy than from him. DOUBLE-DARE THEM Research shows that a dad's less-fearful approach to parenting--letting the kids climb...
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...Choice I chose this song because of the lyrical message in which caught my attention. In the song, J Cole tries to find out who he is, quoting several times “Who am I?” in the song. Another reason why I chose this song is because I enjoy listening to rap music. Adding on to my opinion, I admire J Cole's music because of the R&B/Rap feel he puts into the rhythm of most of his songs and how he adds in a subtle classical vibe. He uses calming music in the background (such as the piano and violin) to soothe the listener with soft sounds as they listen to a loud message/story which gives the song a nice balance and gives the listener the best of both worlds. In conclusion, I picked this song because of the appealing message and the balance of 3 genres of music, R&B, Rap and Classical. Story/Meaning This song is a touching story of him learning who he is in his through his late teens/ early 20’s. Verse 1: In verse 1, he explains his low self esteem and the lack of confidence he...
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...We all live very busy lives and run a packed schedule. We are constantly penciling in more and more activities and eventually we have to make room in our schedules somewhere. Unfortunately, we usually take away from our time to sleep to make room for other things. Not getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep each night is very dangerous. There are significant dangers and risks that come with not getting enough shut eye and we don’t take them seriously. Insufficient sleep causes the inability to assess the safety of an environment, which can lead to accidents in the workplace. Other risks are obesity, poor heart health, poor mental health, lower mortality rates, depression, and anxiety. In addition to these dangers, having lack of sleep puts us at risk for being involved in automobile accidents. When we skimp on sleep, we are putting ourselves in danger of hurting ourselves and others around us. There are only 24 hours in a day, and as we get busier, we make everything but sleep a priority in our day. What we are really doing is setting ourselves up for destruction. When we are tired or under-rested, our brains cannot process things as accurately as they can when we have gotten a sufficient amount of sleep. William Dement expands on this in “Sleep Debt and The Mortgaged Mind”. “Sleep problems affect virtually every aspect of day-to-day living, including mood, mental alertness, work performance and energy level” (Epstein, 472). When we don’t give our bodies the...
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...note being passed around in the classroom that would read something like “I will see you on the play ground after school.” A way to help prevent your child from being one of the many bullying victims is to know what the risk factors are of your child becoming one of the bullying victims. When it comes to being a bullying victim, children, teens and adults are those who don't get along well with others, have few or no friends, is less popular than others, what color their skin is, or what kind of clothes they wear, because they wear glasses, and what kind of house they live in. Now here we are in the year 2011, dealing with an entirely different style of bullying, which we all know is called “CYBERBULLYING”. No longer are the days of having the teacher send the student to the principal’s office or a phone call home to mom and dad. Friends and family of victims are also taking part when cyber bullying occurs. They may find themselves in difficult situations where they are peer pressured into participating in the bullying, afraid that if they don't play along, or they could become a target. They may feel that they have no power to stop it or start feeling guilty for not having spoken out against the bullying, when they first see it happen. Bullying isn’t just happening on the playground or at the bus stop, it’s happening on the Internet and on your kids’ cell phones, making it possible to bully a child 24 hours a day and include thousands of other children to participate in the...
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