Six o'clock, forty degree, shivering. Five-thirty, thirty degree, frost. Five o'clock, twenty degree, wind chill. Four o'clock, ten degree, pitch black. Not being able to go to bed till eleven, and having to wake up in these early morning conditions. They don't want young children out this early because this is hard for them to deal with. Apparently it's easy enough for teenagers to deal with. The school start time for Legacy High School is seven-fifteen, seven-ten on Wednesdays. If a student is lucky, they live close enough to only have to leave their homes at six. If they're one of the unlucky ones, well… School start times should be no later than eight o'clock, as this is when most teenagers naturally wake up, and a lack of sleep can cause depressive moods in teens. …show more content…
The problem is that high schools don't shift along with this clock, and actually move against it, with start times being earlier than any grade level before it. There a multitude of reasons for it; young children can't handle extreme weather conditions, extra-curricular activities such as football can't be played in the dark, and if the schools did go along with teens biological clocks, it would go against the social clock that decides when dinner is eaten. These are compelling arguments with, and they are something that needs to be taken into consideration, but there are ways to work through them, if only the legal system would take into consideration “outside-the-box-thinking,” such as approving small a stadium for school districts, or placing bus stops for the younger kids. They, mainly the members of the school board, should also take into consideration the change they would see in teenagers if school start times were above eight