...morning, teens all across America are awoken by the deafening and annoyingly familiar sound of their alarm ringing, beckoning them to get ready for school. Their response; hitting that well-known snooze button, as their bodies crave another hour of sleep. Most high schools in America start at or earlier than 8:30 AM, which is much too early considering that the students usually fall into a deep sleep sometime after midnight(Wallace). Studies show that 87% of students, or more specifically, teens attending high schools report getting less than the recommended 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep on weekdays due to their schools’ early start times(Reddy). Start times at 8:30 AM or earlier in America are negatively impacting teenagers’...
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...In a recent article in The Clarion – Ledger there were some debates about the later start time for high school. This discussion has become an issue among some families. Some say sleepy teenagers are likely to be tardy, absent, and moody, but that is true in some cases. Many people say that a later start time for high school students more sleep and a later open bell can help improve the lack of sleep. That may be true, but going to bed a reasonable time at night will help. The idea of changing school time would cause a major disorder in the school and the students’ schedule. For students who play sports will be getting out of practice later than they did without the later start time for school. By the time these students get home, they will...
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...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....
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...Schools are trying to push back start times in school for children to get more sleep. If this happens many events could be disrupted. If schools start earlier we will lose money and this will result in many catastrophic events. Should schools take this chance? Schools should not start later, it could disrupt children’s after school schedule and cost a lot of money. Will school’s use this or not. If we started school later it will be costing about 8 million dollars to change the bus schedules. The school board will have to chose if they are going to change the schedule the schools will lose lots of money. In the video “Should schools start later in the morning?” it states that “After dropping the high schoolers the busses turn around drop the middle schoolers and then the elementary schoolers.” This could result in a hectic morning for the busses and if one change happens they might need to buy new busses for the high schoolers and that is what will cost a lot. If the school push the start times back it could result in consequences since they end school later too. I do not think that it would be smart to push the school times back because if we push school times back we are also pushing the end times back. Many children have homework or play...
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...brush teeth, eat, catch the bus, go to school. No one wants to get up in the morning and most people would agree. The average start time for high schools in America is 8:03 which is before the recommended start time of 8:30. Why does school start early? The majority of U.S. middle and high schools start their school days too early, not letting young people get enough sleep for development and academic success. One of the reasons schools should start later is that they are not starting at the recommended time set by the American Academy of Pediatrics of 8:30. A new study was published from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) that states that less than one in five middle and high schools in America starts...
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...Have you ever been to high school and saw students who fell asleep. Well, this response is going to be similar to that topic. From the two passages, “ High School starting later to help sleepy teens” and “HIgh school will keep starting too early” has different evidence to support his or her stance on school start times. In this response, I will write about how the author advances on his or her unique perspective. From the passage, “ High schools starting later to help sleepy teens”,” states that to help sleepy teens, some school districts have tried delaying the opening of the high school day.” The author is trying to convince the readers to start high school late. The passage “HIgh school will keep starting too early”, has a...
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...is that high schools should start later in the day. However, the first passage states the reasons that high schools should start later while the second passage states why the schools are unable to start later in the day. Both the authors claim the same thing but their articles are written differently. The authors of both texts also advance their unique perspective differently. Michelle Trudeau, the author of the first article states the reasons high schools should start later in the day. She also provides solutions to the problems that schools may be facing when delaying the high school starting time. The author also states the benefits that come from high schools starting late. For example, the author quotes in paragraph three that, "Students reported less depression when there was a later starting time." She also gave examples of some high schools that have delayed their starting time. She stated the problems the schools encountered...
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...Starting school at a later time would be better for most students and teacher, school time starts to early. There are facts to prove that school time before 8:30AM are way too early. All high up school corporations recommend that no school time starts before that time. If a student has homework, almost every night, most times it’s in multiple subjects, they’re going to be up late at night. American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended school times start no earlier than 8:30AM. A student who stays up all night to complete their homework is not going to get much sleep, and no sleep means sleep deprived. Sleepiness in a teen is a major public health issue. Short sleep makes children obese, causes them more likely to develop insulin resistance (type two diabetes), causes automobile accidents in the early morning, and sometimes causes depression and anxiety. Students would perform better with more sleep at night. Teens spend a great portion of each day in school. Being sleep deprived has the effect of not being alert, not...
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...teenagers not getting enough sleep has caused some schools to consider starting later. Teenagers are tired in school and could perform better if they were more awake in their early classes. Although teens don’t get enough sleep, schools should not start later because teens can go to bed earlier, transportation time and costs are reduced by some schools starting earlier, and they need time for after school activities or their grades will be affected. The argument for starting schools later is that teenagers are biologically determined to go to bed late and wake up late and thus don’t get enough sleep. Sixty percent of students under 18 complained about being tired and fifteen percent of students reported falling asleep in...
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...Walking the halls of most American high schools during the morning hours, one might think they are in a zombie apocalypse. Students have bloodshot tired eyes, drinking red bulls and falling asleep in class. Not doing well, especially in first block classes. Over the past two decades The Sleep Foundation has been trying to suggest that high school should switch start times to later (later start times). Teenagers are told they should get around 8 hours of sleep at the minimum but nine to ten hours is ideal (Carroll). Teenagers are going through puberty and require more sleep than the average adult (Troxel). Only one out of ten students are getting the right amount of sleep each night (wake up calls). A typical teen who is sleep deprived are less likely to do well on a quiz or test than a student who is not...
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...Cooney May 15, 2012 College English/Surinak Senior Research Paper Period 2 Wake Up Later and Your Grades Will Be Greater High school is a part of every teenager’s life whether they like it or not. Although it is not a requirement; most, if not all, teenagers will experience at least one year of high school. With the experience of high school, students will also go through waking up early sometimes at five or six a.m. The starting time of high schools has been highly debated for several years. Those who debate this topic usually dispute on whether or not changing the time would be beneficial. Psychologists estimate that as many as 30% of children may have a sleep disorder at some point during childhood. Sleep disorders have implications both for social-emotional adjustment and for school performance. For this reason it is important for both parents and educators to understand how sleep works and how disruptions in normal sleep patterns can affect children and teenagers. Starting school just a half an hour later would benefit the most families and students, and also to accommodate for teens' sleep needs. One of the main beneficial topics to argue for starting school later is attendance. Schools should start later because it is proven that students will have higher attendance. If students can get more sleep, they are more likely to attend school on a regular basis. Studies have shown that after puberty, teenagers require more sleep, around nine and a half hours, and...
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...Have you ever had a time where you have to drag yourself to the shower to get ready for school? In Should School Start Later?, The video Should Students Start School Later in the Morning, and ⅔ of High School Students Get Less Than 7 Hours Of Sleep. They all show how school should start later in the morning because tennagers need more sleep and ways how could it be good. Afterwards, It will provide information to prove that point. In the text “Should School Start Later?” By Lisa M. Harrington shows how schools should start earlier. In the article it states that. “ Studies show that well-rested teens get better grades, have higher standardized test scores, and miss fewer days of school. They also have a lower risk of being in car accidents and have fewer health problems, such as depression, mood changes, and being overweight.” For example if teens get well rest they could be...
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...Are you in high school and is it hard for you to stay concentrated throughout the whole school day or is it hard for you to get up in the morning? The reason why you can’t concentrate at school is because we may be starting school too early in the morning. Most high schools start at around 8:00 in the morning. Since the start time is 8:00am most of the students would have to get up at around 6:00-6:30am in order to make it on time. They have to get up that early because most of the would probably like to shower, have time to get dressed and make final adjustments. Then you have to eat breakfast because that is the most important meal of the day. With all of that, you are talking about an hour or so to get ready. Finally, you have the time it takes to get to school by either the bus, car, bicycles, or even walking. Everyone has complained about how early they have to get up for school. My siblings do it, my friends do it, I do it, and even my mom does it when she is a substitute teacher for our school. Dawn Wallace, whose 16-year-old daughter attends Polytech High School in Woodside states that "We have to get my daughter up at 5:30 in the morning. It takes a few alarms to get her out of bed. How do they expect children to be alert and ready to learn when they're not getting the proper amount of sleep?” It’s my junior year this year and I couldn’t be more overwhelmed with school. I have test to study for tests, do homework in pretty much every subject and then I have to try...
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...comes to school, some kids believe that school should start later because it could improve their lack of focus. I believe that school should start at the same time in district 112 because it will help decrease the stress level of the students, they can still have after school activities, and the transportation will still be easy. Students work very hard in the afternoons. Spending many hours on homework. If we change the start time of school it will also change the end. Students won’t get out of school until 4p.m. If they have extracurricular activities such as volleyball, they will be up doing homework even later so they will still get the same amount of sleep as they would before. According to Later High School Start Times a...
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...every weekday, high school students are waking up around six o'clock in the morning to get ready for school, some even earlier. It's not practical for high school classes to start at 7:44. It's just too early for teenage minds to function properly. Our school should start at least an hour later than that. With the extra hour, our attendance would improve, as well as our grades and attitudes. The facts are all there, so why shouldn't the hours change? On average in today’s society most teens don’t like going to school that early in the morning. To have to wake up so early when they only get about seven hours of sleep, to have students be coming into school at 7:30AM or maybe even earlier in some other schools, is not right. Students need to have time at night to get work done, not only schoolwork but also non-schoolwork. Needless to say, the school schedule for high school students needs to be changed and be made where they go in later. That way they get their work done and get enough sleep because without much sleep students will not be getting high grades. A health survey that the University Health Center administered showed them that one in four students say that lack of sleep has affected their academic performance in a bad way (“Sleep Rocks”). Sleep deprivation impairs students’ ability to be alert, pay attention, solve problems, cope with stress, and retain information. Academic performances on students are low due to lack of sleep. For the 1997-1998 school year, the University...
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