What if you weren’t so tired in school? Imagine feeling energized and refreshed, ready to learn with your classmates all around you, happily talking about class and catching up with each other. School could be so much better. Therefore, the question is-- should schools have later starting times? In “Should School Start Later?”…
Do later times affect kids games? Later starts times would be beneficial to school and parent relates things. As you read this think about the ways school times make better things in life and worse things. School should start later to save money and provide better academic scores to look better on the school. Later start times work for parents to be able to pick up kids.…
Did you know that they start school at 7:17 ? The starting early associated with poor academic performance, poor attendance/being tardy a lot, higher rate of accidents and injuries. Just about 40% of american high schools start class before 8 am and more than 20% of middles schools start at 7:45 a.m. or earlier. 8.5 - 9.5 is the hours of sleep you are supposed to get each night. Columbia Missouri high school start time from 7:50 a.m. to 7:20 a.m. a full half hour earlier.…
Over the past ten years there have been several issues pertaining to why school should start later in the day. Many parents, teachers, and board leaders have tried pushing the issues so that the start time will change, but not a whole lot has happened. There are schools in all fifty states that want to jump on board and start school later, so why not just do it? It’s way easier said than done. The top reason why people don’t want to start school later in the day is because they are already used to the seven or eight AM start time…
Kids in middle school and in high school think that they are exhausted because they wake up to go to school, but the one reason why they are exhausted in the mornings is because they don't get enough sleep. In the passage "Keep Start Times as They Are," by unknown author, I agree that the times should stay the same because if the times change then the kids will go to sleep later because school will start later. First of all, kids who go to sleep a liitle late will be tired in the morning because they have to go to school. The unknown author states,"They will have to go to sleep earlier if they are forced to wake up earlier," (1).…
Dear Edmonson County school board members, Have you ever wanted to stay in bed just a little bit longer? That’s how most teenagers in America feels right before school. A new controversy has emerged: should school start at 9:00 a.m. or stay the same? In my opinion school should start later, because it decreases disorders, decreases absences, and decreases motor vehicle accidents. If school started later it would decrease disorders.…
Wouldn't it be nice to get the required 9 hours of sleep every night? With these school start times, however, that's impossible. Every day millions of kids drag themselves out of bed and into a classroom full of other sleep deprived kids. That's why schools should start school later. One reason being that it will benefit attitude and lower the chances of depression.…
There are many benefits that come along with this simple change. Many experts agree that schools should start later, and there are many strong reasons why. With attention to school benefits, later start times for schools improve test scores. A study conducted by the University of Minnesota, that included 9,000 high schoolers, showed that test scores went up significantly the more the school…
According to should schools start later. Quotes “a later start, say opponents, also interferes with somm teens’ part-time jobs and disrupts after-school sports and clubs. This quote is saying that the students would not have anytime for sports or anything because it gets out late and the kids will still have homework to do. Even if the students did practice in the morning, then they would still have to get up early that is why it should stay the…
" This proves that kids who do after-school sports and other activities would benefit from later school start times because they would be less distressed and do better in their choice of activity they are participating in after school. Also, if schools would be thinking about changing start times, they should be looking at what is best for…
Mathis Moore Too early There are plenty of risks caused by not getting enough sleep for your age, such as being more likely to be overweight, depressive symptoms, and perform poorly in school and activities. That being said, the CDC reports that less than 1 in 5 school in the United States start before 8:30, which is what they recommend schools start at. While teachers would benefit from the extra sleep themselves, they also would see students be more attentive in the morning because they would not be as tired. Ergo, Schools should start later than 8:30 because students and teachers would benefit in health from getting extra sleep, and would benefit from being more attentive and awake in the morning.…
A national sleep foundation poll found that 59% of 6th through 8th graders, as well as 87% of high schoolers, are getting less than the recommended amount of sleep on school nights. This often affects how attentive kids are when they get to school and can have a negative impact on the rest of their day. When students are tired they often don't take in the information they would otherwise pick up with an adequate amount of sleep. Starting classes at middle school and high schools no earlier than 8:30 a.m. would help teens arrive alert, healthy and ready to learn, U.S. sleep medicine specialists say (Lehman, 2017). Schools should start later to ensure the success of its students.…
Rough Draft - Unit 2 EA 2 Starting school later may have some bad effects, but it also has many good effects too. It is a proven fact that a later school time helps kids education and health. Not to mention they won't be as tired because teenagers almost always stay up late and sleep in. School should start later so that kids aren't always incredibly tired and have a better health.…
There are a lot of good effects if school started later. Many teenagers would agree that getting up early in the morning is stressful. School should start later because students would be more focused and less stressed and get better grades and have less of a chance of getting depression with more sleep. We will be arguing that school will start later in the morning. One reason schools should start later is that students can get extra sleep.…
People worldwide are concerned about schools starting too early in the day and have been debating about the benefits of later school start times. Every weekday, students must face the struggle of waking up early to get ready for school without getting enough sleep the night before. Schools starting at a later time during weekdays would allow students to have extra time to sleep in the morning and be more alert and focused. This can result in less sleep-related car accidents and tardies. It can also provide opportunities for students to succeed in school because studies show that alert students are more willing to study and understand concepts than if they were tired.…