Changing high school start times is beneficial to student’s health and well being. Many teens only get 6-7 hours of sleep per night due to strenuous school work, although these teens need 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep per night. In many cases it is not easy for teens to get this much sleep because many teens are unable to fall asleep before 11pm out of habit. “Adolescents’ brains are wired to go to sleep late and wake up late, making it difficult for them to get a good night’s sleep before a 7:30 am first period class.” (Ingraham, Washington Post) As a result of teens not getting a good night’s sleep, many students first period classes are difficult to perform well in. This one little problem causes a chain reaction because many students get stressed
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Early in the morning teenage drivers are at risk for having severe car accidents as a result for being sleep deprived. According to the article Guilford Weighs Later Start Times For High School Students, “Students are 30% more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle accident in Chesterfield County.” Although this is only according to one county, it doesn’t mean that this does not apply to other counties as well. Motor vehicle accidents are already fairly common for teens and as a result of this adults don’t have as much trust for them. In the state of Pennsylvania, the law has been changed so that you must be sixteen years old to receive your permit, and six months after you are sixteen and receive your permit you can apply for your junior driver's licence. This law has been changed because the state believes that teen drivers are unsafe on the road, get distracted easily, and make poor choices when with their passengers. According to the article Guilford Weighs Later Start Times For High School Students, sleep-deprived teen drivers are worse than drunk drivers on the road. Sleep-deprived drivers are also much more common in the early hours of the day when many more people are on the road which makes this even worse. (add
Early in the morning teenage drivers are at risk for having severe car accidents as a result for being sleep deprived. According to the article Guilford Weighs Later Start Times For High School Students, “Students are 30% more likely to be involved in a motor vehicle accident in Chesterfield County.” Although this is only according to one county, it doesn’t mean that this does not apply to other counties as well. Motor vehicle accidents are already fairly common for teens and as a result of this adults don’t have as much trust for them. In the state of Pennsylvania, the law has been changed so that you must be sixteen years old to receive your permit, and six months after you are sixteen and receive your permit you can apply for your junior driver's licence. This law has been changed because the state believes that teen drivers are unsafe on the road, get distracted easily, and make poor choices when with their passengers. According to the article Guilford Weighs Later Start Times For High School Students, sleep-deprived teen drivers are worse than drunk drivers on the road. Sleep-deprived drivers are also much more common in the early hours of the day when many more people are on the road which makes this even worse. (add