High School Start Time Research Paper

Waking up extra earlier in the morning for school was an extremely painful thing to do when flashback in high school. I live in Illinois western suburb of Chicago; I spent my four years education in Lake Park high school that located in Roselle. Overall, I had an amazing experience with this public school but except “early class schedule”. Here is my experiences about U.S. high school: groggy and grumpy students falling asleep during class, student perform poorly in school academic achievement; as well as lead to abominable behaviors such as excessive drinking , smoke tobaccos and drug taking to eliminate their stress and anxiety level etc. Indeed, early school start times and sleep deprivation in teens have always been a significant controversial simultaneously unsolved problem in today’s educational system. Truly, the majorities of American schools are starting too early. “According to U.S. Department of Education statistics approximately 43% of the more than 18,000 public high schools in the …show more content…
First of all, also the principal solution is to delay the U.S. school start times to alleviate adolescent health problems caused by lack of sleep. For intense, Terra Ziporyn Snider, Ph.D. one of the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Start School Later said: "It says very clearly that high school and middle schools should not start before 8:30 a.m. for the sake of the health and sleep of our children(Healy)”. However, a few of students parent are still refusing to delay school start times due to their working schedule. Secondary, good sleep habits also play a major role in teens sleep issue. Parents can be a good example and encourage their children through setting a regular bedtime. Most importantly is to limit in technology usage before bedtime such as cell phone. As stated by Judith Owens "produce enough light to suppress melatonin levels and make it more difficult to fall