Schools should push back start times
Do you think that students should have to wake up before the sun even comes up and have to come to school? Starting school later in the day would help with many different factors. Schools expect a lot out of students and having to wake up at the crack of dawn, get to school on time, and get good grades while being tired can be very challenging for many. School should start later in the morning because students will get better grades, it decreases the amount of absences and tardies, and it will be healthier lifestyle for the kids to start later in the day.
“About 30% of students report falling asleep in class at least once a week, and studies consistently connect less sleep with lower grades in school and on standardized tests”(Park). When students get to school they are going to be more awake which will help because if they have tests in the morning it is said to be easier if you …show more content…
They need about 9.25 hours of sleep.The average student will not go to bed until 10:45 and most kids will have to get up between 5:30 and 6:00a.m (Wahlstrom). That only leaves the child with 7 hours and 15 minutes to 7 hours and 45 minutes to sleep, which is not a healthy lifestyle (Wahlstrom). In the body the hormone melatonin is produced by the body at night when sleeping, If someone is not getting enough sleep the melatonin will not be produced, and it will be harder for the student to fall asleep every night. Another thing that can happen from lack of sleep is being sleep deprived (Scholastic, Inc.). “Sleep-deprived students face consequences much greater than feeling drowsy all day” (Scholastic, Inc.). Being sleep deprived can essentially affect your immune system, and if you are still sleep deprived for a long period of time you can end up getting chronic illnesses from not sleeping, such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke, ect (Pietrangelo and
Do you think that students should have to wake up before the sun even comes up and have to come to school? Starting school later in the day would help with many different factors. Schools expect a lot out of students and having to wake up at the crack of dawn, get to school on time, and get good grades while being tired can be very challenging for many. School should start later in the morning because students will get better grades, it decreases the amount of absences and tardies, and it will be healthier lifestyle for the kids to start later in the day.
“About 30% of students report falling asleep in class at least once a week, and studies consistently connect less sleep with lower grades in school and on standardized tests”(Park). When students get to school they are going to be more awake which will help because if they have tests in the morning it is said to be easier if you …show more content…
They need about 9.25 hours of sleep.The average student will not go to bed until 10:45 and most kids will have to get up between 5:30 and 6:00a.m (Wahlstrom). That only leaves the child with 7 hours and 15 minutes to 7 hours and 45 minutes to sleep, which is not a healthy lifestyle (Wahlstrom). In the body the hormone melatonin is produced by the body at night when sleeping, If someone is not getting enough sleep the melatonin will not be produced, and it will be harder for the student to fall asleep every night. Another thing that can happen from lack of sleep is being sleep deprived (Scholastic, Inc.). “Sleep-deprived students face consequences much greater than feeling drowsy all day” (Scholastic, Inc.). Being sleep deprived can essentially affect your immune system, and if you are still sleep deprived for a long period of time you can end up getting chronic illnesses from not sleeping, such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke, ect (Pietrangelo and