Teenage years are arguably the most important years in a person 's life; it is the transition from a child to an adult. With that comes many changes in brain development, physical appearance, maturity, and hormonal changes. All in which concuringlly affect a teenagers behavior. Without enough sleep, all of those developmental changes are affected negatively. So sleep is extremely important for every teen. Yet, because high school starts around 7:15 in the morning, majority of the students are not getting the amount of sleep they need to function properly. Starting school later in the morning would give teens the sleep they have been lacking and ultimately increase academic performance, health, and safety.
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With the national average of sleep for teenagers being nine hours, 80% of teens are not getting that amount (“Survey:Teens…Sleep”). This is one of the main factors to why the number of cases for depression in teens has been increasing. New studies were conducted that found teens who did not get the correct amount of sleep were three times more likely to be depressed than teens with the correct amount of sleep (Harding). The study also revealed that 62% of teens had symptoms of depression and were three times more likely to have symptoms of depression, compared to their well rested friends. With high school being the most important competitive years due to college, students are under a lot of pressure to perform at their best, taking AP courses and participating in sports. According to The Medical director of Northshore sleep medicine “To get into college, it is not enough to be an A student, you have got to play football and be captain of the chess team, too (qtd. Harding)”. With our crazy schedules already, getting even just an extra hour to sleep in for school would make a big
During the school year, many students …show more content…
With the national average of sleep for teenagers being nine hours, 80% of teens are not getting that amount (“Survey:Teens…Sleep”). This is one of the main factors to why the number of cases for depression in teens has been increasing. New studies were conducted that found teens who did not get the correct amount of sleep were three times more likely to be depressed than teens with the correct amount of sleep (Harding). The study also revealed that 62% of teens had symptoms of depression and were three times more likely to have symptoms of depression, compared to their well rested friends. With high school being the most important competitive years due to college, students are under a lot of pressure to perform at their best, taking AP courses and participating in sports. According to The Medical director of Northshore sleep medicine “To get into college, it is not enough to be an A student, you have got to play football and be captain of the chess team, too (qtd. Harding)”. With our crazy schedules already, getting even just an extra hour to sleep in for school would make a big