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Starting Head Start Have you ever been so excited for your child to start their first year in a head start program? As a first time parent it brings a whole lot of emotions for me especially with all the difficult times my son and I had in the past with childcare centers. Between the teachers not being honest, being harmful to him and wasn’t teaching him anything. I felt like I need to take him out since I felt the trust was gone within the center. I personally feel this is a tremendous step for…

Why change?In an effort to improve students’ academics some insist school needs to start later however it is proven a later start time does not help schools. The reasons why a later school start does not benefit schools are economy, safety and that starting later would be the same as starting early. The first reason school does not needs to start early is economy.For example, is would cost lots of money.“ it would have cost St. Paul $8 million to buy the needed busses” (www.achieve3000.com)…

Should Schools Start Later in the Day? Waking up with only six to seven hours of sleep is not a good way to for a student to start their day. School starting later will help with that. Delaying the bell will help with sleep,health,and academics. Therefore, school should start later for the benefit of students. To begin with, school should start later so students can receive more sleep. According to the article (should school start later?) “59 percent of sixth through eighth graders and 87…

"Why did the Industrial Revolution start in England?" The Industrial Revolution occurred in England for a few main reasons. One of the reasons was that the wealthy people in England were greedy during this time period. So when something could be done to make them more money these people jumped on it, bringing in more business.. Almost none of this would be possible if England didn’t have the raw materials to continue with industrializing. England is was full of coal and when the english people…

This article explains why schools should start later, and has facts to back it up. Many tweens and teens tend to be night owls, but they hate up get up earlier than 11:00, much less 6:00. The average middle-schooler needs 8.5-9.5 hours of sleep to be fully charged and not a zombie looking for coffee like it is gold. A national sleep poll discovered more than 25% of students fall asleep once a week. It is pitiful if a quarter of kids are dropping like rocks in the middle of class. Anne Wheaton…

Does School Start Too Early? It’s 7:50 A.M. The first bell rings. An eighth grade student, who is running late, frantically scurries through the front doors of her school, questioning if it was worth it to have hit the “snooze” button on her alarm Monday morning. On the contrary, a jaunty student sits at his desk, bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to start the school day. Many students across the country find themselves in these same situations, questioning, ‘Does school start too early?’…

and be better prepared to relate to others in the future. Throughout my search for the most fitting university, I found the University of Texas at Austin to exhibit the best alignment between words and actions, starting with six simple words “What Starts Here Changes the World”. The Forty Aces Scholars program can help me change…

latter during the winter, but earlier during the summer. Start times should take sunrise into account. According to 10 Things You Should Know about Sleep, bright light helps reduce melatonin levels. Because the sun rises long before 10 a.m., a 9 a.m. start time is very reasonable. The slideshow states that adolescents tend to stay up later, but adults can be either morning or evening people depending on genetics. Instead of forcing people to start work at the same time,…

Do you think that school should start later? I think school should start later. As a middle schooler, I see some students sleeping in class. I can tell that students aren’t getting enough sleep at night. In an article called “Backgrounder: Later School Start Times”, the author states that kids need a lot of sleep for performance, health, and brain development. Research shows that kids need 8 or 9 hours of sleep each night. Anne Wheaton says “getting enough sleep is important for students’…

In his article Farmer says “It’s also clear that many health professionals feel paralyzed by the magnitude of the challenges. Where on earth does one start?” I thought this quote was an attention grabber. There are so many people in this world who might want help the poor like Farmer does but the problem is that where does one start. If we look around the world there are so many poor countries with millions of problems that still need to be solved. By the time we find a cure for one problem…