Schools are thinking about changing the time when schools start. Picture an not awake student scrambling through the hallway in the morning, struggling to get to class. In fact, studies have shown how lack of sleep can affect our “executive function” that can result in shortened temper, lower motivation, and slower reflexes which is not something we need in life. Despite this, studies have shown that delaying a school can result in saving nine billion dollars in 2 years ( RAND 2018 ). Still, schools start too early causing grades to lower and can even cause some accidents that could have been saved with a good amount of sleep. Lack of sleep can lower test scores, waking yourself up early every day, should stop now. First, the brain and …show more content…
School starting late will lead to school ending later as well. This can affect after-school activities like basketball, soccer, baseball, football etc. For example “ result in shortened times for after-school activities such as sports and clubs, cause students to get home later in the day, and may also impact hours available for after-school jobs” ( MORGAN 2018 ). Later school time might move back the after-school activities, leaving the student with less time or homework or other clubs. Still, the student gets an extra hour of sleep and they would be able to complete the homework for paying attention in school. The student would be more focused on homework, leaving there with no time for extra TV time. In this case “ a later release time, which may reduce the time available for practice and matches” ( Sleep.org 2018 ). A later match is better than having it in the afternoon when the sun is the hottest. The spirit and excitement at a late game are quite more enjoyable than sitting in a ray of sun. In any case “practice times are rescheduled, and in some cases, lights are installed so practice can run a little later” ( Sleep.org 2018 ). Schools have also been adding light stands so that the players were able to see the players and ball. Schools are trying to solve moving school back and it’s
Waking up early at 6:00 A.M in the morning isn’t the funniest thing to do. The times on when school starts should be changed to a later time. Schools should change start times to later there is even factual evidence that this is true. In the article ‘The Teen Who Woke Up Her School’ by Jane Bianchi wrote about a teen named Jilly Dos Santos who put hard work into petitions and powerpoints to show how more sleep can better not only her but other people on school work and sports. People need more sleep to function and get through the day and to be more alert about things around them.Evidence from scientist and from teens show that people work better when they have more energy and got a good night's rest and when students don’t they sometimes start
Students may need to nap to compensate for energy expended throughout the day. However, if schools were to start later, adolescents would not have to nap, allowing for a larger window of time to spend with their families after school, even with a later start time. Another opposing argument is that students would have less time to participate in extracurricular activities. However, this issue can be resolved by making practices for sports and club meetings shorter and more frequent to accommodate the schedule variation. Overall, the benefits of later start times far outweigh the drawbacks.
How many times has this happened to you; it’s six thirty on a Tuesday morning, your alarm has already gone off twice, your still laying in bed and your bus comes in twenty minutes. This is an everyday occurrence at my house. It is a proven statistic that the average high school student does not get enough sleep. While some experts like Dr. Lee Yanku say “It is not the schools starting time that is the problem as to why students don’t get enough sleep, it is because of facebook, myspace and cell phones” The truth behind it is that we can’t budget sports, homework and extracurricular activities into one day and still get nine hours of sleep. This is hurting student’s academic averages and needs to change. Changing the school time will help boost academic averages among students, and isn’t th...
This leaves students with less than the recommended 9 hours of sleep. Students that have to stay up that late for homework will be tired in the morning, even if their school starts later. Many people argue that starting schools later will let students get more sleep and align with the students sleep cycles. But they do not factor in that students will just stay up later at night because they know that they do not have to get up as early in the morning. This will just leave students with less sleep than before.
Schools should not start later because that would cause a lot of problems. Schools should stay how they are because it will make kids stop being on there phones at night so much, it won’t make school end later (and make kids walk home in the dark), and it interfere with sports or jobs.
Based on the article on The National Sleep Foundation, when it's time for school the average teen body still thinks it's the middle of the night.
“The point is this is a health issue and we want them to be more productive,” said principal Sam Miceli. The people that decide what time school starts should talk to health professionals. The reason school should start later are grades and class work can increase and for teen’s health and safety. I want to convince you that school should start later in the day.
You’re in your bed sleeping peacefully when all of a sudden you’re jolted awake by your alarm. You drag yourself out of bed, having only gotten five hours of sleep. Does that sound like a nightmare? For many students, that’s a reality. Many students feel they aren’t getting enough sleep which can lead to more problems at school; therefore, school should start later in the day because it would increase grades, keep students safer, and allow teenagers to get enough sleep.
If we don’t have sleep how will we work? Schools should start no later than 8:30AM. Later school arrival times would lead to better school performance. Studies show that teens who get the recommended amount of sleep tend to get better grades and tend to have better test scores. schools who have earlier start times tend to have not as great performance over all due to the sleep that is lacking in students.
Not everyone agrees with a later start time. Some people think schools should not start later. They believe start times should not change. They feel that altering the time would be confusing and cause more harm than good. Kids internal clocks would
If school starts later it will go later and that means that there is less time for other things. “Students who participate in sports and extra-curricular activities would get home much later in the evenings”(Morin). Sports practice or clubs might have to be cut short because school went so late. It also could cut into family activities. For example it could cut into family dinner time.
Sports distracts kids from school work, and keeps them from focusing on homework or studying for a test. When there's a big game coming up, athletes are practicing a lot, and don't have time to do any homework or study for a test. All the fans go to the games too, and they can’t study or do homework either. Sports are distracting kids from school work, and is lowering their grades. Also sports can also cause bad injuries to kids if they aren't careful.
What would be the effects on the students if school started later and the school day was shortened? Positive and negative outcomes would arise from the decision to begin school later and shorten the day. The problem with school commencing at the regular time, 8 am, is that it causes problems with student’s behavior, attitude, and attendance. Furthermore, all these problems would be fixed, according to scientific studies, by pushing the starting time of school back to 10 am. The effects of school starting earlier and being shortened, each causing different outcomes and problems, are additional sleep for students, better use of class time, extended school year, and transportation problems.
Schools starting Earlier in the day make it easier for students to get to school and be able to do after school activities and their coaches not worrying that they aren’t going to beat the sun for daylight. People say that if school started later that students wouldn’t be tired at school that is false because since students would have to wake up later they would go to sleep later at night making them tired in the morning
The National Sleep Foundation page explains in the article “Eight Major Obstacles to Delaying School Start Times” explains, “Later start times may cause later ending times which then some athletes might have to leave class early. That means students have to choose between a game and a test, a choice no student should have to make.” This could cause issues with athletics and school assignments. While that does not have to be the case, some schools who have delayed their start time changed match times so that the students do not have to leave their classes early. By doing so some schools even saw an increase in participation in sports and it even improved their performance as a team. Furthermore, some schools cut 5 to 10 minutes off of each class to make sure that the school day would end on time, and that guaranteed extracurricular activities were not affected. Some schools saw the time lost as a benefit because the students were much more alert and productive during the school day. Lastly, if none of those are an option practice times could be researched and lights could be installed so that the practices can run later. If one thinks about it, starting the school day later has many benefits, and will not affect after school activities, but also it improves the student's academic