The Teen Who Woke Up Her School Summary

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Ring Ring! Nobody likes the sound of their alarm clock when they’re trying to get some sleep. The article entitled “The Teen Who Woke Up Her School” by Jane Bianchi, the video named “Should Students Start Later in the Morning?” by ABC News, and the infographic called “Wake Up Call” by Sarah McKibben, all talk about the efforts that students are trying to make to change the school starting time. Allowing students to be able to sleep more would be very beneficial to attendance, academic scores, and the student’s energy!
Firstly, in the first article, a girl named Jilly Dos Santos stands up to the school and makes the school starting time later, by leading many students to help change the starting time. It also talks about how even students reading the article can step up and show their opinion to their school district about school starting times! in the article it states,” Your body isn't just on a later schedule though— your brain also needs more total hours of sleep (about 9.25 a night) to function at its best. Sadly, most teens are able to squeeze in only about 7.1 hours, on average.” This shows that if people don’t change the school starting times, most teenagers are losing around 2 hours of needing rest! in conclusion, if people like Jilly Dos Santos step up to change school times, teenagers may finally be able to get the …show more content…

She says things like they would miss school if they get an extra five minutes of sleep, or that they wake up around 5:30 am. In the vid;eo at (0:46), Amelia says, ”I usually wake up when it’s dark, and waking up at 5:45 just barely gives me enough time to go to school.” This shows the reader that some people have to wake up really early, because their school starts early! in conclusion, many kids feel the same as Amelia does, since they have to get up really early, just so they could make it to

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