70% of high school students, like you and me, are sleep deprived; this means getting less than 7 hours of sleep. The teenage body needs relevant to 8 to 10 hours of sleep because the body is going through an important stage of growth and development. We get this sleep at delayed hours, like 11 p.m. and 12 a.m., due to chemical imbalance during our teenage years. In behalf of this delayed balance and early rising for school purposes, the body and brain are negatively impacted. The only known solution to this epidemic is schools having a later start time. Schools should start later because it could eliminate mental disorders and improve health, causing classroom grades to exceed.
As a teenager, when it comes to sleep, our brains work much differently. Before puberty, the brain creates a sleep-inducing hormone, melatonin, around the hours of 8 and 9 p.m. With the information above in consideration, how much sleep do you think the average teenager going through puberty gets? Nationwide Children’s Hospital says the average teenager gets roughly 7 hours of sleep or less when they need 9 or more. During puberty, though, the teenage brain is on a delayed schedule, not kicking in with the melatonin until around 11
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While I was in middle school, sixth grade to be exact, I stayed up countless nights overstressing and over complicating work that was visibly easy. This on top of cheer, and cross country, and theater, I was flushed. These over stressed nights led me to become depressed, which led me to lose an enormous amount of weight. Due to sleep deprivation, many teens like myself, have had or currently have mental disorders or struggle with everyday activities; the lack of sleep in a teen causes mental illnesses like depression or anxiety. These illnesses then lead to dropping grades and uncontrollable weight gain or loss. In the long run, sleep deprivation has many negative
Why Schools Should Continue Starting at Eight Despite popular opinion, to be beneficial, schools should continue on their current schedules, and not start later. Starting schools later can have a variety of positive and negative consequences on students. Schools currently are at a time that gives students enough lesson time to learn subjects, but still have time to relax and take part in other activities after school. Many families depend on the time school starts to have easy transportation to school and work. Starting schools later will take away students time to do activities of their choice such as spend time with their families, socialize with others, and participate in extracurricular activities.
Are you tired of waking up so early in the morning? Daryn doesn't get tired until 11:00. He then has basketball practice at 6:15. That means he only gets about 6 hours of sleep because he has to wake up at 5:30. After basketball he's tired, then he has to go to school and most likely falls asleep in school because he's so weary from such a busy, miniscule morning. Schools should start later in the morning because it gives the child more sleep so they won't be tired, gives them a more productive morning and benefits their education.
In a recent study done by Yucaipa high school, 97% of students believe school should start later. Students should be able to start school at 9:00 a.m. Students should start later because kids will have a better attendance and less tardies. The more sleep students get the more energized they are, as well as having a better mood throughout the day. The majority of the students drive, so the more sleep they have helps decrease the rate of car accidents. Students are late, absent, cranky, and careless this is why school should start later.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, biological sleep patterns change throughout the stages of adolescence. ¨Biological sleep patterns shift toward later times for both sleeping and waking during adolescence-meaning it is natural to not be able to fall asleep before 11:00pm.¨ (¨Teens and Sleep¨). Messing with these sleep cycles in the long run and lead to sleep disorders. Research done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests teenagers 13-18 years old should regularly sleep 8-10 hours each night for a healthy sleep. The teens who do not get a good amount of sleep are more likely to suffer from mental conditions, smoking, illicit drugs, and alcohol use. ¨Not getting enough sleep is common among high school students and is associated with several health risks including being overweight, drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, and using drugs, as well as poor academic performance.¨ (¨Schools Start Too Early¨). On an NBC news story, Hilton Head Island High School moved its start time and benefits were noticeable. Students had higher test score averages and grades improved throughout the school.A study done in 2008 published in the journal of clinical sleep, found car accident rates fell by 16.5% when students were more aware on the road, not having to wake up before 7 am.
A sleep study at Brown University shows that most teens do not start to feel tired until around midnight. School starts at 7:30 am, which leaves students with less than seven hours of sleep each night. Studies have shown that when teens suffer from lack of sleep they do not perform as well in school. Most people can agree that later start times can be beneficial for high school students, but it could interfere with household schedules that families have lived with for years. Some administrators disagree with later start times for High Schools, later start times allow students to feel more alert in class, allow for better grades, and allow more time for teens to sleep.
Do people ever wake up early in the morning for school and not want to get out of bed because school starts too early? Most schools in the United States start at 8:30 a.m or earlier. For teens it is wake up 5:30 to 7:00 in the morning, get ready to go to school early and repeat the same process every school days. Most teens have a hard time waking up early because schools start so early which can affect their health. Also it can affect their ability to learn and get good grades.
Justin O’Neil says in his article called “Should Schools Start Later?” “Teens need at least 8.5 hours of sleep each night.” Students have work, after school activities, and homework that keep them awake longer. They have to get up early to go to school, and they don’t get the 8.5 recommended hours. “The body’s circadian rhythm--that is, its natural sense of time--shifts during adolescence” (O’Neil).
Do you believe students should start school later? An early start time may fit better with their parents schedule and it would give the students more time for homework and more time with their families. Although having a later start time does benefit the students by giving them a better overall school experience. I believe students should keep an early start time because it benefits the parents and the students on the other hand a later start time benefits the students as well. By giving the students an earlier start time they will have more time after school to be with their family or finish their homework because if they start school earlier then they will get out of school earlier.
Knock knock. Who’s there? School. School who? I’ll school you!Speaking of school; did you know that in America most students spend around 7 hours in school and begin class between 7am-8am?
Do people or parents kids wake up feeling tired everyday in the morning? Well many people do sometimes especially me. Schools should start later like at 9 so bigger kids can stay later at work ,if they work in the mornings. Kids also like to be awoke at 8 and only middle school usually are tired in the morning since they are supposed to be awoken before 7 by schools I mean 7-12 grade since that is Middle and High school most of the time.
Do you enjoy going to school at 7:30 AM in the morning? I am sure most of the students do not like to get up early in the morning to go to school. The alarm goes off and many tired students still hit the snooze button. Making school start later will allow students to get more sleep.
If teens need 8 to 10 hours of sleep to do their best and naturally go to sleep around 11:00 pm, one way to get more sleep is to start school later. Teens' natural sleep cycle puts them in conflict with school start times. Most high school students need an alarm clock or a parent to wake them on school days. They are like zombies getting ready for school and find it hard to be alert and pay attention in class. Because they are sleep deprived, they are sleepy all day and cannot do their best. Schools that have set later bell times find that students do not go to bed later, but get one hour more of sleep per school night, which means five hours more per
Zacky Sungkar HUM 101 Professor Arnowitz 12 October 2014 Research Paper Proposal What is the equitable time of day to be sending our children to school? The topic of school beginning too early has slowly been rising to question whether or not it would be beneficial to the learning process of adolescents for school to start later. Studies show that the brain of an adolescent isn't fully functional to retain memory until 10am; therefore, students would benefit from starting school at a later time than the usual 7-8am schedule. Additionally, it is evident that more sleep and a higher quality of sleep would be healthier for adolescents; thus, improving their education overall.
Sleep is the number one thing your body needs and I read on some article that us teens only get between 5 and 6 hours of sleep each night. Lack of sleep affects your mood, motivation, judgment, and your perception of events. (Healthy Sleep) According to many researchers, sleep increases a student’s ability to focus and process information, and the effects of more sleep on student outcomes is often very significant. In fact, research studies recommend that teenagers sleep around 9 hours each night in order to perform their best. It also suggests that sleep plays an important role in memory, both before and after learning a new task.(Center For American Progress) By getting more sleep, your letting your body rest and it is healthy for you.
Carpenter, S. (n.d.). Sleep deprivation may be undermining teen health. http://www.apa.org. Retrieved March 6, 2014, from http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct01/sleepteen.aspx