Should School Start Later In The Morning?

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need at least 9 hours of sleep a night. Students having to wake up so early affects their circadian rhythms - sleep cycles. The teenage sleep cycle typically start at 11 pm and continue through 8 am. When students have to wake up at 6 and 7 in the morning, they are waking up in the middle of a deep sleep. High school and middle school are still growing and this does affect their everyday actives. Teens not being able to sleep enough affects their memory, alertness, academic performance, mood control, impulse control, and many more things. Many adults go on about many students being lazy and not ever wanting to do any work, but it is extremely hard to be intentive and wake in class if you are exhausted to a point that you feel dead.
When some high school and middle schoolers have to wake up so early to catch buses so early in the morning, it is a risk for many dangers especially because there is not usually any adult supervisions. Being of daylight savings, it is dark ...

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not focused, and in some cases sick. Started schools later has so many benefits, yet it hasn't been done. If this is done it could reduce stress, collisions, depression, anxiety, and so may other problems. Although this will take time and money, it is worth it. The youth is our future. What kind of future will we have if they are all sleep deprived dropouts? Making this change will improve the youths health conditions, study and well-being and who wouldn't want that?




Sources:

http://www.startschoollater.net/whats-the-big-deal.html
http://www.startschoollater.net/why-change.html
https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-news/backgrounder-later-school-start-times
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