I'm going to attempt to use this as a topic for a persuasive essay, but before we can get the topics approved, we have to basically debate with the teacher on it, so I'd like to be prepared for some of the arguements I'll be up against. Please provide thoughtful reasoning on your opinion, as to why it's important for schools to begin at one time or another

No, not really. School for us begins at 8:30 A.M., but then.
Sheesh. There wouldn't really be time for homework, or other extracurricular activities because we'd have to sleep earlier to wake up at around 5 or 6 to get ready for school, just for our health.

In August, researchers at the University of Minnesota reported the results of a study of more than 7,000 high-school students whose school district had switched in 1997 from a 7:15 a.m. start time to an 8:40 a.m. start time. Compared with students whose schools maintained earlier start times, students with later starts reported getting more sleep on school nights, being less sleepy during the day, getting slightly higher grades and experiencing fewer depressive feelings and behaviors.
States like masachusettes/conneticut have made public schools start later inorder to allow students to get their much needed rest, and there were positive results.
A study also showed that when a class of 40 students began school at 720 instead of 825, nearly half of all the students were falling into REM sleep just in 3.4 minutes which is a pattern that is a lot like narcolepsy. So changing the school time would have an impact on student’s sleeping schedules.

Uh yeah, did a speech on it sorta.

Mine starts are 8:30am I'm feeling a little bit ticked off now

hmm... I NEVER STARTED SCHOOL AFTER 8:00 AM... or i dont remmember.. lol

well.. at my school, school starts at 7:30. if u take ZERO HOUR (which is a class before school, very convenient for kids who take sports and extra curriculars and have no time to fill up during school day) it starts at 6:30..

7:30 isnt bad because its early and not late. i usually have to get up at 5:00 to get to school because i have to get ready for zero hour and eat and then take a 10-20 min drive 2 school.. i think waking up early benefits a person by "making them get up early" and more responsibly and all that mumbo jumbo.

school lets out at 2:30 and then u can take a "Seventh Hour" which ends around 4 and then late busses get there to take u home sometime after and take u home...

anyways.. my whole day consist of me waking up at 5, leave at 6 and get home at 5 pm... how exciting!

School starts at 7:30 for me. bleh. i hate waking up so early! well i havent started school yet..i start tommorow.

I dont think schools should start before 8 because most kids these days go to sleep really late and they dont get enough sleep to focas on work and participate at their best ability.

I think that the earlier that schools start the better because then we get off to an early start and if students come to school late because they slept in late then they either suffer because they stay up untill oh my gosh o'clock in the morning or go to sleep earlier.

Does anyone actually care about this debate, or can I close it since I turned in my paper already?

just leave it in case someone wants to post a topic about it.

then we can say "there's been a topic about it" and post the link to this.

Why not? My school starts @ 8:30, but the highschools start earlier.
I think it's essential for us to be prepared for college, in which some morning courses are way earlier. It also adds some responsibility, which we should learn, no?

Whats the benefits of waking up later? You get lazy/distracted, and school would end later, making winter days harder, as it would get darker quicker and other acitivities may not be in session.

personally, i don't really care. because school starts at 7:45, and there's never been problems on lateness or anything.

not mine. since we have to fit in art area classes, we start 30 min earlier and end at the same time. so an extra 30 min. i can live with that though.

My opinion would be no.

Students, including me, already have to wake up in the mornings for school. There is simple no need to wake up earlier. Some students may live far away from the school (depending on district) and may not have the time. Second, if you`re a student that rides the bus every morning, it would be more difficult, and more frustrating to the student and the parents. The parents will have a hard time because, if the student doesn't have a alarm clock, the parents usually wake the students up. But, it's the student`s responsiblity to wake up in the morning to get ready, and catch a ride from the bus, by walking to school, and/or ride from parent.

It`s hard, and overall, not really that smart to.
Every school should different! Not the same!

helllllll nooooooooooooooooo..


kids got enough hw already they dont get enough sleeeeeep
the younger kids are they more sleep they neeeed

and earlier schol time will only increase amount of customers at coffee shop.... and we al kno that aint healthy......

im sure teachers wont like that either

should they be allowed to? yes. in fact, my little sister's elementary school starts at 7:45... many schools start before 8am
would the kids like it? hell no. sure, there is that bunch of kids that are lucky enough to get up at 6am, fresh and happy, and get ready for school before anyone, but the rest wouldn't like it.
i remember in 5th grade when my school started at 7:30, and i had to get on the bus at 7:20, which means i had to get to the bus stop at 7:10, which means i had to wake up arond 6am or so. that was hard for me, because frankily [sp...?], im not a morning person. neither are many other kids..
oh, and as for me, my school starts at 8:05 >_>

no....no point of going to school early and not getting anything in your head cuz you're not fully awake yet.

but that makes sense. Let the kids go in early, fine. But high schoolers? No, not so much.

I got an 84 on my paper, by the way, since it was mostly complete BS

So kids are not sleeping because they have homework? Are you sure internet, games, tv and friends are not to blame?


Nicki... is it possible for you... to post your essay? i'd like to read the argument.

My school starts at 7:30 am. I'm so tired at this time- (we don't have homeroom wither) that during all of 1st period, I am basically asleep. I Don't stay up late- but it is a fact, proven by scientists, that teenagers bodies don't start pupming the nessacary chemicals to function at a normal human level until around 9 am. I'll see if i can find you what group ran teh experiment.

no, 8AM is good.