should schools be allowed to start before 8AM? Options

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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

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My school already starts before 8 AM. It starts at 7:35, I thought other schools did the same....weird.

Well, ultimately it is the school's decision to change the time if they wanted. The students would then have to adapt to the new time, by choosing to sleep earlier to get the right amount of sleep. It sort of depends on how much earlier it would start. If it were by a couple of minutes I don't think that would matter much.

A counter-argument might be that if it starts too early kids might not have the time to eat breakfast. The schools always emphasizes how important it is to eat breakfast.

If the school were to make the start time earlier the teachers would then have to get to school even earlier. Some teachers might object to that, so you never know.

Another bad thing is that maybe the fact that the school started at eight helped the parents too. Most jobs start at 8 too, so it gave an opportunity for carpools. If it were to start earlier the parents would have to wake up earlier just to drive their kids to school. The parents would then find it a hassle, and lose maybe an hour of sleep.

Yea, well there's my two cents. I hope you do well on your essay! I always have a hard time with essays.