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[Spirited Away]

should schools start and end at a later time so teens can get more sleep?

If teens go to sleep at 10pm on school nights and wake up at 6am, they get 8 hours of sleep... and you're saying that this is not enough?

Go to sleep at 11pm and they'll still get 7 hours of sleep if they wake at 6am.

Do not tell me that kids need to do homework from 7-10pm, three hours straight, because I won't believe you. I've been there, done that, finished it all. Six out of seven of my classes were honors or AP. I've done school work, many household chores each day, and got my sleep just dandy. I took the bus like any other kid and had to wake up at 5:45am every school day to catch the bus for 4 years.

consider
-lack of sleep among teens
-how the time to go to school becomes earlier as we move up from elementary to junior high to high school. (at least it is in my case)
-too much homework/studying

::Lack of sleep among teens is MOSTLY due to the following:
+ Cell phones, phone conversations in general
+ Internet (i.e, webdesign, chat, forums)
+ Friends
+ Parties
+ TV
None of these things has to do with school.

What does going to school earlier as you grow up has anything to do with it?

There are "too much homework" because teens procrastinate. If you do your homework the day it is assigned, you won't have to cram it all into one night homework session. Again, I took tough classes, and my studying time was no where near 3 hours straight any night unless I'm studying for tests.

Purpleyes has it on the dot. It's how students manage their time. In college, you'll find that you'll need this skill.

[DavidJ2318]

yes they should but not by that much.

school starts at 7:30
bus comes at: 6:40
wake up at: 6:30

i am thinking probably an hour to an hour and 20 minutes (830-850) because we do need to get up early, thats how the real world is

[misoshiru]

my school starts at 7:45 and ends at 2:45. i'm fine with that.

[misoshiru]

my school starts at 7:45 and ends at 2:45. i'm fine with that.

[jennyjenny]

My brother's teacher said that it doesn't matter much about how many hours of sleep you get, but the time you wake up. Personally, I wouldn't want to because it would encourage kids to stay up late. I, for one, would be thinking "school starts later, i can stay up later."

[RandomHero]

My school starts at 9:25 every monday and Tuesday-Friday it starts at 8:25. But that's because teachers have a meeting every monday morning. We get out at 2:55. The middle school down the road starts the same but every wednesday get's out at 1:55, just like the elementary school. I'm ok with the timing..

[jnukes]

I, for one, would be thinking "school starts later, i can stay up later."

exactly ..

i think that's why schools don't make school start later -.-

[XaZnX07]

shesh i am always tired from school......... i feel old always sleepy

school starts at 7:23 for me

sucks....... blah!!!!!!
.:tony:.

[miss barnes]

my school starts at 7:30 and i dont really have a problem with it. i dont think going to school any later would be good because then you have less time to do things after school like jobs and sports. also, you'd probably go to sleep even later than you do now because you know you'd wake up later. the problem wouldnt be solved

[sadolakced acid]

the reasons why schools don't start school later are not for the benifit of the students in school.

why start school earlier, when most jobs start at 9?

becuase then, public transportation isn't as clogged at 9.

school start earlier so that parents and buses can get kids to school before the morning rush hour.

also, the ealier start time means school can get out earlier, allowing time for extracurriculars.

neither of these reasons are for academic purposes.

schools that start later in the day actually see an increase in test scores. figures, when your students are actualy awake, they learn better.

and it is biological that teenages are more awake later than adults.

thus, high schools, if they were truely trying to help the students, would start school at 10 and end at 5.

[xMayleex]

Well i wake up usually 7:45 each morning, i dont have breakfast in the morning because we have tests straight after registration so i have to revise for one each morning, we dont usually really know what kind of test we will have, oral, written, reading, listening etc, so i have to go over everything before i go to bed and when i wake up, i leave for school at around 8:20, my mum usually takes me cause i miss the bus alot lol. I dont like getting up early though because i go to bed around 11pm, so i am really tired in the morning. I would rather school start later maybe around 9:00pm or something, so people have more time in bed lol.My school starts at 9:05 though, i get home at 3:00pm, i go to bed quite late because i am usually on cb for ages lol

[jenika]

i think that would be pretty reasonable...like i dont think i'll ever be able to wake up to go to a 7:20 <first period> class...9:00 is a good time to start

[sadolakced acid]

If teens go to sleep at 10pm on school nights and wake up at 6am, they get 8 hours of sleep... and you're saying that this is not enough?

teenagers need on average 9.5 hours of sleep. that'd be going to sleep at 8:30, which becuase of the offset cardican rythm, teens aren't not sleepy yet at.

now, 9.5 is an average so plenty of teens need more than that.