Sunday, April 13, 2014
What would you change about high school?
Most people don't like everything in high school but for me, I really would like to change the start time. I think that 8:15 is too early to start school because not everyone is even really awake by that time yet. I also think that just a half hour more sleep would make a difference on responding in class and being more active in classes that are in the morning.
I think this because my brain doesn't really start thinking about things until about 9. I can't focus well in the morning because i'm still really tired. We do get a longer lunch then any school which makes up for the earlier starting time i guess.
It has been proven also that our bodies don't function the same in the morning. We don't learn things as fast and are less responsive.
This might be possible if there are many students and teachers from our school that agree with starting just a little bit later. Then we could go to the school board and ask them for a later time. This probably wouldn't be an easy thing to get changed though.
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You are very right Kiera - there is research to support the idea that teens, in particular, need more sleep in the morning. You make a good argument and it could be even stronger if you supported with links to the research from a few sources (always better to have research confirmed by more than one source). Have you ever thought about writing such a letter and taking the lead on trying to change our start times?
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