Best Schooling Time
Many teenage high school students are tired
during the school day, distracting them
from their studies. That is just one
of the many good reasons that the starting
time of school should be later in
the day. Some people may say that the brain
not being fully functional until
9:30 is just a matter of opinion. Studies have
suggested that the average
adolescent brain doesn’t even start to fully
function until around 9:30 am.
Many schools already use the suggested later
arrival time, so there students
can be ready to learn when they arrive at
school. Another thing that everyone
knows or remembers about high, school is all
of the homework that needs to be
done for tomorrow. Plus projects that are due,
persuasive essays that need
written, and the time you need to be a teenager.
Most students even have
so much work that they’ll stay up all night just to
get it done. When needing
a minimum of 9 hours of sleep as a teenager, getting
up at 6:30 to be ready
for school is just not enough time. It’s easy to think
that students will
just procrastinate even more, but the average teenager is
smarter than you
may think. It sounds absurd to think that students sleep during
the school
day. The fact is that many students fall asleep during class.
Remember
that sleep isn’t something you can make yourself not want. Throwing
water on
your face, listening to loud music, or taking a shower cannot make
your
bodies craving for sleep disappear. The fact is puberty demands more
sleep.
There are also risks involved with not getting enough sleep. Most
people will be
very sleepy and drowsy during the day, mood and behavioral
problems, and even
increased vulnerability to drugs and alcohol. These things
could also develop
more into serious sleeping disorders. Experts advise to
not read or watch
television shows when unwinding from a day at school or
work. Mary Carskadon of
Brown University’s School of Medicine even
believes that students don’t need
anymore sleep than adults do, but Carskadon
still recommends that the school
start time should be later in the daytime.
The average high school student just
needs a little slack every once in
while, they need a way to cope with being a
teen. The average teenager needs
more sleep.