Sleepless Nights and Wasted Days: Changing School Times to Benefit Stud

The alarm goes off at hexad am and the typical high naturalise student is barely able to open their eyes. It is time to get up and prepare for a full day at school, about eight hours. more or less teenagers, according to the National Sleep Foundation, bequeath only get about six hours of sleep since they tend to stay up until midnight (Should schools start later in the day?). After getting ready, many students look forward to a nap in their first hour class despite the information they will miss. Teenagers seem to always have had trouble getting up in the morning, even earning the title of lazy from their parents. However, recent research on adolescent sleep patterns has produced a biological explanation for this tendency. This raises a serious question why are high schools starting early in the morning when teenagers are biologically programmed to sleep in? For most cases, school start time has not been conformed to fit student physiological needs simply because of transportat ion issues. Fifty six percent of students report being tired throughout the school day, which can lead to missed information and confusion (Wysong). According to this statistic, over half the students in class are not going to achieve their maximum learning potential in school. In order to avoid this problem, a teenagers brain typically needs to sleep from 1100 pm to 800 am (High schools starting later to help sleepy teens). However, most high schools require students to be in class as early as 715 or 730 am. As a result, many adolescents simply do not have the opportunity to get enough rest. Changing the traditional school time to start later in the day will gain adolescent sleep cycles, promote learning, and prevent disease by regulating the body. Ideally,... ...n Context. Web. 27 Feb. 2012.Selley, Chris. Go on, sleep in Toronto schools mull shifting classes to 1130 to help dozing students. Macleans 19 Nov. 2007 158. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 18 Mar. 2012.Should Schools Start Later in the Day? Current Events, a Weekly proofreader publication 30 Apr. 1999 3. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 17 Mar. 2012.Sleep may reduce teens Type 2 diabetes risk. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC 20 Sept. 2011. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 18 Mar. 2012.Wahlstrom, Kyla L. Davison, Mark L. Choi, Jiyoung & Ross, Jesse N. (2001). School start time study Executive summary. 2001. Web. 14 Apr. 2012.Wysong, Pippa. School daze turn your ZZZs into As. Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication Sept. 2007 18+. Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 17 Mar. 2012.