Why School Should Start Later

Do you think school should start later? 90% of high schoolers would say yes to school starting later. The other 10% is probably still asleep. Most students in the morning are usually still half asleep walking around like they just rose from the dead while there are those who look like they chugged a gallon of red bull.

For years science people have tried to find out why adults are so dead in the morning. It took forever for them to figure out how it works with teenagers. Scientist say that we all have some kind of internal clock in our brains that helps us keep track of time and has a kind of schedule for our body for certain stuff. Like when it’s bedtime it will slow down your heartbeat, to calm you not kill you.

Some peoples internal clock

is beyond messed up. Sometimes it will kick in very early, like around 8pm and will rise again at 5am. Sometimes it won’t kick in till 2am, like mine (-_-) and won’t rise till 10am.

There's also the melatonin levels in your body. Melatonin is that chemical in your body that helps you feel sleepy. Melatonin is supposed to kick in at night and drop down in the morning. Sometimes it’s a little late

Over time your internal clock slows down. When your a little kid you wake up before your parents and annoy them till they wake up. As a teenager your parents are literally trying every legal way possible to wake you up in the morning. It’s because there is a delay in our internal clock and melatonin.

So technically parents, it’s not your teenagers fault they have a hard time getting up in the morning. It’s not because they are a lazy a**, not because they are up all night on their phones(though that doesn’t help) it’s because of the delay in melatonin and the internal clock

We can force teens to get up early but it is very hard for high schoolers to learn when they are dead tired. It would be better if we started school later. At least an extra hour would be great so teenagers can get a little extra rest.