Why School Should Start Later

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Kylee Cosby Lori Hall Pre Ap English 1 Argumentative Speech March 5, 2024. We would all be happier, healthier and more productive with a later start time. Do you think schools should start later? I do. I am trying to prove that schools should start later in the morning. If schools started later, the attendance of students would possibly increase and students would be more accurately on time. It would also help students stop sleeping in class. This would also help reduce the risk of car accidents and students falling asleep on the way to school. School starts at 7:50 and that is way too early for students to function. “Often, due to that delayed oircadian rhythm and overall lack of sleep, students simply aren’t able to learn well early in …show more content…

“Starting school later can improve attendance, because kids are less likely to fall asleep and miss the bus and are less likely to oversleep. This evidence supports why attendance rates would increase because if students fall asleep in class they would miss the bell and be late to their next class. They also would get more sleep and wouldn’t oversleep their alarm and miss the bus or their way to school. If school started later, students would get the sleep they need. “Teens need more sleep because they are in a time of very fast physical, intellectual and emotional growth. Although getting enough sleep may not seem that big of a deal, medical research shows that teens who usually get too little sleep are more likely to struggle in school.” This evidence supports that if school started later students would get more sleep they need because the students that don’t get enough sleep are the students that struggle with their grades. The risk of car accidents would be reduced if schools started later in the morning. “Results show that the school day crash rate for teen drivers was much higher with early school start time. These teens were involved in more than 520 accidents a year.” This evidence supports that starting school later reduces the risk of car accidents on the way to school. It states that teens

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