Why Schools Should Start Classes Later!

Most children hate waking up early for school, and school start times seem to be getting earlier and earlier. How is this affecting these kids? Tara takes a look at how starting school early could be severely hurting students' academic performance!



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[skatergirlrox]

Americans spend half their lifetime in school. I like learning. But honestly, anyone think that its gone a LITTLE too far??

[LuciSelenyx]

I have to wake up at 5 am for school. -_-

(Edit: I graduated 6 years ago, so I no longer have to wake at 5 am.)

[AntiSoraXVI]

My school tried to feed me some crap about schools starting early because parents need to work and have to drop off their kids to school. I replied: "then why in the heck are there school buses?"

[jugarnaut]

I had to get up at 4:30 during high school. Dumbasses thought making you wake up early was somehow going to prepare you the future. I work night

[scottseptember]

I think we should switch the classroom around from didactic teaching in class towards online learning at home and use the class time for discussion about what was learned online at home.

[alivape]

Here in europe we have different times everyday. So one day you may start at 8:15 and end at 2 or 3. Another day you may start at 9 and end at 1 or 2. Some classes even get Friday's to start at 9:45 and end around 2. 

[txmwxl]

6:00 - Wake Up
6:45 - Get on Bus
7:30 - School Starts
10:02 - Lunch (I know its early for lunch)
2:25- School Out
2:50 ish- Get Home
3:00 - Homework
5:00 - Dinner
6:00 ish- More homework
9:00 Go to bed




Repeat

[dianapham]

Having to wake up and get ready at 6 am in the bitter cold is always a great way to suck the spirit out of a person. All the standardized tests and force fed facts also dulled my metaphorical blade of motivation and turned me into an apathetic drone. I think there are many bigger problems in our school systems then just starting too early.

[CaptSumTingWong]

this is what i say every day... when my first hour starts at 7:20 Im so tired Im literally a zombie and just sit there doing nothing...

[brockgowling-hammond]

My school, did a test similar to this one, they found that the later school starts meant that you where more likely to do better, but the Government wouldn't let them change the starting time, so that had to settle for putting the most important things in the middle of the day (when you work best), but that also means we have 2 sometimes 3 classes in the middle of the day...

[PessOmist]

I should file a lawsuit against the Department of Education for ruining my life as I couldn't do well in school because I started too early. 

[XMenyfieldX]

She said "science has your back" like the U.S. is going to listen. We're still getting up at 7-8 am this coming school year. Don't hold your breath!

[tomasmoura]

"Think about the things you could do if schools beggins at 10 am"
-Sleep until 9 am?

[Lemonz]

I've started school at 11 AM before - it was awesome and my grades improved greatly, as did my motivation to go to school.

[ghostofdayinperson]

EVERYONE SHOULD START EVERYTHING MUCH MUCH LATER.  9 o'clock? That's still fucking early!!  Schools should start at 11 am.

[tofujr]

University happened and I've been picking all afternoon classes. Hooray no more waking up at 6 am!

Except now 6 am becomes bed time, and noon is the new morning. True story.

[Dombowerphoto]

Studying while the sun is shining outside will never be good for kids.

[sinOsiris]

primary to secondary school
tempo:
mild [memory based] to intense mental calculation [practical exercise]
-- avoid exhaustion early and avoid fatigue later midday.
synchronization:
at best fixed daily.... if start early morning:
7.00am 1.00pm [6 hours] monday to friday
-- body clock work streamlined consistent
home work:
objective [incl subjective] format for easy detect and problem solving.
-- using computer layout for easy evaluate
-- greater volume result efficiency

[TheJaredtheJaredlong]

This study seems to assume that there's a correlation between school start times and the governments desire to benefit students. Schools start the time that they do because it works nicely for the corporate work schedule.

[illyillyill]

Waking up at 5:00 AM everyday was like working a job, which in retrospect ended up helping me after highschool. Much more than anything i learned while there. For the most part.

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