Researchers from Oxford and Harvard University conducted a study on teens and sleep deprivation due to early school start times. "When a teen’s alarm goes off at 7:00 a.m., it’s the equivalent of a 4:30 a.m. alarm for the average person in their 50s". This just tells us how unnecessary it is to be waking up at 7:00a.m. or earlier to go to school. This research even shows us how hard it is for teenagers to be waking up so early in the mornings and it should not be a stereotype about how they are lazy or uncooperative. It is very concerning and should be to everyone about themselves, their child, students and classmates that early school start times are not an effective way of getting proper learning and education. Primary Research To put my …show more content…
Students were asked "How often are you late to your first period class weekly?" 58% of students answered "once or twice", 27% answered "more than three times" and 14% answered "all the time" (See Appendix 3). Next, the question asked was "How often do you not come to your first period class at all weekly?", 35% answered "once or twice", 19% answered "more than three times" and 8% answered "all week" (See Appendix 4). The question that was connected to both of these was: "If you chose the second, third or fourth option, why do you not come?" astonishingly, 53% answered that they were too tired, the other 47% answered that they were either not interested in the class or they did not do the assigned work that was given, for example: homework or projects. The larger influence of students skipping their first period class is to sleep. They are too tired to wake up in the morning and it may not just be because they are known to have the bad reputation of being lazy and not being able to get up in the morning because of …show more content…
A mind-boggling 89% of students surveyed answered "Yes" (See Appendix 7). Analyzing this survey made me realize, not only do I but most of my fellow peers and classmates are not being credited for what marks and scores we really can be getting in our school work. Not getting enough sleep does not just put teenagers at the risk of health problems but not the proper marks we should be getting either. If we are constantly at a decreased level of focus then that just means we are not learning properly
Next, Hassel and Loury report that seventeen percent of learning is contingent on attendance. Fifty- three
The students come first, and if they have a teacher that does not value the importance of attendance and the effect it has on student’s long-term progression, then next steps should be considered by the principal. The School Culture and climate is based on a shared commitment to the students that should be abided by at all times. For instance, there are policies based around student progression, success, and classroom structure, scheduling, and curriculum. Putting students first requires preparation on the part of the teacher in order to produce a critical foundation that arranges opportunities for students to be observed, evaluated and in a balanced classroom environment.
There were many days I would wake up and feel like not attending class but I would get up and go anyways. The
Many of the students enrolled at Second Start Alternative High School are referred as a result of their low rates of attendance at their current schools. Due to this fact, Second Start enforces that students must be present eighty-five percent of the time in order to receive credit each quarter. The policy states that even if a student completes all of their coursework, they will not receive credit if their rate of attendance is below an eighty-five percent. However, students who are chronically absent, rarely complete all of their assignments. Students who have frequent absences find it difficult to complete quality work typically because they missed the associated instruction.
Within Northrop Frye’s essay, “Don’t you think it’s time to start thinking?”, high school students are represented as not being able to think and not having any sense of language as a structure because of the societal stereotype that teenagers are lazy and not driven to do their best. From schoolwork to our personal hobbies, society has been plagued by this blandly pretentious idea. To prove Frye has been influenced by the societal stereotype of lazy teenagers, one must first prove that there is such a stereotype. Generation Z (those born from the mid 90’s to the early 2000’s) is characterized by their avid internet use and dependence on technology such as cell phones, tablets, laptops, and advanced appliances. Apparently, we’ve become so
First, millions of middle and high schoolers are fighting with their alarm clocks as they go through another educational school year. Most students struggle to get up early, and parents scuffle just to get them out of bed and off to school. Anne Wheaton, the lead author and epidemiologist in the CDC’s Division of Population Health, said in a statement, “Early school start times, however, are preventing
Many people argue whether school start times should stay the same or become later in the day. Most students already don't get enough sleep during the night and that can affect their learning experience in school (Wahlstrom). However some positive effects can still come from waking up early in the morning and getting to school around the same time. Although good can come from waking up early in the morning and sleeping in, students still need later school starting times to improve their overall health.
According to research done by the National Sleep Foundation, the early starting times are negatively affecting the teenaged students. Yet, there are some people still unaccepting of the fact that the starting times have a bad impact on the health of students. The opinion piece “Opinion: Delaying school start times won’t prepare students for college, real world” posted on The Lantern by Rachel Feeley discusses the factors in which delaying the early starting times of schools can have a negative affect on the everyday lives of everyone involved. Feeley describes the action as “unnecessary” and “absurd”. Within the piece, Feeley argues that by delaying the start times of the schools teenage students will not be able to prepare for
Day after day students have to drag themselves out of bed extremely early in order to make it to school on time, and as students get older, schools start even earlier and it makes them more exhausted than ever. Many schools around the country start before the recommended time of 8:30 am, particularly high schools which start the earliest. Starting school so early takes a toll on adolescents’ health, sleep schedules, and concentration, which can result in poor academic achievement and safety issues. High schools around the country should push back their school start times in order to provide safe and healthy conditions for students and boost their academic performance. Adolescents need about 8-10 hours of sleep a night in order to be getting a full night’s sleep; however, majority of high school students don’t get anywhere near that.
Lack of sleep increases students chances of depression and suicidal thoughts. It can also potentially weaken the immune system. The school day is hard enough on a child and not getting enough sleep does not make it any better. School
According to Education Next. The students that had below average test scores had their test score raised when the school start time was delayed. According to Education Next. Starting school later doesn’t just have a difference in grades, it also helps prevent teenage morning accidents.
Many students need that extra hour of sleep instead of waking up and going to school. Students that are tired in the morning, can not focus on their school work, instead they are worrying about sleeping. Some students have extracurricular activities, that make them get home late, and not get the right amount of sleep that they need. Students that have a busy schedule due to school, tend to stay up later at night. Many kids with busy schedules,
In addition to being tired because of the lack of sleep, children are forced to stay up late to complete homework, after extracurricular school activities and sport practices. According to Paul Kelly of Oxford University's Sleep and Cardiac Neuroscience Institution that the “14-24 age group is more sleep-deprived than any other sector of society” (“Work” para. 3). Children stay up later and are more sleep deprived because of the timing of sleep in their bodies, they have a later “internal body clock” that causes them to stay up later than a child and wake up later than normal school days allow them to. “As adolescents hit puberty, their natural sleep-wake cycles begin to shift, and they are unable to fall asleep as early as they did when they were in elementary school” (“Experts” para. 8).
Furthermore, her data shows that required attendance does not guarantee high achievement in courses. St. Clair concluded that low achievement in a course is usually due to a number of factors and is not dependent
Personal factors as well include poor self-esteem, feelings of academic incompetence, poor relationships with students, and gang involvement. Truants generally report less attachment to school and have less satisfactory experiences at school, than non-truants. The link between truancy and dropout have been demonstrated by a number of studies that show that dropouts may begin having attendance problems as early as 1st grade (Sheldon, 2002). Students who skip significant numbers of classes often to earn credit for those classes either because they also neglect homework and fail tests, or because of mandatory attendance requirements set by the schools.