Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation can be a major problem to all the students. I think that school should not be open before 8:30 a.m because starting schools before 8:30 a.m shows a tragic disregard for mental health of children. Insufficient sleep results in reduced attention and impaired memory, hindering student progress and lowering grades. More alarmingly, sleep deprivation is likely to lead to mood and emotional problems, increasing the risk of mental illness. So I do think that school should start later because it only be helpful for the students, if the school will start earlier it will only cause damage for the students.

It is pretty ironic to me as I respond to this prompt because I am answering this at 3 o'clock in the morning. I am very sleep-deprived, and as always, I am running on caffeine as I do my schoolwork. I have an extremely odd sleeping habit. Most of the time, I find myself awake during the night, working on my school work. Then I would go to school with no sleep at all. Then after school, I would go straight home, and at times I could not even change my clothes. I would simply fall asleep on my bed. And then I would wake up at 5 in the morning, which normally is the time for me to start preparing for school. But in such cases where I have done nothing, I would try to catch up with school work in one hour, then I would rush myself with washing up and getting ready for school. At such days, I would then be pulling an all-nighter again, and then there goes the cycle. It never ends for me until the next school break. I have been living such an unhealthy lifestyle, and it has been affecting me negatively. First, because I have not been getting enough sleep, I would have a hard time focusing at school. I would always pull up all-nighters because I feel pressured to do my best academically. I have been working hard to have good grades, and I also take college courses. Not only should schools shorten their schedules, and have school start later, but they should realize that students do not have lots of time at home for school work.

Sleep deprivation is a serious problem for many teens, including myself. By having school start later for teenagers, it will give them some extra hours of sleep that are in some cases crucial. Suffering from sleep deprivation can affect your memory, your ability to think clearly and make decisions. Studies show that students who are sleep deprived, will score significantly lower on tasks than students who did get enough sleep. Finally, I do think school should start later for teenagers since it will only benefit them.

My response Justin Freeman Do I have sleep deprivation? Yes, I think I do. I do not get that much sleep I go to bed at 2 o'clock or 3 and I wake up at like 6:30. This is one reason why I think I have sleep deprivation but there is a few more I am always tired at school and do not really want to be at school because, I do not like it. So, do you think school should start later so teens can get sleep. I think this would give us more time to sleep and we would be more awake during school and we will be more focused.”Three out of every four students in the grades 9-12 fail to sleep the maximum of eight hours that the american academy of sleep medicine recommends for there age group”(Let Teenagers Sleep In, p1). The last reason, would be that I stay up all night and play fortnite.. This is because i lose track of time this is because i play fortnite. This is a couple of reason why I think I have sleep deprived and why school should start sooner so we can get more sleep and function more during school.

Sleep deprivation is a thing most of us have it most the time. For example, I sometimes fall asleep in class and i get that feeling when you are so tired and you just want to fall asleep. Well, for most teenagers are body cells are hard to work when we are sleeping the brain will like tells us that we are awake and when kids are on electronics, and playing games which makes the kids not want to sleep all the time. According to Henry Nicholls, sleep deprivation can also harm the emotional problems about your body like not getting enough sleep can “increase the risk of mental health illness you can 2 types diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and finally cancer” which is not good at all for you.The reason why I am saying all this is to let you know that we need to have later school starts for us teenagers to sleep in more it will help us a lot more staying awake in school and increase the ability to work better, to focus.

Should Ten Sleep In More Do you sometime ask yourself why do ten sometime sleep in class. Most people think that they think that school is boring .That is not true well sometime that is true but most kids sleep in class because, they don't get at least 8 hour of sleep like most people should get. Well most people say that they should go to sleep on time, some people do but there is people that can’t go to sleep because or they have trouble sleeping because they have some medical problem or that they are suffering from depression at night. If teen’s don’t get enough sleep they can get hypertension , cardiovascular disease and cancer. All of those thing teen can get from not getting enough of sleep. So I do think that Teenagers should get to sleep in more. The new technology habits aren’t help teenagers. Most children from age 13-17 have access to smartphone and table. That is not good because they are going to be on it all the time and if they go to school they are going to be on the phones all the time and they will not want to go to sleep and they don’t want to there homework. This is why i want teenagers to sleep in more.

We’re All Sick Of Being Sleep Deprived Sleep deprivation is very prevalent amongst teenagers, likely due to our early start times and more than often copious amounts of homework. Henry Nicholl’s article on the topic states: “More alarmingly, sleep deprivation is likely to lead to mood and emotional problems, increasing the risk of mental illness.” Though I have depression that is just a thing on it’s own, being sleep deprived from school worsens it, and the text taken from the article supports my claim that sleep deprivation is the general source of depression for many teens. Sleep deprivation causes my body to confuse days and nights, making it hard for me to get up around 6:00 AM, get to school around 7:40 AM, and then have my brain be functioning properly by 8:00 AM when my first class starts. Many students have extracurriculars that they often go to directly from school. Some of these extracurriculars don’t end until about 5:00 PM, sometimes 6:00 PM, leaving only a few hours to finish homework that is due the next day without having to stay up half the night. Education is not a “one size fits all,” because every student has a different after school routine. With that being said, I believe that school should start a little later than it currently does.

I am sleep deprived because I have trouble going to sleep and I often wake up randomly in the middle of the night. Most of the time I am really tired during the day, get headaches and have some trouble focusing. I also have a hard time getting out of bed every morning. But I don't think school should start later because most students wouldn't take advantage of the extra 30 minutes or the extra hour. Also starting school later means ending school later and I think most people like me would want to have more free time after school to do stuff than to have more time in the morning. I will say that middle schools and high schools should not be starting at 6 or 7, starting at 8 or maybe 8:30 is an acceptable time for teens. For example the article Let Teenagers Sleep In by Henry Nicholls, a journalist and a high school science teacher, says that getting a teenager out of bed at 6am is the equivalent to waking an adult up at 4am. In conclusion, depending on the initial time schools are starting, nothing should change unless they are starting around 6 or 7 in the morning.

The only time I am ever sleep deprived is if I stay up to late. Most nights though, I go to bed. I notice that when I am sleep deprived that I have a hard time focusing in class and I start to close my eyes. That day I usually go home and have no idea how to do my homework. However, I can usually figure it out so it isn't a problem. Although I have to get up early to go to school, I still wouldn't change what time school starts. On weekends I sleep in late and usually if I sleep to late, I feel tired. However when I get up early, I feel good and ready to go. Therefore I wouldn't change what time school starts.

sleep deprivation can be a major problem to any teenager in middle school or high school. is can cause students to loose attention more often, fall asleep in class, or even get a bad attitude. any of these things can harshly impact a students school life and home life. the school i go to has us wake up at around 6:30 in the morning. in that time we have to get up out of bed, get all out close on, possibly shower, get on the bus or get taken by parent and eat breakfast. the school system is pushing us to hard. they need to give us more sleep so we can do better in school. general i love weekends just because i can sleep without having to worry about getting up to go to school. me personal i enjoy school but the lack of sleep is just awful. when i get home on Fridays i go to my room and go strait to bed, that is how it is for most people, especial teens. i do get an average of 9 hours of sleep but that only leave me 2-3 hours at home. because school ends, i get on the bus, got to my moms work, get home around 6, do my home work, eat, and that leaves me around 2-3 hours dependent on homework or not. an easy fix for this problem is to give students around 2 or 3 more hours of sleep that they get. that gives us more time to get ready for school, do homework, and just have some time to do whatever at home.

Everyone has experienced Sleep deprivation at some time in their life, especially teenagers. At my schools, I can see all the tired students in first period classes fighting off drowsiness. Students who lack sleep are extremely unfocused. Although Personally, i would love to see school starting later, many disagreeThey believe that school starting later can effect after school activities and sports. Especially for those who live in places where it gets dark very early. For example, at 4 o'clock, meaning that school would get out around sunset and students would possibly be walking home in the dark.

Sleep deprivation is a serious problem for several teens today. School and the amount of workload we get after school is probably the main reason for this. Many high school students have extracurricular activities or jobs they have to go to after school and usually they come home late. After such a long day its extremely dreadful to have to write an essay or study for 3 tests you have the next day. For example, I have dance practice from 5-9 pm, sometimes less, about 3 to 4 times a week. By the time I get home, shower and eat it is awfully late. I regularly don't start my homework until about 9:45 pm. When it's that late and my day has been full of activities its hard to focus and do my homework well. Usually my mom has to come into my room at about 1:00 am to tell me to go to bed because it's late and I have to be up by 6:00 am. I think that on a daily basis I get less then 6 hours of sleep and that's obviously not healthy. Getting such little sleep makes it difficult to focus and actively learn. Adults and schools have this mold that they want us to fit into. They want us to get good grades, take AP courses, be involved in the school, and do extracurricular activities however we're not robots. We're human and there's only so many hours in a day. I personally don't think that schools should start later however I think that the amount of homework we get should definitely be minimized. Us teens already do enough work at school for almost 7 hours.

Just like any other high school student, I can argue with anyone that I'm sleep deprived. The constant cycle of waking up, going to school, going to work, coming home to piles of homework, and staying up all night trying to get everything done, just to wake up the next day and start the cycle all over again is tiring. While I often find myself tired during school, and exhausted by the end of the night, I don't think that starting school any later would make much of a difference. School starting later would only mean that school would have to end later, therefore causing students to get home even later, and still have to stay up late doing homework and studying. If you look at all of the causes of sleep deprivation, a lot of it ties back to homework. I personally think that a decrease in the amount of homework, or a longer amount of time to finish an assignment rather than just one night would allow kids to get the appropriate amount of sleep necessary to feel more energized the next day.

The main reason as to why I adore most Friday and Saturday nights lies simply in the fact that I have the opportunity to sleep in and "catch up" on the hours I've missed. Our generation is tackled with the issue of sleep deprivation because of school, and although it may potentially be our own fault, this dilemma is continuously evolving to fit our normality. Students such as myself wish we had more hours in a day to fit all of our school work, homework, sports, and extracurriculars in order to sleep more, but unfortunately, we do not live in the ideal world we picture and sadly we can't do much to change our sleeping habits. That is unless we decide to drop everything for more sleep, which in all honesty is unrealistic with our goals and desires for the future. Changing the starting time for schools will be effective maybe for a few days, but all it will do is make the school day end later, resulting in what we're facing now. If school were to start at 9 instead of 8, and end at 3:45 instead of 2:45, we would start our homework later, we would finish practice later, and we would sleep later. The solution to this growing issue is unknown to me, except less homework would be nice.

Sleep deprivation is a real and common issue for many, if not, all high school students now. I would say that there are times where I am most definitely sleep deprived due to the lack of time to complete all the work given to me with full effort while still having time to unwind like a normal person should be allowed and permitted to do. Most adults don’t seem to understand the pressure on high school students to get perfect scores on tests, to complete all assignments for all the AP courses they are told they should take, do community service, and participate in extracurricular activities or sports given to them by not only their parents, but teachers and colleges too. With only twenty four hours in the day and almost seven hours already taken up by school, it is practically impossible to achieve all these “requirements” at our full potential while still getting eight hours of sleep every night. If school started later, it would also end later, which leads to the same cycle we are now complaining about. School should either cut school hours and organize classes in manner that gives enough time for teachers to explain information and assign work to do (kind of like homeschooling), or schools should not give homework at all, given the fact that students do plenty of work during school hours, which wears them out already.

Sleep deprivation takes a serious toll on students all over the world. I've come to understand that school is the reason behind my lack of sleep. In school, a place where I am supposed to be attentive and engaged, I cannot seem to pass through the day simply because of the work load I am presented every day. It's mentally and physically draining waking up to the same excessive routine every day and as a teen I should be getting 8-10 hours of sleep. I care so much about my personal well being but school's demands don't allow me to fulfill the level of wellness I want to achieve, especially when it comes to my sleep routine. My day consists of "go, go, go!!!" and then I get home, do an excessive amount of work regarding school, and am left minimal time to myself, in turn staying up even later, and waking up day after day sleep deprived. This is an epidemic for teens everywhere that is pushed too far by previous generations with the wrong intentions, and what is thought to be healthy work is quite mentally deteriorating.

No currently I am not sleep deprived, But previously being sleep deprived really impacts me. When sleep deprived I will doze of in class leading to not knowing what happened during the school period. Also being sleep deprived really hurts my memory and ability to concentrate. But I do not think that school should start later for students because it gives me lots of time to do school work or work on projects which my classes assign. School also ending early gives me lots of time to relax in the afternoon. My sleep habits during the school week is me going to bed at 9:30pm and waking up at 5:30am. But on the weekends I go to bed when I get bored and don't want to do anything else at all. I feel school ending later will ruin my sleep schedule as I will be doing homework at later times compared to it ending earlier.

Many teens, especially now, are sleep deprived. While sleep deprivation seems like a minuscule issue that all high school students have to go through, it has been proved to cause serious issues such as negative impacts on long and short-term memory, weakened immunity, and high blood pressure. Not to mention, a lack of proper sleep causes a general dip in mental awareness and increased difficulty thinking. Throughout a normal school day, lasting around 7 hours, a decrease in ability to absorb information can be completely detrimental, especially to students who are struggling in a class (most of us are having a hard time in at least one) or who have a test. All the information we stay up late to study doesn't stick, because we don't sleep enough, and so when the test is put on our desks, we freeze. I'm not sure whether school should start later. While an extra 30 minutes or hour of sleep would be unarguably beneficial, starting later also means ending later. Students with extracurricular activities or jobs would get home even later, and they would end up getting the same amount of sleep anyways. However, a smaller amount or less intense work would certainly help cut back on student stress and lack of sleep. After a long day of school (and maybe a sport or a club after that), the last thing students want to do is sit down and write an essay or do a lab. And no, we cannot just quit our activities because as we are always told, we need an array of activities to get into college.

Sleep deprivation is very common among high school students. Just today my friends and I were complaining about how tired we were. Whenever the weekends come around I’m just happy I get to “catch up on my sleep”. Also if students have sports plus hours of homework it is really just impossible to go to sleep early. I believe school should start later it’d give students time to get a little more sleep.

I, as well as many other teens, are sleep deprived. Many teenagers have things that they do after school, such as extracurricualar activites or jobs. I have soccer practice for two hours and by the time I get home, take a shower, and eat, it is already late. Then I have to do my homework and study for any upcoming test. By the time I am done with everything it is already late and theres no time for myself to relax. Then we need to wake up early and do it all over again. I don't think that school should start later but I think we should not get homework or very little homework. If we are doing work for 8 hours during school, we shouldn't have to go home and do more work. We should use that time to do extracurricular activites and spend time with our family.

Sleep deprivation is an ever-growing problem among high school students that increases in tandem with the amount of homework and extracurricular activities students have. For example, after going to soccer practice for two hours, I need to go home, shower, and eat dinner. Even after rushing through all this, it's usually almost 7:00 PM by the time I can start my homework. As I always have a harder time focusing in school if I go to bed late, as has been proved among teenage students in numerous studies about school start times, this makes it especially difficult if I have a test the next day. I have to make a choice between putting all my effort into doing my homework or getting enough sleep. Yet, even after getting seven hours of sleep, waking up at 6:00 in the morning to make the bus and get to school at 8:00 is dreadful for me although I'm more of a morning person than a lot of my friends. However, if school started even half an hour later, many of my friends and I would get to sleep until, say, 6:30, perhaps giving us seven and a half hours of sleep rather than just seven, or, oftentimes, less than that. Students would be more awake during their morning classes; they would participate more and have the ability to focus more easily. Test scores would thus steadily increase, and less sleep deprivation would cause anxiety and depression rates to fall. While the changes might be small and the differences minor, the lives of students would ultimately be improved.

Sleep deprivation is something that I as well as my peers struggle with constantly during school. I understand that we are being provided a great education but the amount of information we retain during the first class is close to none. Our brains need enough rest in order to function to its full extent, and the start time of school isn't allowing for that. I can barely pull myself out of bed in the morning, and I am so tired I barely remember driving to school. The school systems, and faculty do not take into account how long homework takes us, and the after school activities we have. Not everybody is allowed to get to sleep at a reasonable hour. Most teenagers 13+ experience stress or anxiety about many different things, school being one of the main reasons. The fact that we struggle to stay awake during class, possibly not understanding what is going on only escalates our stress. Sleep deprivation is causing a lack of awareness for things around us and takes a toll on a person's mind and body. We require a good 8-9 hours of sleep a night and most kids get anywhere from 5-7. School is very important but if we are only half there most of the time due to lack of sleep--what good is it? Our bodies need time to reset and regain energy. Lack of sleep causes us to get sick and mentally exhausted. Is the one hour earlier really worth our health and education?

I think school schedules need to let students arrive later to school, in order for them to be attentive in class. Although I usually get six or less hours of sleep I seldom find myself tired at school, however, I am crashing at home and losing motivation to do homework earlier as I take naps to catch up on sleep. Yet many students are drained of sleep and with the school year just starting it is vital for students to be on focus, rather than struggling from sleep issues. I think this is accredited to how society has developed. Seldom is it that students are getting the required amount of sleep, but more students find it necessary to stay up later and pull all-nighters. Harder classes and nightmares of college seem to be associated with a lack of sleep, as students find themselves staying up later and later. Also due to this being an age of smartphones and devices, distractions are available to us at more than ever, turning seconds to hours spent online. I believe this plays a vital role in how the student begins to stay up later as society has ingrained these ideas of sleep deprivation being part of student life as well as new technology. In order to fix this it is in our best interest to start school later. Although it roots back to the student, for how much sleep they get, there are endless things around us distracting us from so and it is only necessary to make changes.

I am sleep deprived becuase i have to get up at 5:50 AM for school with that sleep i almost fall asleep on the bus. i also cant focus on school work becuase of the amount of sleep i get this needs to stop becuase we need more sleep than we get!

I have a sleeping habit of staying up too late with my parents watching tv, but when my mom and dad tell me to go to bed, I don't want to. I'm sure everyone does this; tries to persuade their parents to let you stay up longer. Let me tell you this, you won't win. Then I get into bed - after my nightly routine - and go onto my phone, later that night I look at the time and it's 10:30, if I fall asleep now I will get exactly 8 hours of sleep. Although, "ding!" I get a notification. I look at it then get distracted, next thing I know it's 11 pm. I better get to sleep now, but as many of you know you can't fall asleep instantly, so I try to fall asleep. The next morning I look at my fitbit app, and it says I actually fell asleep at like 12 or something. Great, 6.5 hours of sleep. No wonder I am so tired, when I get to school I can barely function. That's my sleeping habits and how it affects me.

Teenagers don’t get nearly enough sleep as they should and it affects all aspects of their life. How can students be expected to be fully awake and concentrated in class if school starts around 7:30 and they didn’t get enough sleep the night before? Most teenagers have a very busy schedule and have activities and homework to do, so, getting at least 8 hours of sleep isn’t realistic for most. On most nights, getting 8 hours of sleep isn’t possible for me. I have to balance practice, homework, work, and family time. Many nights out of the week I don’t get home from practice until close to 10 pm, and once I’m home I usually have some homework to finish or things to study. And on top of that, because I haven’t been home for hours, I have to eat dinner and catch up with my family. And because I don’t get enough sleep I feel more tired in the morning and don’t do as well during the first hour or so of school. This is a very typical schedule for many teenagers. But, if the starting time for school was pushed back, students grades, attitude, and overall health will improve. A continuous cycle of not getting enough sleep wears you down and only negatively impacts you. Starting school as early as 7:30 isn’t worth the sleep deprivation and stress.

As a high school student, I have been accustomed to my fair share of sleep deprivation. Tiredness surpasses most terms on my list of unfavorable feelings. Not limited to a foggy head and significant drop in concentration and participation, a lack of sleep undoubtedly hinders the quality of my day. Yet, I am aware of my responsibilities and the fact that a lack of sleep is something I have the power to change. While some believe the solution to tired teenagers is a later school day, I believe the problem lies within the packing of schedules. The faults of a later school day are an impediment to change. Sports and clubs will not have a large enough block of time in order to function as normal. But there’s the root problem - the overindulgence of extracurriculars. Every parent, teacher, and student will tell you that it’s crucial to “stay involved”. When should there be a limit to the activities students participate in? Telling students they cannot be involved is not the solution I envision; however, I do believe that the power is within the student to formulate a schedule that works for them and what they can handle. Changing school hours may only create more confusion. Although sleep deprivation is perceived as a normality in teenage life, it doesn’t have to be. It may not be the most active suggestion, but I believe that giving the student the control is the simple answer that creates the most efficient used of time while also harvesting independence and time management.

The healthy amount of sleep requires at least 7-9 hours per night. This means that as school begins for the majority around 7-8 in the morning, students should be sleeping by 10 or 11 at night. For most teenagers this is highly unlikely due to a large number of reasons. Students participate in extra curricular activities after 7 hours of school, which lasts them anywhere from 2-4 hours per day. On top of this, students are required to complete homework which could take anywhere from 20 minutes to 3 hours. Including all the nightly activities a normal person would do, the student would not be ready to begin sleep from anywhere from 8-12. Lack of sleep contributes to a lack of mental awareness and stability, causing students to fall behind in school. By pushing school forward in the day, students will be able to achieve greater amounts of sleep, contributing to better education.

I wouldn’t say that I am sleep deprived, at least I don’t feel that way. I get about 7 hours of sleep every school night; but I do know people who do not get enough sleep, and they are very tired in the morning. They get to school and they can hardly focus during their first class of the day. They clearly need more sleep to be more attentive in school. I think it would benefit teenagers if school started later than it currently does. Although school would get out a whole lot later, students would have time to wake up and get their body re-energized. If school started at a later time, students would most likely be more productive when it comes to the first class of the day. Teenagers not only need enough sleep, but they need enough time in between when they wake up, and when they have to arrive at school. That time in between waking up and going to school is crucial for someone to fully awaken. Schools need to begin classes later than they do in order to give students that time to wake up and be fully attentive throughout the school day.

Teenagers don't get enough sleep. That isn't an opinion, it's a fact. At Danvers High, our school days start at 7:30 A.M, and I have to get up at around 5:30 to catch my bus on time. That nets me 9 hours of sleep if I get to bed at around 9:00. However, getting up this early when you're going to bed at around the time an average teenager would (around 10:30 PM or later) won't get you the amount of sleep you really need. Last year, I had a math quiz first thing in the morning on a Monday, and I got a C-. Later that week, we took another test on the same material, and I got an A. I didn't do fantastically on the first quiz simply because it had happened first thing in the morning—I was tired. Quite a few students have probably experienced something similar when they've had a test first period. However, they don't all get a second chance like I did. Students are at their academic best when they've gotten enough sleep. Some people argue that students have things to do after school—like sports or other activities—that they couldn't fit into their schedules if school started an hour later. However, in the grand scheme of things, performance in school is what's really important. How a teenager's grades are can impact the rest of their lives. What college you get into, and what job you can acquire, are affected by high school. Whether you like it or not, schoolwork trumps everything else you'll be doing during your high school career.

Across our nation, every teenager has been privileged enough to have free education, K-12. Every state, city, and town. What if you were told as a taxpayer that the schools you fund, in your own community, were not being used to their full potential. That the students that are supposed to be thriving in their environment, are too tired to work to achieve their goals. 6 out of every 10 high school students participate in a school sponsored program after school hours. Where many students participate in multiple. When school is released at 2:00 everyday, students go to their respective activity. Most start at three, and go along until 5:00 on average. Following, students head home for the night, and eat dinner. The average American family eats dinner at 6:00. Parents can get home from work, and students from school and activities. Once dinner is eaten, it is about 6:30. Then a shower is taken and by the time students are ready to do homework at about 7:00. Studies have shown that the most high schoolers have 3.5 hours of homework and studying a night. By this time it is 10:30. And by the time you get ready, and into bed, it can be about 11:00. meaning 6-7 hours of sleep on an AVERAGE day. If school were to start an hour later, students could go to bed at 11:00, and still maintain the suggested 8 hours of sleep a night. So all of the effort that teen are capable of, is being washed away, by a lack of rest. Which all can be fixed. Push school back. Let us achieve what we can.

For the most part I get about seven hours of sleep per night. On a good night I may end up getting eight hours of sleep, however it never seems to be enough. The reason I say this is because of all the extracurricular activities that are not taken into account. I know many people, including myself, that have rigorous sports and jobs that drag on, leaving students with three choices about homework. Choose to not do it, chose to rush the homework so that they can go to bed at a decent hour, or spend a long time doing the homework thoroughly and ending up with five hours of sleep the next day. Seeing my friends and sometimes myself walk into school with bags under our eyes, hunched shoulders and the constant fight to keep our eyes open during a class affects our mental health majorly. It causes more stress, can lead to depression, not to mention none of the information can be retained with a tired brain and body. I believe that school should start later for teenagers, however, there should be less distractions in school. No cell phones, no games on Chromebooks, just work for about five hours of the day and no homework. With no distractions and a set amount of time to learn a subject, it can allow students to retain the information more than distractions but three hours worth of homework and allow students to go to bed at a more reasonable hour. This will help with the mental health of students, as well as the grades of students in all subjects.

Sleep deprivation is the last issue that needs to be added on to the existing stresses in a teenagers life. We grow up learning that we should always set aside time for sports/exercise. In addition, as we grow in age, the responsibility of working a job comes into play. To add even further, the pressure to do well in school; since college is near, also greatly increases. Each day for a teenager is potentially filled to the max leaving no time for sleep. Beginning the school day off unfocused and challenged to be at full attention should not exist. If schools were to start at a later time, it would instantly improve attendance and attention, as stated in the article. Although the transition would be costly, it would greatly benefit the students' future which is what a school's purpose revolves around. A small time change could reduce the numerous negative effects of sleep deprivation, which in my opinion is worth it.