The Sleep-destroying Problem of School in the Morning.

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

“Come on.” Wake up!” Get up!!!” These are common phrases said by parents to wake kids up for school. Kids hate waking up for school. Most of them have one thought as they groggily get out of bed: school should start later.

Most people HATE getting up for school. Both kids and teachers hate getting up for school. Nobody wants to get out of their warm and cozy beds in the winter. Would you? Most kids will get out of their beds unwillingly at such an early time. This unwillingness to get up lowers performance levels at school. Once there was a weather delay and my school started two hours late. The general mood of people in school that day was much more lively and happy than on regular days. Schools should notice this and take actions by starting later.

In addition, a recent study has shown that a teenager’s natural sleeping time, set by an internal body clock, gets shifted to a later time. Just because your parents put you to bed at nine doesn’t mean that you won’t really fall asleep two hours later. Unfortunately, school still starts at the same early-morning-I-still-don’t-want to-get-out-of-bed time. This lowers the amount of sleep that teens get. Lower sleep drastically reduces work performance, especially for growing bodies. Middle schools have taken action for this reason by slightly delaying school starting times, but it is still not enough.

Waking up early is bothersome, and it can lower the number of hours you sleep. This will lower your performance. If school started later, people could have more sleep and be much more productive.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *