Topic: Schools should start later (Students would benefit if school began later)
BRAINSTORM:
Mental health:
- Getting more sleep
- Strengthens vision
- Physical health progresses positively
- Not getting tired in class
- Can reduce stress/anxiety
Achieve more time:
- Get breakfast in the morning
- Students are growing and desire more rest
- More time to get ready for school
- Able to do homework in the morning
Alters negative school routine:
- Improves academic performance
- Improves attendance
- Reduces risk of unsafe driving
Thesis Statement:
Students would benefit if school began later due to improvement in mental and physical health,
receiving more time every morning, and altering the negative school routine.
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Article Title: Brock expert
calls for later high school
times in support of sleep
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Article Title: Sleep can make teens or people feel better and have more energy for the day.
https://www.apa.org/topics/
children/school-start-times Sleeping can affect people's mood, mental health, and physical appearance.
School getting pushed back some time allows students more time to do stuff before
school.
Sleeping well can impact someone's attendance, so they wont sleep in adn feel good
every morning.
Author(s)’ Names: Kirsten
Weir
What is the article about? The article is about how schools should start at a later time than 8:30 am or 9 am. The
article explains the benefits of a pushed school time, also the information is from a
teenager, so it's more reliable.
What is the main The main argument is that school time should be extended more than their normal
starting time.
argument?
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Supporting evidence #1: With an extended school time, students or people from the school would have more
time to sleep or do anything they want before school. Because school time is
extended, people could do work they didn't do; they could also get ready for school
earlier. Lastly, they can get the chance to make sure they aren’t forgetting anything
before school.
Supporting evidence #2: The second reason why school time should be extended is that people can get good
sleep, and they can develop good effects from that sleep. Without good sleep, you
may feel fatigued all day and not have the motivation to do anything. Which affects
your work and learning experience.
Supporting evidence # 3: Lastly, schools should change their starting time because people without good sleep
feel sad, depressed and tired of doing anything. Which enflicts their mental health, by
causing someone to experience that feeling. Many cases of getting no sleep is from
oding work, or getting ready for a test. But If they continue to not get good sleep
because of work, they might get depression, stroke and a weakned immunity system.
Additional findings: Because of lack of sleep, people can get many illnesses, also people can look sleepy
from just a simple appearance.
Others argue that: People argue that if school time is pushedd later then the end of school time will
remain the same. Which means there is less time in school.
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Article
Title:https://observatorio.tec
.mx/edu-bits-blog/beneficios
-de-iniciar-mas-tarde-el-hora
rio-escolar/
Author(s)’ Names: Arturo Arrona Palacios
What is the article about? Starting school later can benefit learning
What is the main “Afternoon school is the least popular and underappreciated by people, yet it offers
more learning benefits than we think.”
argument?
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Supporting evidence #1: The need for good sleep
Sleep is an important physiological function of the body; it is essential for physical
health, cognitive performance, and eliminating feelings of fatigue. People need at least
8 hours of sleep a day; otherwise, they are more likely to fall asleep due to the
homeostatic pressure that sleep induces.
Supporting evidence #2: The Secret Benefit
One of the main benefits found is that children and adolescents who study in the
evening shift do not have a sleep debt compared to those who study in the morning.
Their sleep duration is optimal, according to the recommendations developed by the
National Sleep Foundation. Furthermore, benefits have also been found for their
academic performance.
Supporting evidence # 3: Schedules Do Matter
In addition to the various physiological changes that occur during adolescence, there is
also an increase in sleep duration and a delay in the sleep-wake cycle. Both effects
manifest when adolescents have opportunities to sleep freely, for example, on
weekends and vacations. During these periods, adolescents sleep more and go to bed
and wake up later.
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