Not an Early Riser

"BEEP, BEEP, BEEP" is the irritating sound that I awaken to at 6:45a.m, reminding me that it is time to get ready mentally, emotionally and physically for every teenager's worst nightmare; school. Now don't get me wrong, the learning or teachers aren't really the problem. Well sometimes! But in this case, when you stay up until after midnight, the last thing you want to do is get up early and learn for six and a half hours. I believe that school should start at a reasonable hour of the day! I much rather start school at a time like 10:00a.m, and stay until 4:30p.m. I believe this would help both the students and faculty. The students are all young teenagers, and everyone knows that teenagers need their sleep! And getting to bed at a reasonable hour like 9p.m., is just not realistic! We are programmed to stay up late, and sleep in late. If the students got to sleep in more, there would be less lates, and perhaps an academic improvement! This would result because students could sleep in later, and everyone knows how important that is for your brain health, they could also have more time to remember all their homework, and have time to eat a nutritional breakfast which we all know has been proven to help
learning. When students have a long restful sleep, they would be much more motivated to get involved with more challenging classes, and be involved in extra-curricular activities such as Mr. Van Camp’s Jeopardy! This would also benefit the faculty because they
would be able to spend more time in the mornings with their family, but still be home early enough to spend time with them throughout the evening as well. I think that the extra hours of sleep would also benefit the teachers since they are so hard working and deserve a break!