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Sleep deprived students

Submitted by bronstein on Wed, 07/16/2008 - 3:11pm.
At some point it would be nice if the "powers that be" would realize that children at different ages have different attention spans and different biological clock cycles. The teens that I teach normally go to sleep late. First, they're over-subscribed activity-wise. So, when they finally get home, it's already a bit late to start their homework. They go to sleep at midnight and have to get up between 5 and 6 to get to school. They arrive still asleep. Studies show that teens don't become fully functional until almost 10 AM! So why are we starting their school day at 7:30? (My guess: to fit the sports schedule). I'm all for switching things around and starting the school day at 10:00 and having the sports competitions start at 7:00 AM.

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