I believe that school should start later to coincide with the natural sleep clocks that teenagers have for a few reasons. My first reason is that teenagers have to take in a lot of information each day, and so much of what is being taught cannot be remembered by the students if they are half-asleep for most of the day. Secondly, there are several studies that show students learn much better when they have had the amount of sleep that they need. An amazing example of this is myself. I have been getting less and less sleep lately, and as the amount of sleep I get on average deteriorates, I have noticed that I am less effective in school than I was last year when I was getting much more sleep. Overall, from personal experiences and those of