Researchers from Oxford and Harvard University conducted a study on teens and sleep deprivation due to early school start times. "When a teen’s alarm goes off at 7:00 a.m., it’s the equivalent of a 4:30 a.m. alarm for the average person in their 50s". This just tells us how unnecessary it is to be waking up at 7:00a.m. or earlier to go to school. This research even shows us how hard it is for teenagers to be waking up so early in the mornings and it should not be a stereotype about how they are lazy or uncooperative. It is very concerning and should be to everyone about themselves, their child, students and classmates that early school start times are not an effective way of getting proper learning and education. Primary Research To put my …show more content…
Students were asked "How often are you late to your first period class weekly?" 58% of students answered "once or twice", 27% answered "more than three times" and 14% answered "all the time" (See Appendix 3). Next, the question asked was "How often do you not come to your first period class at all weekly?", 35% answered "once or twice", 19% answered "more than three times" and 8% answered "all week" (See Appendix 4). The question that was connected to both of these was: "If you chose the second, third or fourth option, why do you not come?" astonishingly, 53% answered that they were too tired, the other 47% answered that they were either not interested in the class or they did not do the assigned work that was given, for example: homework or projects. The larger influence of students skipping their first period class is to sleep. They are too tired to wake up in the morning and it may not just be because they are known to have the bad reputation of being lazy and not being able to get up in the morning because of …show more content…
A mind-boggling 89% of students surveyed answered "Yes" (See Appendix 7). Analyzing this survey made me realize, not only do I but most of my fellow peers and classmates are not being credited for what marks and scores we really can be getting in our school work. Not getting enough sleep does not just put teenagers at the risk of health problems but not the proper marks we should be getting either. If we are constantly at a decreased level of focus then that just means we are not learning properly