Why School Should Start Later?

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Learning is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. It is through learning that people can build their career paths and, in turn, earn a living to sustain their families. The current school curriculum allows schools to start at 8 am, and it is believed that this decision was made based on the best interest of teachers and students. However, this is not always the case since it leaves people with inadequate time to work on personal matters. Therefore, the curriculum should allow schools to start later to curb the various challenges that teachers and students have been facing as a result of schools starting at 8 am. Such challenges make it difficult for both parties to effectively perform their duties. Starting schools later would allow teachers and students enough time to sleep and balance their school and home activities.
Schools should start later to help reduce the various health-related issues that occur due to the lack of enough sleep. Most teachers have families to take care of, and therefore, they end up sleeping late at night. Therefore, if they are supposed to be at school at 8 am, then they would have to wake up early to prepare. Such is an indication that they would hardly get to sleep the recommended eight hours. The lack of enough sleep can result in various health issues such as diabetes and heart diseases. An individual's health is the most important thing about their life and should, therefore, not be disrupted. The same case applies to students since they mostly have assignments to work on after school. Given that students require time to spend with family or play to relieve the stress accumulated from school, then they might end up sleeping late. This means that going to school by 8 am would not provide them adequate hours to sleep. The students stand the same chances of getting health-related conditions due to the lack of enough sleep (Minges, Karl, and Nancy 88). If students fall ill frequently due to the lack of enough sleep, then it would be difficult for them to catch up with classwork. The same case applies to teachers. Besides, if teachers miss school, the students have more to lose because they might end up not completing the syllabus. The education system does not want to produce half-baked grades, where students are unable to cope with the job market. Hence, it is necessary for the system to prioritize the health of both teachers and students. The lack of sleep might not necessarily make someone sick, but mental fatigue would make it difficult for them to concentrate during class hours. Thus, schools should start later to allow students and teachers enough time to sleep, and in turn, enhance their performance in school-related activities.
As well, schools should start later to enable student cop with various academic responsibilities. The school curriculum requires students to carry out different assignments as a way of testing their understanding of concepts. In most cases, students work on assignments after school. Therefore, a student has to utilize the little time left after school to work on assignments and carry out personal duties. The chances are high that the student t would work on the assignment...