Introduction: Sleep is needed for high school students The body's time to restart and helps immune system along with memorization When I wake up super early I can't function the same as I would if I had more time to sleep Athletes in high school sleep deprivation Transition: Lets take a look at how mental illness can occur to not enough sleep and the benefits of having the right amount of sleep Body: main point 2: some high schools already have something called "late start" which means they start school a little later on specific days. My high school had late starts on thursday's where our school started at 9:20 I would notice how much happier and ready every one was for school there are stats to show this improved the health of students main point 1: mental illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, etc. when the body doesn't get to boost the brain mental illnesses can occur sleep deprivation makes it not p...
My topic proposal is that high schools need to push their start time to later in the morning. I've done plenty of research regarding sleep and why it's so important for school. High school students are tired all day long because they have to wake up early in the morning and stay functioning until the afternoon. Most of the time, students stay up late to do homework and other obligations. When I had late starts in high school those were the days I was well rested and ready for the day ahead of me, when I woke up at 6, I wasn't. I think this topic is important because sleep is something that affects mental health and if the times don't change then a lot of students could experience mental problems. It's something that can be fixed and I think that needs to be addressed as well. https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/sleep-deprivation-and-deficiency https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/sleep-and-mental-health