Post by baha on Mar 1, 2007 20:43:46 GMT -5
The day begins at 7:00, when a student arrives at his high school. He goes through the day slowly, finally finishing school at 5:00. He stays after school for soccer practice, which ends at 7:00. When he finally gets home, he has to watch his two younger brothers, as well as study for his Biology test, while his mother works. Before he can even begin his homework, he makes his brothers dinner, as well as tries to get them into bed. Hours later, he finishes up his homework and studies to his satisfaction- but when he looks at the clock, he realizes with a shocking jolt that it is 1:45 in the morning. He quickly goes to bed, having only four hours of sleep. Students across the nation are often burdened with heavy responsibilities, such as taking care of siblings and attending sports practices daily. Many other students are having more problems, though, with keeping up with school, due to the precious few hours they have to work on their homework. If a school lengthened its hours even two hours longer, the students will face multiple chaotic problems: They will have less time to study, their abilities in sports will decrease, and it will cause students’ performances to drop dramatically.
Facing only hours as low as three hours a night, the lack of time given to a student would result in steadily declining effort and grades. For instance, if a student has only three hours for all their subjects, they would not be able to study to the best of their ability. If a student studies further into the night, they will not be able to sleep fully enough. Studies from the University Health Services have shown that if one does not get enough sleep, about seven or eight hours, he will feel tired and rundown, and it will be harder to concentrate and study. Lack of sleep could also result in an inability to store and maintain some memories. In other words, even if one studied for four hours the night before, he might not even remember most of it when the test comes around. Additionally, if a student is able to rest for only four or five hours, his willingness to study the next day would decrease dramatically, dropping his grades even lower. If a student only had a few hours to after to school, he will not be able to study as long, and as proficiently.
A student’s ability on the basketball court, the soccer field, or wherever their sport takes them is an important skill in their lives. One of its most benefits is that it looks good on one’s college application form. For instance, if two students both have a grade-point average of 3.5, but one student has participated in field hockey for four years, the latter will be the first choice. If a student has few hours of sleep at night, though, due to school letting out late, and homework had kept them up late, their abilities will decrease. For instance, if a student comes home at approximately 7:30, and finish all responsibilities by 2:00, they will be fatigued in the morning. Even if the student manages to use energy to play sports, his reaction time will be slowed, and his coordination will falter. One of the keys to maintaining a well-preserved physical ability is to rest well. If a school lets out normally, such as at 3:00, students may practice after school for a few hours. When they arrive home at around 5:30, they will still have five hours to finish their work, as well as manage to fall asleep in time to meet the seven or eight hours-standards. Extending school hours causes stress on those who are atheletically-dependant, and may hurt their chances of accomplishing their dreams and goals.
Students who attend school from the early morning to the late afternoon would find much stress in their lives, causing their overall performance will fall. For instance, if a student could not take the stress of attending a long school day, going through hours of tough classes, he might drop out of school, or fail to reach even the lowest standards expected. Long hours of studying leads to sleep deprivation, and a survey at ivy-league Princeton University showed that over 65% students who did not sleep as much as they were academically falling. Additionally, East Carolina University has found that those who slept long enough were better focused in school, as well as more on-task, leading to a more superior grade-point average than others. Lengthened school hours leads to lower grades and a lack of willingness to participate and learn in class.
Schools often debate over lengthening hours to up to an additional two hours more. But the longer the school day, the less time a student has to himself to study lessons and practice sports, as well as a lack of sleep. Studies have proven that this can all lead to increacingly lower grades, sometimes to the bare minimum of the school’s requirements to continue through high school. This can lead to problems in extracurricular activities, such as sports, which could affect the student in the future. Overall, lengthened school hours would cause chatoic problems for all entities in a high school, which would eventually lead America into one of the worst intellectual countries in the world.
That was a quickly-thrown together essay for H English lol
I'm actually for longer school hours, but I was assigned against it. Bleh. -_-
I kinda posted this hear, not mainly for a debate (though it'd be an interesting topic), but more for ideas on how to improve. I'm not looking for grammatical and spelling errors, just content.
OH, and this isn't the final copy lmao. If it was, it wouldn't be this sucky. XD
...and I'm pretty repetitive with the sleep thing, but oh well XD
Facing only hours as low as three hours a night, the lack of time given to a student would result in steadily declining effort and grades. For instance, if a student has only three hours for all their subjects, they would not be able to study to the best of their ability. If a student studies further into the night, they will not be able to sleep fully enough. Studies from the University Health Services have shown that if one does not get enough sleep, about seven or eight hours, he will feel tired and rundown, and it will be harder to concentrate and study. Lack of sleep could also result in an inability to store and maintain some memories. In other words, even if one studied for four hours the night before, he might not even remember most of it when the test comes around. Additionally, if a student is able to rest for only four or five hours, his willingness to study the next day would decrease dramatically, dropping his grades even lower. If a student only had a few hours to after to school, he will not be able to study as long, and as proficiently.
A student’s ability on the basketball court, the soccer field, or wherever their sport takes them is an important skill in their lives. One of its most benefits is that it looks good on one’s college application form. For instance, if two students both have a grade-point average of 3.5, but one student has participated in field hockey for four years, the latter will be the first choice. If a student has few hours of sleep at night, though, due to school letting out late, and homework had kept them up late, their abilities will decrease. For instance, if a student comes home at approximately 7:30, and finish all responsibilities by 2:00, they will be fatigued in the morning. Even if the student manages to use energy to play sports, his reaction time will be slowed, and his coordination will falter. One of the keys to maintaining a well-preserved physical ability is to rest well. If a school lets out normally, such as at 3:00, students may practice after school for a few hours. When they arrive home at around 5:30, they will still have five hours to finish their work, as well as manage to fall asleep in time to meet the seven or eight hours-standards. Extending school hours causes stress on those who are atheletically-dependant, and may hurt their chances of accomplishing their dreams and goals.
Students who attend school from the early morning to the late afternoon would find much stress in their lives, causing their overall performance will fall. For instance, if a student could not take the stress of attending a long school day, going through hours of tough classes, he might drop out of school, or fail to reach even the lowest standards expected. Long hours of studying leads to sleep deprivation, and a survey at ivy-league Princeton University showed that over 65% students who did not sleep as much as they were academically falling. Additionally, East Carolina University has found that those who slept long enough were better focused in school, as well as more on-task, leading to a more superior grade-point average than others. Lengthened school hours leads to lower grades and a lack of willingness to participate and learn in class.
Schools often debate over lengthening hours to up to an additional two hours more. But the longer the school day, the less time a student has to himself to study lessons and practice sports, as well as a lack of sleep. Studies have proven that this can all lead to increacingly lower grades, sometimes to the bare minimum of the school’s requirements to continue through high school. This can lead to problems in extracurricular activities, such as sports, which could affect the student in the future. Overall, lengthened school hours would cause chatoic problems for all entities in a high school, which would eventually lead America into one of the worst intellectual countries in the world.
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That was a quickly-thrown together essay for H English lol
I'm actually for longer school hours, but I was assigned against it. Bleh. -_-
I kinda posted this hear, not mainly for a debate (though it'd be an interesting topic), but more for ideas on how to improve. I'm not looking for grammatical and spelling errors, just content.
OH, and this isn't the final copy lmao. If it was, it wouldn't be this sucky. XD
...and I'm pretty repetitive with the sleep thing, but oh well XD
