https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd Made with a bold sensibility en-us 2022-01-14 14:27:34 UTC 2022-01-28 00:03:24 UTC hello@padlet.com cmeola https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016947704 In many ways, we are all living in an advanced society, working torwards logic and convienience in every aspect of our lives. However, not all aspects progress at the same rate, and some lag behind. A big one being schools, and there's many flawed aspects within the school system, perhaps the biggest one being poor time management. Poor time management in multiple ways leads to the problems of tired, hungry, and depressed students. ]]> 2022-01-27 23:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016947704 cmeola https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016952567 According to the CDC, on average, schools in America start the day 22 minutes too early. The average start time is 8:08 nation wide, but that conflicts the CDC and the Sleep foundations recommendation of starting at 8:30. Some districts around the country have taken action, such as the Minneapolis school districts, which changed the start time from 7:20 to 8:40. After the switch, students and teachers reported that student's performance and attendance improved, as well as the number of student car accidents decreasing, and students reported feeling less depressed after the switch. ]]> 2022-01-27 23:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016952567 cmeola https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016955807 The biggest impact that this time situation has is by far on the students. Students, when they don't get proper amounts of sleep the night before, don't perform as well in school. Tired students tend to unintentionally daze off, lose interest and motivation, in the topic, fall asleep, and ultimately see attendance and grades fall. All these things together, combined with the psychological challenges of no sleep, create an immense stress factor on the student. ]]> 2022-01-27 23:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016955807 cmeola https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016959184 The most logical solution for this problem is for districts to change school start times. The approach taken by the Minneapolis school district is something to take note of. Instead of just switching high school students to later hours, they swapped their hours with the middle and elementary school students in the district. The logic behind doing this is that due to psychological changes in the brain during puberty, around age 14, kids see a later sleep onset due to their internal clock being set back almost 2-3 hours. Due to this, high school teens tend to go to bed much later than any other age group, including middle school and elementary school students. As stated earlier, the Minneapolis High School students and teachers reported benefits across the board from grades, attendance, alertness, etc.]]> 2022-01-27 23:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016959184 cmeola https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016963171 While of course there are other options out there that would help combat the issue of bad school start times and time management, the only logical answer that would keep the school system the same as what it is now, is to change start times. And while this wouldn't solve the issue, another option could be switching to shorter days than the current system. However, that solution would not sufice as it wouldn't address the root problem of students not getting enough sleep, and more so could cover another variety of discrepancies with the school system.]]> 2022-01-28 00:00:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cmeola/vr71fh2me91r4tgd/wish/2016963171