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Doesn't just apply to adults: highschool students do not get anywhere near enough sleep [1]. Some schools have tried moving to a later opening, which has in som
by peter_l_downs 15y ago
Doesn't just apply to adults: highschool students do not get anywhere near enough sleep [1]. Some schools have tried moving to a later opening, which has in some cases led to better academic performance from the students, but most schools still start god-awfully early.
[1] My own experience, may not apply to everyone, everywhere.
- TWSS 15y agoNot just your experience: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/teens-health/CC00019 http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/teens-health/CC00019 Your circadian rhythm changes in your teens, and too few schools are willing to work with this rather than against it. The results are sleep-deprived kids doing crap work in school and getting into car accidents like the one mentioned at the start of the HBR article.
- gwern 15y agoI've collected some citations on the topic: http://www.gwern.net/education-is-not-about-learning#school-hours http://www.gwern.net/education-is-not-about-learning#school-... (Too bad that there doesn't seem to be any large authoritative collection of relevant material.)
- peter_l_downs 15y agoThis page, and your entire site in general, are very interesting. Thank you for taking the time to compile all of these links, I'll have to start sending them to my teachers :)
- gwern 15y agoWell, it's not finished\; so if you are going to send'em to anyone, might I suggest you pick particularly relevant citations and just link those instead or something like that? \ You obviously have no way of knowing this but my convention on gwern.net is anything in lower-caps is draft/incomplete, and so I don't link it unless it's extremely relevant (as it was in this case).
- learc83 15y agoI've always thought it was ridiculous how early school starts. I had to get on the bus at 7:00 when I was in high school (before I started driving).