Many other students in my class are talking about how school should start later, and it’s positive effect. As a person who enjoys his after school time, School should not start later.

First of all, school starts early for a reason! It starts at a little after sunrise, so that when you go to school it is light outside, and when you come home it is still light. If school started later it would have to go further into the afternoon, so we would wast all that morning daylight. If school was later we would have less daylight after school to play sports such as football, basketball and lacrosse. School also starts early because we would get hungry in between the lunch that happens early in the school day and dinner, so we would have to bring snacks.

Secondly, pushing school back will not magically make more time to sleep. After school you will still have to do what you normally do, which may cause you to stay up late–later than if school started early. This means you will still get around the same amount of sleep, and you will not be more rested.

After looking at the pros and cons, school starting later would be negative to students, and would not increase productivity or test scores. Yes, waking up to sunshine outside is up nice, but having lots of time after school is much more useful.