Zaragoza, Bernadette

10- Garcia

TO PROHIBIT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL CLASS TO START LATER THAN 8:30 AM

From improved learning to better health, there is myriad of reasons of why should private and public schools
are considering to start later than 8:30 am. Many of us here wants accessibility to do what is right. To change
for the better. According to Business Week reports that a recent study published in the Journal of Adolescent
Health, shows that about two-thirds of high school students get less than 7 hours of sleep per night. Imagine
what would happen to those younger generations of their well-being. How can we protect the physical and
mental health of every individual? Due to this they could have depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and
mental disorder, that they can’t cope up with their school activities and works due to lack of sleep. But conflicts
arises for those who tend to change the schedule of classes.
One of this is Transportation Issues, some parents and school board members also worry that pushing back
school start times could cause many complications for the parents and school bus drivers who must transport
students to and from school. Parents would have a hard time to adjust to the schedules of their children.
Instead of going with them early in the morning to go to work and school, they have to leave their children in
the house which is difficult to them. Many of us complain about the traffic. It’s no secret that the traffic here
in Metro Manila is undeniably one of the worst in the world. Students suffer to various stresses that come
with it. They missed their lessons due to tardiness. When they come home late they have less time to review
their lessons and work on their assignments and projects. Students who commute have to deal with the
physical and mental effects due to traffic.
These are the reasons of why some of them have to disagree with that rule, because of difficulties that may
encounter. However, the tide appears to be slowly changing; everyday, more and more school districts are
considering and implementing changes in school start times.
The school activities and practices of the students that are athletes and varsities, that after school hours will
also be affected. Later school start times would inevitably mean pushing back times for after school activities.
Such changes would have bad and good effects. They will be going home late and tired. There will not have
so much time to bond with their love ones.
Therefore, to insure that the students will be free from more work load, like transportation, state of mental
health and the accessibility of schools, the government should have to approve the 8:30 class. For their
safety and health reasons but there will be adversities along the way. We should all gather together to make
this changes work. But lawmakers are still on the verge of argument on implementing the said rule. At the
moment, we should be preparing ourselves for that time to come.