Later school starts

[BigAl]

I dont like this idea..I'm someone who experienced this in my home country. 12:50 start and 5:50 finish...It is especially worst in winter...Most student will end up doing no work at night..and they'll wake up at like 11:00 am and try to do their homework...It's not gonna work...

[vox nihili]

Think it should be tested more. Trial different starting times and finishing times in different schools and see how that affects teacher and student performance. Then base any significant policy changes on what the research produces.

[Tyleralp1]

In personally find the argument of teens being sleep deprived in favor od this idea to be rather redundant. As mentioned before, the teens who sleep late by choice will think "Ooh, I start later so I can sleep later to get up later" In reality, it's the same. Even if the work load is too much, "forcing" people to stay up late for homework... The time taken to complete wouldn't change, hence making it rather pointless. And those who say wake up earlier, you'll still be sleep deprived, and many would be like "Yay, sleep in".

This system has worked for years. " If something ain't broke, don't fix it. "

[spectroscopy]

if they made times later i wouldnt get home til like 6:30 and if they made it earlier id have to leave the house at like 5am and wake up like 4:30LOL so lets just keep it how it is

[pi]

Personally I think 7:30 am to 1:30 pm is a better idea.

Why?

[Lasercookie]

Providing courses online has been flagged to further smooth the transition to tertiary study.

An odd statement that they've tacked onto the end of the article. I don't see how presumably throwing students into the deep end by simply providing them with a few online courses would be a smooth transition to developing independent study skills. I'd be thinking that small projects where you explore a topic or idea on your own (with guidance) would be a better alternative.

[Hannibal]

I would also like 7:30-1:30, because after school you would still have the bulk of the day left to do other things (Homework, Revision, Sport, Extra-Curricular), and as long as you get to sleep by 10:30, you can still get 8 hours sleep if you wake up at 6:30 .

[thushan]

Why?

For the reasons stated earlier. Students can go home for lunch, they would not be coming home excruciatingly tired. There would be no lunch break in school since students could have their lunch at home.

Not sure how many people tend to concentrate better in the morning though. Personally when I was at school during Year 12, I was able to concentrate from periods 1-2 or 3, and from about 12 pm onwards I just start to crash and by period 6 I'm half dead.

[Sense]

Why?

I think it's because you'd actually feel like you have time in the day left to do other things...

[pi]

For the reasons stated earlier. Students can go home for lunch, they would not be coming home excruciatingly tired. There would be no lunch break in school since students could have their lunch at home.

I'd hate this. Mornings are so cold so I'd rather be in bed LOL And I'm one of those people that needs my breaks, even if they're not for eating (go out and play a bit of cricket in the sun or something).

[LiquidPaperz]

Yeah, what i hate about my school is that they have periods run during lunchtime, sometimes a full period (accounting) running during lunch and sometimes half period (chemistry). What i hate about this is that i utilise my breaks/lunchtime to have fun with mates and play some sport, and as soon as i go home i know ill be studying until late, it gives me a break instead of doing school/hw all day, really dont like it at all.

[thushan]

I'd hate this. Mornings are so cold so I'd rather be in bed LOL And I'm one of those people that needs my breaks, even if they're not for eating (go out and play a bit of cricket in the sun or something).

There could be a small 10-15 minute recess - and you could go out and play a bit of cricket when school's over at 1:30 pm.

[pi]

There could be a small 10-15 minute recess - and you could go out and play a bit of cricket when school's over at 1:30 pm.

I think I'd be kinda tired after waking up at 5.30am with only a 15 main break to play cricket after that...

[thushan]

Having gone to bed early.

[pi]

Who goes to bed early? I'd buy the argument if you were talking about 6 year olds but for people 16-18 going to bed at 9 or 10 is kinda lame IMO. My household sometimes has dinner at 10...