If study shows teenagers are supposed to get 8-10 hours of sleep why does school start so early?

Taylor ♂: If study shows teenagers are supposed to get 8-10 hours of sleep why does school start so early?
Most schools start from 7-9 AM, and teenagers go to sleep from 10pm-2am everynight. So that means they wake up around 6am. This means most teenagers when school is in session get 4-7hours of sleep each night.

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Answer by Lovelee♥
Good point. I wish we would start later.

Answer by Brandoni
School starts early in order to end early; no sane teacher/student wants to be at school from 10-6.

Although, you do raise a legitimate point. The argument to be made here is that teens need to go to bed earlier.

Answer by Rita S
Do you think–maybe–that teenagers could have the judgement and maturity to go to bed earlier? Just a thought.

Answer by That Guy
I just wanted to point out that the hormones running rampant in teens screws up their internal clocks, and if left to their own devices will sleep mostly during the late morning and early afternoon.
Schools run on adults schedules, not the kids or teens.

Answer by supergirllala
Actually, you bring up a good point. A lot of parents are advocating for school to start later. But if you think about it, adults get off work at 5 and they still have to make dinner, finish presentations, and stuff just like teenagers.

If you get off school at 3, and go to bed at 10, you can get 8 hours of sleep while having 7 hours of time after school. If it takes you 1 hour for band practice, 4 hours for homework, 1 hour for dinner, and then 1 hour for TV andchores and having fun, then I think that it’s enough time to do everything that u need to do. It’s just about managing your time correctly and making the most out of every minute. In other words, stop staring at your computer screen doing nothing!

Answer by Kitsi M
Because the high schools and middle schools usually share a transportation system with elementary schoolers.

They can’t have have high school/middle school start later because that would mean the elementary school has to start earlier. School systems don’t want there to be elementary schoolers waiting for the bus in the wee hours of the morning.

And also becuase If the highschool/middle school starts later, that means extra ciriculars will end even later then they usually do. So instead of ending a basket ball game at around 9pm, all of a sudden your ending around 11. maybe even midnight.

So having highschools and middle schools start later kinda kills two birds with one stone: keeps teens off school grounds at late hours, and keep little kids off the streets during the morning when its dark.