Moving School Persuasive Speech

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Imagine you are in the most amazing dream. You’re flying above New York. You are swimming in the Great Barrier Reef. And then....BLEEEP, BLEEEP, BLEEEP! You are interrupted a 6 in the morning by your dreaded alarm clock. In an hour, you find yourself at school, half-asleep, not wanting to learn, but wanting to sleep. You go through your day, and remember that you have practice, and your tired body isn’t prepared to run and practice. This daily schedule is shared with thousands of students in all places. Many schools today are finding a reason to the zombified students roaming their halls. The answer is to move classes to later in the day. Three important reasons to move school back is that it will provide students with more sleep, the late …show more content…
Extracurriculars are proven to help students to learn “time management and stress management skills” (The Importance of...). So extracurriculars are clearly an important factor for students. Since moving school to later in the day, many parents will think that students will lose their time for extracurriculars. And to solve that, many people have fixed the problem by moving their extracurriculars to the morning hours. This would not only allow student to continue extracurriculars, but give them certain academic benefits, as well. In an article posted by Ben Shifrin, states that “physical activity warms up the brain” (Shifrin). So, if extracurriculars such as football or baseball take place in the morning, then students’ brains will be more prepared for their daily classes. But what other benefits can come to your brain for later …show more content…
Now imagine yourself again. You wake up at 7, and you make your way to your practice before classes. You reach your first period class, and your brain is ready to succeed in your daily academics. Since you finished your homework, and got more sleep, you were able to do well at your practice and your continued day. So if school starts later, students will get more sleep, they will still be able to participate in extracurriculars, and their brains will be more able to learn through the day. If schools moved the time back, then their students will be able to go forward