Outline:
Thesis- High schools should start later because it will
improve academic performance, increase attendance and completion, as well as
improve students overall health.
I.
Introduction
a.
What time schools starts now? 7:30
b.
What is the preferred amount of sleep time? 8
hours
c.
The negative effects of sleep depravation
II.
Improving academic performance
a.
Sleep deprivation study/ cognitive test
1.
Performance drops over time without sleep
b.
Student performance at different times of the
day
1.
1st period class vs. 4th
period class
c.
Statistics showing how students with more sleep
do compared to students with less sleep
d.
Medical school residence errors from lack of
sleep
III.
Increased attendance/ completion
a.
What is the average attendance every day?
b.
Today’s dropout rates/ graduation rates
c.
Schools that have actually made the change, and
the positive effects of it
IV.
Improved health
a.
Health effects of lack of sleep
1.
Depression
2.
Weight gain
3.
Immune problems
V.
High school should remain at the time it already
is
a.
Students have afterschool sports and jobs
b.
Parents can’t provide transportation because
they are at work
c.
Older siblings can’t take care of younger
siblings if they are getting out later
VI.
Points are not a valid argument
a.
The reason for high school is to prepare you for
college and a career
1.
You don’t NEED a part time job in order to be
successful after high school (etc.)
2.
These considerations do not support the main point
VII.
Conclusion
a.
The USA has fallen international ranked for
students
1.
Quote from Einstein “the definition of
insanity…”
b.
If we do the same thing, we can’t expect change
1.
If the USA is dropping internationally then we
need to find the root of the problem.
2.
The problem may not be the curriculum, but it
could be sleep deprived students
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