Speech 2 Outline
Title: High School Start TimesPurpose Statement: Persuade my audience that high schools throughout the nation should start later.Thesis Statement: High schools across the nation should have later start times.
INTRODUCTION
I. High schools need to start at later times
A. Ask questions/survey the class about their experiences with high school times to get them engaged
B. Students sleep schedules are affecting their health
C. Thesis: High schools across the nation should have later start times.Transition: Let's look at the most outstanding reasons for high schools to start later including: affecting student health, higher brain productivity and attentivness, and school success
BODY
I. Main Point 1: School starting early affects student health.
A. Typical sleep cycles begin around 11 p.m. for teenagers and continue through 8 a.m. This means that an early wake-up call (5 or 6 a.m. to allow many teens to catch buses or commute to early-start schools) not only allows 6 or 7 hours of sleep per school night at most but also deprives adolescents of a critical part of their sleep the part of their sleep cycle. This is the stage of REM, where memory consolidation and emotional regulation take place, is concentrated in the last third of the night.
B. Sleep deprivation's impacts include: weight gain and eating disorders and increased risk of obesity, cardiovascular problems, and diabetes; reduced immunity; depression; anxiety; substance abuse; mood swings; behavior problems; suicidal ideation; and potential impacts on brain development.
C. We may not think about it, but this could endanger the safety of students because driving so early with improper sleep causes drowsiness.
- 51 percent of adolescent drivers have driven drowsy during the past year. In fact, 15 percent of drivers in 10th to 12th grades drive drowsy at least once a week.
D. This is the youth of America: our children. Why would we not want to make this change if it will benefit their health and safety, and isn't that what we care about most for them?
Transition: Not only do early start times hurt the health of our young ones, but they also are placed in poor positions purely based on brain productivity and attentiveness.
II. Main Point 2: Later start times will make learning more efficient as brains are more attentive at later times than start times.
A. Over 10% of U.S. high schools currently start before 7:30 a.m, 43% start before 8 a.m, and under 15% start after 8:30 a.m.
- Our most productive and attentive time for our brain starts at 10 a.m.
B."I do my high-IQ meetings before lunch," he said. "Like anything that's going to be really mentally challenging, that's a 10 o'clock meeting." He said that he prioritizes sleep in order to boost his energy and mood. And, when it comes to making high-impact decisions, Bezos said that quality trumps quantity.
- Bezos is such a successful man, who is saying that how you do something is more important than how much of something you do.
C. Students are falling asleep in classes due to the early start times.
- At least once a week 28 percent of high school students fall asleep in school and 14 percent arrive late or miss school because they oversleep.
Transition: If school starts later, students will benefit because of better brain productivity, however, their success overall as a student will be greater.
III. Main Point 3: Students will be more successful in school with their grades if schools started later.
A. Kids who are tired can't learn at their best, and sleep deprivation impairs learning, memory, and attention as much as it impairs health and overall well-being.
B. Academic improvements have been shown, and overall school climate has been measurably improved when high schools have restored later start times. Teachers have commented extensively about the improvement in the classroom environment when students are more alert, less moody, and less likely to sleep in class.
C. Adolescents who do not get enough sleep are more likely to perform poorly in school
Transition: Many students will perform better in school if it starts later, along with better classroom environments.
CONCLUSION
I. Review of main points
- It may be more convenient for parents who need to drop students off. It also may be annoying to have school until later in the afternoon.
II. Final remarks
- The benefits weigh out the costs in this situation.
https://www.startschoollater.net/why-change.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-schedule-meetings-2018-9
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/03/sleep_teens.html
INTRODUCTION
I. High schools need to start at later times
A. Ask questions/survey the class about their experiences with high school times to get them engaged
B. Students sleep schedules are affecting their health
C. Thesis: High schools across the nation should have later start times.Transition: Let's look at the most outstanding reasons for high schools to start later including: affecting student health, higher brain productivity and attentivness, and school success
BODY
I. Main Point 1: School starting early affects student health.
A. Typical sleep cycles begin around 11 p.m. for teenagers and continue through 8 a.m. This means that an early wake-up call (5 or 6 a.m. to allow many teens to catch buses or commute to early-start schools) not only allows 6 or 7 hours of sleep per school night at most but also deprives adolescents of a critical part of their sleep the part of their sleep cycle. This is the stage of REM, where memory consolidation and emotional regulation take place, is concentrated in the last third of the night.
B. Sleep deprivation's impacts include: weight gain and eating disorders and increased risk of obesity, cardiovascular problems, and diabetes; reduced immunity; depression; anxiety; substance abuse; mood swings; behavior problems; suicidal ideation; and potential impacts on brain development.
C. We may not think about it, but this could endanger the safety of students because driving so early with improper sleep causes drowsiness.
- 51 percent of adolescent drivers have driven drowsy during the past year. In fact, 15 percent of drivers in 10th to 12th grades drive drowsy at least once a week.
D. This is the youth of America: our children. Why would we not want to make this change if it will benefit their health and safety, and isn't that what we care about most for them?
Transition: Not only do early start times hurt the health of our young ones, but they also are placed in poor positions purely based on brain productivity and attentiveness.
II. Main Point 2: Later start times will make learning more efficient as brains are more attentive at later times than start times.
A. Over 10% of U.S. high schools currently start before 7:30 a.m, 43% start before 8 a.m, and under 15% start after 8:30 a.m.
- Our most productive and attentive time for our brain starts at 10 a.m.
B."I do my high-IQ meetings before lunch," he said. "Like anything that's going to be really mentally challenging, that's a 10 o'clock meeting." He said that he prioritizes sleep in order to boost his energy and mood. And, when it comes to making high-impact decisions, Bezos said that quality trumps quantity.
- Bezos is such a successful man, who is saying that how you do something is more important than how much of something you do.
C. Students are falling asleep in classes due to the early start times.
- At least once a week 28 percent of high school students fall asleep in school and 14 percent arrive late or miss school because they oversleep.
Transition: If school starts later, students will benefit because of better brain productivity, however, their success overall as a student will be greater.
III. Main Point 3: Students will be more successful in school with their grades if schools started later.
A. Kids who are tired can't learn at their best, and sleep deprivation impairs learning, memory, and attention as much as it impairs health and overall well-being.
B. Academic improvements have been shown, and overall school climate has been measurably improved when high schools have restored later start times. Teachers have commented extensively about the improvement in the classroom environment when students are more alert, less moody, and less likely to sleep in class.
C. Adolescents who do not get enough sleep are more likely to perform poorly in school
Transition: Many students will perform better in school if it starts later, along with better classroom environments.
CONCLUSION
I. Review of main points
- It may be more convenient for parents who need to drop students off. It also may be annoying to have school until later in the afternoon.
II. Final remarks
- The benefits weigh out the costs in this situation.
https://www.startschoollater.net/why-change.html
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-jeff-bezos-schedule-meetings-2018-9
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/03/sleep_teens.html
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