Essay Sample on Benefits of School Start Early

Many high school students like to sleep in. Some may wish that school starts later in the day so they can have more hours of sleep. Getting their full hours of sleep is important for mental health, but it's not very beneficial for learning. Having classes early in the morning and ending early in the day is the best way to learn. High School classes should start early in the morning and early in the evening, due to many disadvantages of starting classes and ending classes later in the day. 

Many high school students don’t have a driver's license yet so they depend on their parents to drop and pick them up from school. The majority of parents or guardians have jobs, so not every parent has the time to drop and pick up their kids due to their own work schedules. Many bus drivers, as well, have more than one job during the day. Furthermore, many wouldn’t be able to drive a bus. Some may argue that parents will make the time for their kids at any given time since  that is a responsibility of a parent. Also many bus drivers will make time, just like they do for their other jobs. However, if classes start in the middle of their parents' work day, many will not be able to take a break to make sure their kids get where they need to be, due to strict jobs or needing to work the extra hours for more pay. Many bus drivers may quit due to having stress trying to manage their jobs with school bus duty starting in the afternoon when their other job started hours before. 

In addition, student’s waking up early can help them with future jobs. Most jobs start early in the morning and late in the evening. Having the routine of waking up early can make it seem like a breeze in the future with work. Some may claim that waking up early can leave them tired all throughout the day and not being able to stay awake during classes. That is also not good for their mental health when they aren’t getting their full 8 hours of sleep. However, getting up early in the morning and starting to move around will help them wake up more. Let's be honest here, how many people actually get a full 8 hours or more of sleep? 

Finally, having early classes and ending earlier can leave students to have more free time to get homework done and even have time to attend a job. It helps them learn responsibilities too, for instance, learning to manage school with work at the same time. In relation, learning to keep up with school and a job can help out in college when they have to get a job to pay off student debt.  A great deal will argue that having lots of free time after school can give students the opportunity to get distracted by extra activities and forget about school work that needs to be done. However, having a long break after school can let students' brains relax and not be so stressed. It gives them the time to actually be a kid, have fun, and once not be overwhelmed with responsibilities. 

There are good benefits of starting classes early and ending early in the day. All from taking responsibility for waking up early, working with parents job schedules, and giving students free time after school.