Are students at your school accidentally falling asleep in class, getting sick, and getting poor grades? All of these problems can be caused by the simple fact that school starts too early in the morning. People may not be aware of the effects of school start times, but many students suffer the consequences every day. Many schools in the United States require students to show up for their first class at least at 7:30 in the morning (“A's from Zzzz's” 1). This early start time can cause multiple problems for students. They feel more tired, their health worsens, and their grades are negatively impacted. All of these effects are detrimental to students' success in school and other life activities. For example, if a teenager is exhausted because he or she woke up early for school, he or she will have a harder time participating in extracurricular activities after school. Additionally, if students are unable to be fully alert during class due to drowsiness, their grades may suffer. You can solve all these problems simply by delaying school start times. Schools should not start so early in the morning because students' sleep patterns are not related to the morning start time, some students' health is jeopardized, and students' sleep is not related to the start time. students are too tired to participate sufficiently in the lesson. Schools do not make it easier for students to participate in class if they establish early start times that expose students to negative problems. Schools should start later in the day so that students' natural sleep schedules better match school hours, students can take better care of their health, and so that students are more alert during the middle of the day. paper ......Edward, Finley. “Do schools start too early?” The Effect of Start Times on Student Achievement 12.3 (2012): n. page Education Next. Network. November 11, 2013. "School start times and sleep." National Sleep Foundation. National Sleep Foundation, 2013. Web. Nov. 6, 2013. “Sleep and Disease Risk.” Healthy sleep. WGBH Educational Foundation and Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, December 18, 2007. Web. November 22, 2013. Carrell, Scott E., Teny Maghakian, and James E. West. 2011. "A da Zzzz? The Causal Effect of School Start Time on Adolescents' Academic Achievement." American Economic Journal: economic policy, 3(3): 62-81.