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Callmedrexl t1_jd65643 wrote

Reply to comment by HistoricalSubject in Lower Merion again delays implementing later start times for high school — until 2024 by Dryheavemorning

Did you feel that way as a teenager?

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HistoricalSubject t1_jd74oy2 wrote

yea, thats why i said "if i was a student"

i understand im in the minority here, articles have come up about this before. i just wouldn't have wanted an hour taken from my afternoon. i had a job i loved, i had a band i practiced with, i had a social group. i would have an hour less of that if the schedule changed.

but like i mentioned, ill be curious to see how the students feel about it after a few school years in the schools that do implement it. maybe they will like it. or maybe there will be a "study" that determines that in the last hour of school, students are just as inattentive because of antsy teenage energy as they are inattentive in the morning because of sleep/waking up early.

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Pineapple_Spenstar t1_jd7dzz9 wrote

When I was in HS, twice per week my day started with morning swim practice at 6 AM. I would get home at about 6:30 PM. I definitely would not have wanted a later start time.

Spring was always great because I would be home by like 3. Actual start time for school was 7:35; it never bothered me, but maybe 10% of my classmates would complain

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