For the second day in a row I have woken MAC up before I left for work. She has been unhappy to have to get up so early, but has done it when I remind her that school starts in __ days. I know that I have read studies that state that teenagers work better when they sleep later but school will be starting on Monday and that means she will have to be up and at school ready for the day by the time I have been waking her up!
I guess that tomorrow will be closer to 6:30 instead of 7 (which is going to be the time that we’ll have to leave the house!). I have told her that I will drop her off so she only has to ride the bus home. This means that I’ll have to be getting up earlier too! ***Sigh***
Why high school starts so early and the elementary school (you know those kids that wake up at the crack of dawn!) starts so late I’ll never understand. A lot of the parents I’ve spoken with have the same question, if the older kids do better if they sleep later why not start school later? If they switched the High School and Elementary school times the kids would be working when they are really awake and there would still be time to do after school activities.
You would think the “powers that be” could figure this out. Oh well, here's to the start of school! :)
I think they start high school earlier to facilitate employment of teenagers. At least ghats what Darrick told me at some point.
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