Image by wlac.edu By Michelle Woo
Staff Writer “Wake up! You’re late, the bus already left!” a voice calls from downstairs. The alarm beeps once again, the time flashes 7:30 a.m. Tossing and turning, you struggle to get up. You had studied all night and you rarely got enough sleep. Rushing to your class, you’re almost late. At last, you sleepily walk through the school day. Has this ever happened to you? I know I can personally relate to that! Waking up early and trudging through school is not a good feeling. “I know how it feels, I’m always super tired and my brain can’t think.” complains Josie Rogers. Good news! Many school boards across the nation are converting starting school times to much later. The Seattle school district and school board adopted an 8:45 a.m. morning time starting next year for its high schoolers and most of the middle schoolers. Many parents, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) and scientists from University of Oxford, Harvard, and Nevada supported this and that’s for a good reason. Proven by science, later school times help teens by battling sleep deprivation and also improves the student’s mood, grade, mental health and learning ability. Sleep is also important for growing teen bodies and it eliminates dangerous sleep-related car accidents. According to the National Sleep Foundation, students who don’t get enough night’s rest, result in drowsy driving, emotional and behavior problems, depression, stress, poor self-control, violence, drug and alcohol use, poor decision making, and lower overall performance. Adolescents are required to sleep to 8 to 9 hours of rest each night, a changing sleep schedule can result in a crummy day. Lulu Wang states “I have to wake up at around 6:30 to get ready and I always feel like a zombie during school.” However, it is more costly to change the schedules and times due to the different bus schedules that would have to be changed. Also, some opposing parents complain that the changed times will interfere with their child’s after-school activities like lessons or sport practices. Some are concerned about the teachers and how they are at a different “clock” and it would mess up the teacher’s agenda. “I’m a sophomore at Lakeridge High. Every school day I have to wake up at around 6:00 a.m, it’s super tiring!” Winnie Woo explains. Hopefully our own school will consider changing the times to much later for the sake of the students! Image by tscpl.org By Sofie Tomlinson
Staff Writer High school students will no longer have to study massive vocabulary lists with obscure words. The new SAT is going to have easier words, that students often learn in class. It's going to have only five choices .”Everything in the redesigned SAT is knowledge and skills that kids are learning in class every single day.” Phil Pine, who runs the test preparation company, Capital Education, is telling his students not to be the first to take the new SAT because they are not used to it. The students have also studied hard to prepare for the old test. ”The challenge with the change in the test is that it basically just stresses people out," says Johnson, President of PrepMatters in Bethesda, Maryland. The last time the SAT was change was in 2005. Back then they added a written essay and changed the score scale from 1600 to 2400.In spring of 2016 there will be a new SAT. It will contain easier words, and the score will go back down to 1600.The test will contain evidence-based on reading, writing, math, and an optional essay. Many Students are saying the change for the SAT is going to beneficial for them.They have a better chance to get answers right, and get a higher grade. The College Board thinks the new change is going to be better for everyone and hoping students will like it. |
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