TIME

Debating

In class we have been doing debates me, Erana and Joel were all in a group we did our debate first sadly we lost to Maia, Lily and Tyler.

Here is our script

Joel

Speaker 1:

Hello, my name is Joel and I’m here with Erana and James. Our topic is about how school starts too early, I am the first speaker and I will talk about how people don’t have enough time to rest and have to wake up at un healthy hours of the day so they can get to school on time. Every day people come to school weary and tired because they have gotten up early, so they can get ready for school, then they come to school all tired.

So you may be wondering why don’t they go to bed earlier well that may be because, they are be, behind on homework or they are just really stubborn and refuse to go to bed. Either way students are waking up way too early and not getting work done or not as well as they can. Getting them in trouble for not finishing work. This would especially happen in high school when they’ve got a lot more homework, so they would stay up late trying to finish it.

There have been some research into how late students are having to wake up and these are some results

In one article over 39000 students in the u.s said that they were waking up at 5.30 am to get to school by 8.00 am and scientist found  that a teen’s need a minimum of 9.5 to 8.5 hours of sleep to be Energetic and ready for the day. These kids were up till around 10.30 pm doing homework that's around 7 hours of sleep.

Now are second speaker erana will say some words of wisdom.

Summary: Just pointing out your first speaker said that there would be no holidays but if the school days started later it means the school day would finish later so the holidays wouldn't be taken away. In conclusion school starts too early it causes a lack of sleep. Lack of sleep affects brain activity and activeness this cause students to struggle with school work and homework.

Erana

Speaker 2:

• Studies show that sleep deprivation has a significant effect of mood
• University of Pennsylvania researchers found that subjects who were limited to only 4.5 hours of sleep a night for one week reported feeling more stressed, angry, sad, and mentally exhausted
• Not only does sleep affect mood but bad mood’s can also affect sleep
• Website link - http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/need-sleep/whats-in-it-for-you/mood
• Sometimes if you don’t get enough sleep you can get angry at little things and could have an outburst where you may break things or damage things and hurt people or their feelings which could end in getting suspended or expelled

Hi I’m Erana i am the second speaker and today I will be talking about mood swings and how your mood swings can get out of hand if you don’t get enough sleep. There have been studies that show sleep deprivation has a significant effect on moods .the University of Pennsylvania researchers have found that people who were limited to 4.5 hours of sleep a night for one week said they were feeling more stressed, angry, sad and mentally exhausted due to not having enough sleep. As you know sleep can affect your mood but your mood can also affect your sleep.

A Lot of people when they don’t get enough sleep they've gotten angry at little things and can have an outburst which could end in stuff being broken and people getting physically and mentally hurt which if at school could mean you get suspended or expelled so with school starting later you could prevent bullying and angry outbursts because those things are mostly caused by not getting enough sleep.if we start school later that means people would have enough energy to start the day off good and end the day off good.with more sleep in the image less negative mood swings and more positive mood swings. Worrying about how tired your gonna be tomorrow which ironically wouldnt be the case if you would stop worrying.

Thank you very much for listen, now over to James our 3rd speaker.

James

Speaker 3:

Importance of Sleep

• People are tired at school
• Teenagers need more sleep
• Sleep is important
• Why school should start later

Hi my name is James, and today I will be talking about the importance of sleep and how it’s been proven that teenagers should have more sleep. A number of times I have seen in my classes over the 2 years of intermediate people who have come to school tired and have even sometimes been told off by the teacher because they haven’t got there work done or up to the standard it should be done too.

Experts have proved in recent studies that teenagers should get more sleep, teenagers get about 7 - 7 ¼ hours of sleep when teenagers should actually be getting between 9 - 9 ¼ hours of sleep that is for mostly 13 - 18 year olds and most people in year 8 are 12 turning 13. Sleep is very important so it is essential that everyone especially teenagers get the preferred amount of sleep.

I’m sure I talk for everyone when I say no one likes getting up in the early morning for school even earlier if you have a sports practice or you are part of the school orchestra or anything else that is early in the morning.

Now most of you will be thinking why don’t people just go to sleep earlier, well a lot of people don’t like to go to sleep earlier because they are either not tired or they want to watch something on T.V and before you say they can just record it well a lot of people don’t have sky and other T.V companies that allow you to record stuff.

So in conclusion sleep is very important and it’s essential that teenagers get enough sleep and that it’s better if school starts later then if you go to bed earlier because everyone will just be happier.

Thank You   

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