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Subject: high school students (post #2)

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Patrick Frett

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Date Posted: 18:30:34 01/27/08 Sun

I want to continue on the thoughts of Peter and his post concerning studies showing that students in high school are not ready to mentally function in the morning.

I also found this idea quite interesting. Could a simple improvement with big effects on our education system just be a later start time. This seems simple enough. In my own experience, the results of the studies do not match my own observations. I track all of my classes based on state objectives. I teach three regular chemistry classes. My data shows that my classes later in the day do not perform as academically well. I know this could be for other reasons, but I find it interesting that my experience does not reflect the data.

I am pretty sure that MCS is pushing their school start time back next year. It will be interesting to compare my data from this year and next year to see if in fact the late start has had some positive academic affects.

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