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Yes, Please Start School Later For The Sake Of Everybody



Channel NewsAsia featured a story about a local Singapore Secondary that started school 45 minutes later to give them more sleep.

It started off as an experiment in the first semester and the teachers saw a big improvement in the students' attitudes and alertness in the morning.

As a parent of a child studying in Primary school that starts at 730am, he was to wake up at 6am to prepare to take the school bus at 630am.

If the school starts at 815am, he could wake up at 645am and take the bus at 715am.As he has a strict sleep time at night, that additional 45 mins would help stay more alert in school.

Given that school ends much later on Tuesdays for CCA and Thursdays for extra classes, that extra 45 minutes of sleep would contribute to his well being in school.

There are some on the Channel NewsAsia video post who highlighted that the change in timing will cause jams in public transport.

I totally disagree on this. To be in school in 815am, the student should be already at the last stop and heading closer to school by around 8am.

Furthermore, parents who need to go work will most likely be taking public transport by 815am.

However, parents adjusting to changes in a public transport crowd is a small price to pay to give their children that additional 45 mins of sleep.
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