Why Students Dislike School and How to Fix It

    How many times have you gone to school and all you can think is “when will this be over?” An article: “Later to Rise, Not Earlier to Bed For Today’s Tired Teens, Doctors Say” from the Los Angeles Times reveals that students do not get the necessary amount of sleep. Another article: “Water Runs Downhill, and School is Boring.” by Bryan Caplan, a blogger, states that school is super-boring. The two main problems schools need to address are early rising times and students having little to no interaction with teachers.

    Getting up early every morning can be hard for some students, especially since some can’t fall asleep that easily. According to the Los Angeles Times newspaper, “at the beginning of adolescence, the body delays releasing melatonin, a hormone that tells the body that it is time to go to sleep.” With the early rising times, it can make it harder for teens to fall asleep. This evidence shows that just because teens go to bed earlier does not mean that they will get more sleep. Also mentioned in the Los Angeles Times, “The AAP reports that the average teenager in the U.S. is often as tired as someone with narcolepsy.” As mentioned in the article, narcolepsy is a disease that makes people fall asleep. This is what schools are doing to students, they are causing them to be tired twenty-four seven. If teachers do not want their students to be tired, then they should try to talk to the school board to get them to push forward school times. Lastly, the Los Angeles Time states that “the average teenager in today’s society has difficulty falling asleep before 11 p.m.” Depending on how early a teenager wakes up, the time they spend sleeping is usually 7.5 hours. Since teenagers can not go to bed earlier there is only one solution, go to school later

Many teenagers have difficulties in school, such as bad grades or test scores. This is not because they are dumb, it’s because they have little to no interaction with their teachers. Bryan Caplan, a blogger, feels that high school is super-boring. In one of his blog posts, he states, “two out of three respondents (66%) in 2009 are bored at least every day in class.” Boredom is a common issue in schools. Teenagers try to pay attention, but because of the little interaction with their teachers they either do poorly and do not understand, or can not focus. Bryan Caplan also mentions in the same blog post that, “about one third of the students (33%) were bored because the ‘work wasn’t challenging enough’ while just over one fourth of the respondents were bored because the ‘work was too difficult.’” Adding to the evidence, work being too difficult or not challenging enough can all be avoided if the teachers interacted with the students more. Perhaps asking them questions or checking in with them once in awhile to see how they are doing. Lastly, Caplan states that, “boredom is the single most important reason why kids drop out of high school.” If teachers would just take the time to interact with students, boredom would be avoided. Having no boredom can lead to less high school dropouts.

    All in all, the two main reasons why students dislike school are being tired all day and boredom. It

seems like teens are tired every day, and usually that is true. As if being tired isn’t enough, being

bored is another thing students have to deal with everyday. If you could change one thing about your

school, what would it be?