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    Schools are affected in several ways by the start of the school year. Having a later start time allows students on campus to make the school itself look good. Indeed, the more a student feels good when he comes to class, the more direct positive impact will be on the way the school is perceived by outsiders. Having students focused and ready to learn with a good night's sleep reduces the number of discipline problems at school. It has been shown that students who do not receive sufficient rest period come to class with a bad attitude and are more likely to be encouraged to misbehave and cause problems for teachers. This is addressed by Juliann Garey in her article What Happens. When teens aren't getting enough sleep, she says, "It's a radical thought, but what if the behavior we casually refer to as 'teenage angst' – the mood swings, the constant fighting, sleeping all day, reckless, impulsive and careless behavior – isn't this, in fact, a normal part of a teenager's life? Or at least, not to the extent we assume. What if, on the contrary, we were doing our adolescents a disservice by considering as “normal” what are actually the symptoms of chronic and severe sleep deprivation? » (Web) This further reinforces the fact that sleep causes bad behavior by increasing sleep duration. in would reduce this behavior. By reducing discipline problems, this would allow