Queen Elizabeth: Monarch of Great Britain

QUEEN ELIZABETH 
  
Quick Facts:
 -Born April 21, 1926 in London
- Was born a princess... Prince Albert was her father who was the second son of King George VI and    Queen Mary.
- Crowned in 1953
 -Longest reigning monarch in British history

How she became a Queen: 
Elizabeth knew Phillip Mountbatten when she was a young girl. They were distant cousins, but fell in love and got married in 1947. Phillip Mountbatten was the son of Prince Andrew of Greece, and had ties to both the Danish and Greek royal families. In 1952, King George VI passed away, and Elizabeth was crowned ruling monarch of Great Britain.
 

Queen Elizabeth's Children: 
Charles, Prince of Wales-the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth
Anne, Princess Royal-the second child and only daughter
Prince Andrew, Duke of York-  second son and third child
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex- third son and youngest of four children

    

Why I think she is so unique and interesting: 
-Since 1952 she was rewarded over 404500 honors and awards
-There have been 12 US presidents during her reign... That's crazy!
-She speaks fluent French
-  In the past 60 years, the Queen has undertaken 261 official overseas visits, including 96 state visits, to 116 different countries.
- She opened the first children's trail in the Buckingham Palace garden for its seasonal opening.
- Elizabeth has visited Australia 16 times, Canada 22 times, Jamaica six times and New Zealand 10 times
-She was a Girl Guide, a Scouting movement for girls and a Sea Ranger , a section of the Girl Guides focused on sailing.
 In 1986, the Queen became the first British monarch to visit China.

    
What I knew and what I know now: '
Before I researched Queen Elizabeth for this blog I knew that she was somehow related to Kate Middleton and was the Queen of England. After researching her I discovered that she has a really interesting life and has accomplished many things during her reign and lifetime. She is a very interesting person and I can see now why she is loved all over the world. 
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Should schools start later in the morning?

At Lake Forest High School, school starts at 7:50am. There was discussion for the day to start a little bit later, and that discussion actually changed the schedule for the fall of 2016. In my opinion, I wish they changed the time 3 years ago... when I was a freshman! The purpose of starting later in the morning is to improve physical and mental success in school and their life.

In more than 40 states, at least 75 percent of public schools start earlier than 8:30 a.m. If times were a little bit later, test scores would go up, grades would go up, tardies would go down and so would absences. Research has shown that students who do not get enough sleep perform worse in a sports game than the kids who get enough sleep. At the adolescence age you need enough sleep in order to grow and perform in school and in after school activities. I do not think there would be one kid in high school especially  opposing this idea. 

This graph shows sleep deprivation before finals when students do not get enough sleep. This is before finals so kids are bound to get less sleep in general, but either way a later start would help with a better performance.

So because so much research has shown that kids and adolescence need more sleep, why have they not changed it? Some myths why school doesn't start later are: it is too expensive to start school later, kids need to be more responsible and prepared for the real world and real jobs, if we start school later kids will go to bed later, later times will keep parents from getting to work. But the real reason is because school transportation and community life adjusts to school schedules, not vise vera.