Yes. I'm a night owl, I've been a night owl for over a decade now, waking up in the morning is absolute hell in a handbasket for me. Manageable, but my speed, my smarts and my memory all take a massive blow.

The amount of times I nearly fell asleep in class because I've had to get up at 5:30 in the morning is astounding. I slept in and missed the bus so many times and from there I was fucked because 1) my mother refused to drive me or call me out as absent and 2) I wasn't allowed to walk to school even though it was 15 minutes away from my house, so all I could do was just...stay home and miss school.

Relatedly, I once had to get up super early to shadow a friend of mine in a college class. Ended up falling asleep at least twice during the lecture because I was just that damn tired. I had no clue how college students did it but fuck if I didn't think they were troopers.

So yeah. Let the kids go to school later, Janet. It won't kill you.