Nap time for Elementary age children should be done away with.

Children are hyper. A majority of the kids will have their eyes open during naptime, at the very least not sleeping. However, for the 20% or so that do sleep, and the ones that close their eyes, they receive benefits from their rest. However, that isn't to say those that don't close their eyes and are simply laying down also have a chance to calm down. I found a link that I believe to be at least somewhat relevant. (. http://sportsmedicine.about.com...) This talks about rest after exercising and that it has benefits. This is at least somewhat comparable to the fact that children are hyper, and that resting after their activities and recess does some good. Even with their eyes open, looking around the classroom, they are still experiencing a period of relaxation, however they won't receive the same benefits as those who close their eyes or sleep. Overall though, they'll still feel relaxed, and have their energy levels at least somewhat maintained. Children wasting time napping The benefits of napping alone, or sleeping, include the things I mentioned in R2. The addition of a nap time merely expands upon this. Falling asleep in the middle of class Oh boy, Pro bashed me here. Let me take the time to explain my reasoning. As quoted by Pro, the kindergarten ages are one of the, if not the, "most important moments" of a person's life. The same could probably be said for the teenage years. However, I believe that the kindergarten ages are considered more important, as it is the stepping stool for the rest of their life, and what happens there can affect everything. Thus, I believe a nap time is needed in elementary school. In the older years of a person's childhood (teenage years), the teenagers also have a tendency to rest more, eat more, etc. all a part of their energy flux. However, this is NOT comparable to a kid's, who still needs the rest but doesn't consume as much. Foods are known as a source of energy, and this is mainly what fuels the growth of a teenager. However, kindergarteners do not each that much food, at least in comparison to teenagers. As such, they do not have as much energy as a teenager would, and therefore would require the naptime. Nap times aren't present in the higher grades, as it is assumed that they are growing, and they do not need the rest anymore, as their source of energy comes from the larger amounts of food they consume. As the entirety of Pro's final argument revolves around the lunchtime, I shall address the two arguments as whole. Overall, lunch time is a time of relaxation, as Pro pointed out. I do not deny it works effectively in helping out the kids. However, bringing up this overall counters the entirety of his teenager argument. Why do the teenagers need naptime if they have lunch? If, as Pro claims, it isn't needed for kindergarteners, then why should it be needed for teens? After all, teens have more stable energy than kindergarteners, at least, and they eat more, therefore having more energy. So why should they need it? But in all honesty, Pro brings up fair points here. Teachers do occasionally work on their work in lunch, but they mainly eat, as this is their cafeteria break. Nap times would be fairly beneficial to them as they would spend the full time working, and not a majority of it eating. And I concede about the fact about earning naptime. Overall, I believe Pro put up a good fight, but based on his assertion in R2: ". .. it is simply not needed. " I believe I have won this debate, as I have provided reasons and benefits to a nap time/sleeping, which are grand in scale, despite the little/no benefits Pro believes the system has. Even though it seems a majority of the benefits of naptime are simply earned from lunch, nap time can have the benefits of rest, and sleep, associated alongside of it, which includes better creativity, better memory, etc. , all vital resources needed for the future of a child's life. Nap time is merely there to enhance this. I thank my opponent for the good and fun debate, and I leave the rest up to the voters to vote wisely on who they believe won, given the resolution, BoP, etc. Overall this was a fun debate! I hadn't had one like this in a while.