The Key to Success

The 6 am alarm blares through the peacefulness of the dark morning, disturbing the sweet dreams of millions of teens all over the world. As we open our tired eyes, the thoughts of the stressful school day up ahead come rushing into our heads. Most teens start their day the same way: get out of bed, eventually, get dressed, pull their school bag together, and rush out the door. However, most people don’t realize they’ve missed the most crucial step to having a good day, breakfast. Whether it be sitting down for a full meal of eggs, bacon, and toast or grabbing a breakfast bar on the way out, breakfast is such an important part of starting the day off right.

Breakfast is essential for helping kids stay attentive and alert in school and benefiting brain activity. Kids won’t have to worry about when lunch time is because they will already have food in their stomachs to tide them over. The healthy sugars, such as those in wheat bread, oatmeal, and peanut butter, serve as “brain food.” Your body converts these sugars into energy to fuel your body for the day ahead. Multiple studies have shown that kids who eat breakfast before school on a daily basis tend to score higher on tests and receive better grades than the kids who don’t.

Breakfast not only helps your mental performance but your physical performance as well. The energy that is created from the sugars, carbohydrates, and proteins can keep your body moving throughout all of your physical activities. It can even give you enough energy, along with the other meals you eat, to keep your energy up for after school sports and activities too. Along with energy, eating a healthy and well balanced breakfast boosts metabolism. For starters, eating early in the morning helps kids to snack less during the day, therefore consuming less calories.

I interviewed one of my classmates to see what their morning routine looked like and whether or not breakfast was a part of her daily routine. “I usually wake up at 6:00, but don’t get out of my bed until 6:15,” she said. She gets ready, straightens her hair, throws her stuff together, and only if there’s time, grabs a granola bar on her way out. I will admit, that is better than most of the routines I’ve overheard from my friends and peers. After explaining her school day procedure, I asked what she would change about her routine if she had unlimited time. “I would want to be able to easily get out of bed on time and eat a full breakfast,” she answered. Her remark surprised me. I would have expected her to say she wanted more time to sleep or be able to go to school later, but no; she wanted to be able to start the day off right if only she had the time.

So many adolescents have so much they have to get done on a typical school morning that they simply don’t have the time to sit down and make a full meal. I think it would be totally unreasonable, however, to ask students to wake up earlier than they already do. This would cause a slew of other problems. But what if we could make school start time 20–30 minutes later? This would ensure that more kids would have the time to get their nutrients in and do better in school. Not only would this benefit the students, but it would raise test scores and improve the reputations of schools everywhere.

So you tell me: Is breakfast the key to success?

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