Question

In his argument in favor of starting classes later in the morning, João is addressing the counterclaim that classes should not start later because doing so would limit students' opportunity to participate in school sports and clubs.

Although starting classes later might well make it impossible for students to spend as many hours on after-school sports, getting more sleep would ensure that they got more out of the time they did spend on those activities. With more sleep, their sporting performance would actually improve.

Which evidence would best support João's rebuttal? Select three options.

A: Sleep deprivation harms memory.
B: Overtired teens are more prone to accidents.
C: Researchers do not know why human beings need to sleep.
D: Sleep deprivation has been used as an interrogation technique.
E: Teens dealing from sleep deprivation lose the ability to focus.

Answers

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To best support João's rebuttal that getting more sleep would improve students' performance in sporting and extracurricular activities, the following evidence would be most relevant:

A: Sleep deprivation harms memory.
E: Teens dealing from sleep deprivation lose the ability to focus.
B: Overtired teens are more prone to accidents.

These pieces of evidence illustrate how lack of sleep negatively impacts cognitive function, memory, and overall performance, which reinforces the argument that more sleep could enhance students' ability to perform well in sports and clubs despite potentially shorter time for these activities.