Are teenagers who fall asleep in class just lazy?
No. According to sleep experts, teens need 8 ½ – 9 ¼ hours of sleep each night. Also, their biological clocks naturally keep them awake later into the evening and keep them sleeping later into the morning. As a result, many teens come to school sleepy because they’re body is telling them they should be sleeping, and not because they’re lazy.
If this is known, why have not our school schedules adjusted accordingly?
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I’ve been asking myself that same question for years. This has been known for some time now.
]]>Seriously, the irony of it… what message are we sending to students when we don’t apply the knowledge our education unlocks?
]]>I’m sure some BS answer about how mommy and daddy work 8-5, but those are arbitrarily imposed just like school hours.
]]>I couldn’t agree more man! It’s kind of ridiculous. This is the reason we need a strong central government. One that invests in the country’s education. A strong Dept. of Education should be able to at the very least release support such a thing. It would be a bold and progressive way to begin reforming our education system for the 21st century. We’re stuck in a model that was developed during the Industrial Revolution! It isn’t going to be good enough any longer.
]]>Any longer? It hasn’t been ‘good enough’ for quite some time.
]]>Yes, I know, but we’re running on borrowed time at this point in terms of getting this fixed. We really can’t wait any longer.
]]>And when you add in that most parents (in my 8 months of selling mattresses) generally buy the cheapest bed they can for their kids…
]]>I used to fall asleep in class, even when I tried not to. Lazy though, that’s just not me.
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