Recent research on the effects of sleep deprivation on the adolescent mind caused by early school start times, and the body’s circadian clock, suggest later school start times would benefit high school students. Adolescents need at least 9 hours of sleep each night to be able to function in the morning. However, Larry Gable and Kate Kinsella (2013), a professor and neuroscientist at San Francisco State University, and the authors of “Adolescent Sleep Research- Findings for Secondary Schools,” state that only 15% of students get 8 ½ hours of sleep each night, while 25% sleep 6 ½ hours or less on school nights. Right now that may not seem distressing, but lack of sleep can cause mental illnesses. Jeff Iliff, a neuroscientist from Portland,
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Irregular and reduced adolescent sleep schedules are typically caused by a particular hormone released during different times of the night. According to Gable and Kinsella (2013), the body contains a “circadian clock” that is responsible for regulating an individual’s sleep patterns. This clock causes teens to remain wide awake around 9 to 10 p.m., while other age groups are normally going to bed. The hormone melatonin is responsible for this, it is accountable for sleep pattern regulation. However, melatonin does not typically enter the body until about 11 p.m., and does not leave an adolescent’s body until around 8 a.m. In the article, the term “forbidden zones” is used to express the times during the day when falling asleep is the most difficult. For many teenagers, this time is around the evening hours. Usually, a teen will ease back, read, or listen to music before they feel tired around 11-12 o’clock. Students then have to wake up at six, which means they slept for only about 6-7 hours, instead of the 9 hours they should be …show more content…
Then in time, students can either feel sick, not fully functional, or mental and physical exhaustion. Kinsella and Gable (2013) introduce the concept of “binge sleeping”, which is the practice of oversleeping on the weekends. Binge sleeping is not a healthy remedy to sleep deprivation because oversleeping does not set a consistent and regular sleep pattern. When teenagers wake up on Monday morning, they are at a disadvantage because they are not getting the sleep they need to be able to learn.
Insufficient sleep can lead to more car accidents and cause the speed in which we react to decelerate, and impact our health mentally. When students are tired, they feel heavy and clumsy even if they are participating in something they highly enjoy. Experts have reported that most car accidents involving adolescents tend to be induced by slow reactions from sleep deprivation, not indigent judgement. Likewise, consistent sleep loss will affect a teens’ growth rate, and immune system. (Gable and Kinsella, 2013) Effecting in more sick students, and increased
Irregular and reduced adolescent sleep schedules are typically caused by a particular hormone released during different times of the night. According to Gable and Kinsella (2013), the body contains a “circadian clock” that is responsible for regulating an individual’s sleep patterns. This clock causes teens to remain wide awake around 9 to 10 p.m., while other age groups are normally going to bed. The hormone melatonin is responsible for this, it is accountable for sleep pattern regulation. However, melatonin does not typically enter the body until about 11 p.m., and does not leave an adolescent’s body until around 8 a.m. In the article, the term “forbidden zones” is used to express the times during the day when falling asleep is the most difficult. For many teenagers, this time is around the evening hours. Usually, a teen will ease back, read, or listen to music before they feel tired around 11-12 o’clock. Students then have to wake up at six, which means they slept for only about 6-7 hours, instead of the 9 hours they should be …show more content…
Then in time, students can either feel sick, not fully functional, or mental and physical exhaustion. Kinsella and Gable (2013) introduce the concept of “binge sleeping”, which is the practice of oversleeping on the weekends. Binge sleeping is not a healthy remedy to sleep deprivation because oversleeping does not set a consistent and regular sleep pattern. When teenagers wake up on Monday morning, they are at a disadvantage because they are not getting the sleep they need to be able to learn.
Insufficient sleep can lead to more car accidents and cause the speed in which we react to decelerate, and impact our health mentally. When students are tired, they feel heavy and clumsy even if they are participating in something they highly enjoy. Experts have reported that most car accidents involving adolescents tend to be induced by slow reactions from sleep deprivation, not indigent judgement. Likewise, consistent sleep loss will affect a teens’ growth rate, and immune system. (Gable and Kinsella, 2013) Effecting in more sick students, and increased