Why Is It Important To Sleep Essay

Science surrounds us every day. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is defined as, knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation. This means that science includes basically everything. Anything from how to construct a bicycle to human behavior is a type of science. Science is much more popular than people realize, because people are using scientific methods almost daily without even knowing they are doing so. While growing up, science was a prominent part of my life, largely due to the fact that my father is a science teacher. He has taught many subjects in that field like Honors Anatomy, Honor Biology, Physiology, Earth Science, and Physical Science. Due to him being so involved in these subjects, I have always been prompted to ask why and how things are the way they are, and I am also a biology major here at Rogers State. In this semester we have discussed many different areas of life, and read a lot of material. One of the subjects that I found most intriguing of all was …show more content…
This is essentially because there is no clear reason to why we need sleep. The only answer is, “because we are tired”, but then I ask, “Why are we tired?” and that is where there is no real answer. Although sleep has always been interesting to me, I have never partaken in an in depth study of it. I, like many people I know, have grown up with a bed time, and have been told on several occasions that sleep is important. This was something as common as being told to eat your vegetables, and brush your teeth for me, but if I am being honest, I have listened to those instructions maybe half of the time. By reading the articles provided for class and partaking in my own research for this essay I have come to a couple conclusions about sleep. The first, sleep is very important, second, people will probably never listen due to the hustle and bustle of the world we live in