Sleep, it’s a wonderful thing. Whether it is the warm protection of the sheets, the engulfment of your head in the fluff of the pillow or simply the bliss dreaming the night away, sleep, it’s a beautiful thing, but too often this blissful ritual is sacrificed and ignored in the life of a college student.
The number one phrase out of any college student, other than “I’m so broke,” is “I’m so tired.” Coming to class or work with dark circles under the slightly glazed over eyes, venti coffee in hand and a repressed yawn is the typical look of any college student. Simply, college students are always tired. They study hard, work hard and of course play hard. However, as a result sleep is placed as a back burner of priorities. There simply aren’t …show more content…
According to U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, “Daytime sleepiness is a major problem, exhibited by 50 percent of college students.” Today, college students are getting an average 5 hours of sleep a night.
“Students are busy and have a lot going on,” said Suffoletto. “How they manage their crammed schedules on such little sleep is beyond me.”
Sleep is the body’s way of replenishing with energy extracted throughout the day after straining itself to work physically and mentally. Simply, sleep is the bodies time to shutdown and relax. Sacrificing sleep to crank out that homework assignment leaves students dragging throughout the day, struggling to keep eyes open, thus affecting performance. While it suggested to get eight hours, this isn’t a reality for most college students. So, how much sleep is actually needed to function effectively.
“There is a lot of false research out there that states crazy things like teenagers need as much sleep as babies, but statements like this are false,” said Emily Moser, a DePaul graduate Health and Science research student. “the amount of sleep needed to function is actually more of an individualistic
The number one phrase out of any college student, other than “I’m so broke,” is “I’m so tired.” Coming to class or work with dark circles under the slightly glazed over eyes, venti coffee in hand and a repressed yawn is the typical look of any college student. Simply, college students are always tired. They study hard, work hard and of course play hard. However, as a result sleep is placed as a back burner of priorities. There simply aren’t …show more content…
According to U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, “Daytime sleepiness is a major problem, exhibited by 50 percent of college students.” Today, college students are getting an average 5 hours of sleep a night.
“Students are busy and have a lot going on,” said Suffoletto. “How they manage their crammed schedules on such little sleep is beyond me.”
Sleep is the body’s way of replenishing with energy extracted throughout the day after straining itself to work physically and mentally. Simply, sleep is the bodies time to shutdown and relax. Sacrificing sleep to crank out that homework assignment leaves students dragging throughout the day, struggling to keep eyes open, thus affecting performance. While it suggested to get eight hours, this isn’t a reality for most college students. So, how much sleep is actually needed to function effectively.
“There is a lot of false research out there that states crazy things like teenagers need as much sleep as babies, but statements like this are false,” said Emily Moser, a DePaul graduate Health and Science research student. “the amount of sleep needed to function is actually more of an individualistic