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I Believe in Sleep You are sitting at your desk at 2:00 P.M. The teacher is talking. You can barely keep your eyes open and are struggling to stay awake. Your eyes are squinty and you repetitively blink to try your hardest to stay awake. You are no longer processing the words the teacher is saying because all your focus is on being so tired. Your head is bobbing from you wanting to just fall into a deep sleep after a long day, and a short amount of sleep the night before due to sports and…

Imagine hundreds of exhausted teenagers rushing down a crowded hallway, their eyes struggling to stay open, their arms full to the brim with books upon books, the stress apparent on their faces. This is what you’d see in most schools across the country; hundreds of kids struggling to excel in school and stay awake all at the same time. A later start in school days would do wonders to solve this situation and make it easier for adolescents to take better care of their health and mental stability.…

Driving while fatigued, especially at night, is as deadly as driving under the influence of alcohol. Fatigue reduces your reaction time, judgment, and mental alertness. If you drive this way for too long, then falling asleep at the wheel is sure to follow. It can happen to anyone because no drug is required for this type of impairment. Unlike DUI driving, the antidote for fatigued driving is easy and quick: drinking a cup of coffee while taking a rest break. However, coffee has its limitations.…

”Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by collapse or closure of the upper airway, resulting in cessation of airflow, despite persistent ventilatory effort.”8 Unlike many mammals, the hyoid bone in a human is not anchored to the skeleton, therefore, the pharynx has little support. The oropharynx is kept patent by skeletal muscles working together. It is for this reason that a collapse in the oral pharyngeal region can easily occur causing an upper airway obstruction.1 During sleep…

As a new college student I have pulled “all-nighters” in order to prepare for an upcoming test or to finish an English paper. But, so far this year mid-term preparations for Microeconomics and Marketing examinations pushed me to the limits of exhaustion with multiple night in a row of poor sleep. I was only able to stay up the entire time with the assistance of caffeine, and a great deal of it. Caffeine by nature is a central nervous system stimulant, meaning that consuming drinks that have…

As human beings, we carry many things physically and emotionally. Physically I carry multiple things every day of my life. One thing specifically is my backpack, because I need it for school and it holds all my supplies needed for that day. My backpack helps me not lose things also keeps all my things in one place. Without my backpack, I would be disorganized and would probably fail all my classes, because I would end up losing all my handouts besides I would never be ready for class. As we…

Dakota Long, Tyler Lauer, Robert Monaco, Joey Rappazzo, and I arrived on September 30th to participate with the help of the Morongo Preserve. Our parents transported us via automobiles. My friends and others in our class enlisted to understand better and help the environment around us rather than what most of us do on a daily basis. For several hours we moved a massive pile of rocks for later use, and moved dead weeds and branches. It will help the environment for various reasons. Volunteering…

When it comes to hospital stay, most patients do not get enough sleep. The most common reason for that is because of late night rounds and vital signs being check by the nurses. Most patients are already going through a lot of tress while in the hospital and not having enough sleep can intervene with their recovery. There is plenty of ways nurses can improve patient's sleep. They can start by giving the patient a bath, offering them a book to read, practicing relaxation exercises, watching TV,…

All middle and High schools should start the educational day later to allow the adequate amount of sleep for America’s teenage youth. Too many schools across the country begin the day before student minds are awake, alert, and ready to successfully take on the day. Students from the sixth to twelfth grade are currently attending school before their brains have had time to prepare for the day. This makes everything they do, including simple everyday tasks, far more of a challenge than it…

Have you ever woke up in the morning still sleepy, but still have to go to school? I have. School should start later than their regular time. If school start later, you get to have more sleep than usual. Sleeping is important because you get to stay awake during the day with energy. School should start later because students need their rest so they can come to school with energy that will get them to learn. As it states in “Should School Start Later?” that “students come to school with enough…