The Big Sleep

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,…

hover over me. It was so close I felt like I could reach up and touch it. You could see little people with big heads through the saucers windows. The saucer was shiny and huge with bright colors. After a awhile it zoomed away quick, it was as fast as light. I ran home and went straight to bed. I had a strange feeling that something or someone had followed me home. It was 2 A.M I couldn’t sleep at all until a bright light filled up my room. I got scared and was freaking out…

about 7.5 to 9 hours of sleep a night. Realistically, not many of us get that much sleep every night. Most people are lucky if they get that much sleep. Only eleven percent of college students in America get adequate sleep (Harvard Medical School, January 16, 2008). We’ve all had long days and even longer nights with early mornings. I am not sure about anyone else but not getting enough sleep greatly affects how I function throughout the day. With only five hours of sleep I tend to wake up and…

lack of balance in children 's lives”(Enayati). Many teens have after school jobs and simply do not have time to do a abundance of homework. It is recommended, students get at least 8-10 hours of sleep a night (Teens and Sleep). While this is true, many students do not get the recommended amount of sleep because they have sports, work, and an abundance of homework after school every night. Athletics and students social life does not leave much time for homework at night. It has been proven,…

enough sleep, all of those developmental changes are affected negatively. So sleep is extremely important for every teen. Yet, because high school starts around 7:15 in the morning, majority of the students are not getting the amount of sleep they need to function properly. Starting school later in the morning would give teens the sleep they have been lacking and ultimately increase academic performance, health, and safety. During the school year, many students…

My article is going to be on why schools should start later due to lack of sleep. I chose this article because I agree with the fact that students need more sleep, because I am a student and when I have plans the night before and then I have no choice but to stay out late, then I have to get up at five thirty in the morning. The main reason I chose this article was because it fits my problem and millions of other kids problems. Then another reason is because some schools start at six to six…

Everybody loves sleep. I love sleep so much that I took a half hour nap between writing that last sentence and this one. The same goes for this sentence. We all delight in throwing ourselves onto our mattress at the end of a stressful day at work and we revel in the feeling of waking up on a Saturday morning safe in the knowledge that we can spend the day snuggled beneath the sheets like a big toasty cinnamon bun (to quote a wise man) if we really want to. But even though we all love a good…

adequate sleep to optimal physiological and cognitive function Dr. Loredo states in the video “Sleep and Sleep Disorders in the Older Adult – Research on Aging” (Loredo, n.d.,) that sleep affects optimal physiological and cognitive functions significantly by improving the ability to learn and in the prevention of diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease. An example of an improvement of a cognitive function is learning. Learning can be furthered by “30, 40, and 50%” (Loredo, n.d.) with sleep…

Your brain is the “most complex living structure” in the world.(Independent) It contains 100 billion neurons and 1,000 trillion synaptic connections that never stop working, even when you sleep. The brain protects and holds the most important thing of all, your memory. Your memory is what allows you to remember how to brush your teeth, speak, or experience emotions. The cerebrum, the largest part of the brain, is where the short term memory is stored. It is not stored all in one place. It is…

Sleep and Health It was Benjamin Franklin, who said, “Early to bed, Early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. Benjamin Franklin’s quote is famous as representing his virtues, and this quote is familiar as representing industry as its literal meaning. However, it is true that early to bed improves a man in many ways. We may have heard about the importance of sleep not only about this quote, but also since our childhood that we have to go to bed early. People spend about 26 years, 1/3…