At this point of the year, I think we are all near our breaking points. AP tests are creeping up, homework just keeps piling up, and we find ourselves getting less and less sleep. However, we are still sane, I assume. To ease our days, we usually have some form of hobby that takes our mind off of things. Whether that's TV, hanging out with friends, playing video games, or sports, these activities get our minds off of the homework that will cause us to fall asleep later in the night. The problem with this is that these activities take more and more of our time each day, causing us to get less sleep. So what do we do when the very thing keeping us sane is the very thing getting us closer to becoming insane.
An easier example to see this is coffee. I have heard from many adults that coffee is a "drug." Coffee keeps adults awake and alive to work. However, coffee isn't that great either when too much is consumed. As adults want to drink more coffee to ease the work load, that extra coffee is causing extra damage. The same goes for high school students.
Students tend to allow more distractions in at this time of the year to ease the stress. The very thing students really need, sleep, can not be achieved as much anymore. Many can say that all that is need is to get rid of this trend is to cut the distraction out. That most likely will not work out as planned. Cutting the activity out is pretty much like instant coffee withdrawal. I'm sure an adult drinking a cup of coffee each day for half a year can not just quit instantly and expect to survive the day like a walk in the park.
These problems need to be addressed at earlier times. The only way to ensure the safety of a students mind and grade is to secure a solid work and break pattern at the start of the school year. Change is not as easy in the middle of the year. A "bad" work pattern may be a "normal" work pattern for a student. I even find myself falling into this breaking point as I see myself get less and less sleep. Vacations are usually times to recover and should also be considered heavily.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
How to Solve our Sleeping Problems
As average high school students, our top enemy every night is sleep. Some may say homework but there is no doubt that the lack of sleep has some heavy lasting affects on us during the day. Students often cannot get out of the cycle of having to sleep late a night once started and find themselves sleeping late every night. These habits cause the student's grade to suffer as he/she slowly falls asleep in class. However, this problem can easily be solved with at least one of the following methods.
Drink lots of coffee in the morning. Coffee is known for keeping people up throughout a whole day. Adults basically run on coffee so why can students not be the same. Students can have any amount of sleep the night before and have no troubles falling asleep in school with a whole pot of coffee. Of course some students may not like the taste so the alternative is consuming candy in the morning. Candy contains sugar that works just as well so the higher consumption means a higher chance of being awake longer.
Turn to a high calorie consumption diet. Our bodies shut down because of excessive use of energy from previous work. Eating more will provide more energy for the working body. In theory, the body will never need to rest if enough energy is being consumed to replace the energy burning off.
Constant intensive exercise is another way to solve these problems. The body shuts down at any chance the body is able to rest. If the body is never able to rest, the body will never need to go to sleep. Exercise keeps the body alive and active. A thirty minute run in the morning with a jog and a few push ups in between periods must be enough to keep the body active the whole day. If one feels sleep coming in class, simply standing up will put the body in work and divert concentration.
If all else fails, not doing one's homework is the best possible way to restore the hours lost from a lack of sleep. Students will have no problem with rest if homework was not issued. Students will be wide awake in class and no one would be sleeping. Surely the health of the students is more important than a grade.
Even though some people actually use these methods to stay awake, these methods should not be considered by a high school student. Time management is the best possible way to solve sleep problems. With a good schedule, sleep should not even be an issue. This may be hard for most but a small nap after coming home from school can greatly help. The elimination of procrastination is the true solution to sleeping problems.
Drink lots of coffee in the morning. Coffee is known for keeping people up throughout a whole day. Adults basically run on coffee so why can students not be the same. Students can have any amount of sleep the night before and have no troubles falling asleep in school with a whole pot of coffee. Of course some students may not like the taste so the alternative is consuming candy in the morning. Candy contains sugar that works just as well so the higher consumption means a higher chance of being awake longer.
Turn to a high calorie consumption diet. Our bodies shut down because of excessive use of energy from previous work. Eating more will provide more energy for the working body. In theory, the body will never need to rest if enough energy is being consumed to replace the energy burning off.
Constant intensive exercise is another way to solve these problems. The body shuts down at any chance the body is able to rest. If the body is never able to rest, the body will never need to go to sleep. Exercise keeps the body alive and active. A thirty minute run in the morning with a jog and a few push ups in between periods must be enough to keep the body active the whole day. If one feels sleep coming in class, simply standing up will put the body in work and divert concentration.
If all else fails, not doing one's homework is the best possible way to restore the hours lost from a lack of sleep. Students will have no problem with rest if homework was not issued. Students will be wide awake in class and no one would be sleeping. Surely the health of the students is more important than a grade.
Even though some people actually use these methods to stay awake, these methods should not be considered by a high school student. Time management is the best possible way to solve sleep problems. With a good schedule, sleep should not even be an issue. This may be hard for most but a small nap after coming home from school can greatly help. The elimination of procrastination is the true solution to sleeping problems.
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