{"id":1834,"date":"2011-06-01T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1834"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:23","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:23","slug":"students-express-their-feelings-about-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=1834","title":{"rendered":"Students Express Their Feelings About Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sophomore Brittany Gantz sometimes dozes off as a result of not receiving enough sleep. Photo by: Ashley Combs<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ashley Combs<\/em><\/p>\n

Late nights and early mornings are a daily ritual for many teenagers. \u00a0Naps and set bedtimes were common for many teens when they were children, and with students gaining more\u00a0responsibilities as they grow older, \u00a0getting sleep can be the last thing on their mind. The National Sleep Foundation said \u201cteens need about nine and a fourth hours of sleep each night,\u201d and all of the students at Plymouth High School that were asked how much sleep they receive get much less than that. Without the necessary amount of sleep needed, teens are missing out on more than just a few hours of rest.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSchool makes it hard [to follow a regular sleep pattern] because of homework,\u201d sophomore Emily Blake said. When asked what time she gets to bed, Blake explained, \u201cIt depends, usually midnight on school nights because of homework.\u201d Getting homework finished can cause teens to go to sleep later and also be more tired the next day for school.<\/p>\n

Being tired can cause teens like Daniel Smith, Dani Letsinger, and Brittany Gantz to doze off during class. Junior Melanie Pedavoli said that she gets only five to six hours of sleep but she does not fall asleep during class \u201cbecause learning is very important and so are grades.\u201d When teens are tired it can be hard to fully concentrate on what they are doing for class.<\/p>\n

Sports cause sophomore Andria Shook to be unable to get a sufficient amount of sleep each night and follow a regular sleep pattern because \u201csports take over my life,\u201d she said. Smith agrees that \u201chomework and baseball\u201d get in the way of what time he gets to sleep. Many students enjoy having sports at school, but with sectionals and opponents that are far way, getting home late can be common. Tennis recently had NLC\u2019s and sophomore Lauren Rearick explained, \u201cWe got home two nights in a row at midnight and in the morning I have to get up at six.\u201d The tennis team getting home late cut into three hours of time that teens need to sleep. Even if school were to start at nine, many students that are in sports still would not get the suggested amount of sleep. To be a good athlete, one needs to be rested and ready to go. Getting only five or six hours can cause athletes to not perform their best and do as well as they would be able to fully rested.<\/p>\n

Not only do sports cut into the amount of sleep teens get, working does also. Working can develop a sense of commitment and responsibility for teens, but being tired the next day for school \u00a0is a problem that some students who work after or before school are facing. Many business don\u2019t close until after nine PM, and just because a business is closed, that doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t work that still needs to be done. Cody Pozil and Austin Thompson both agree that work affects the time that they get to sleep. They both also get less that six hours of sleep each night, with Pozil getting around five hours and Thompson getting only three or four. Even though jobs many be necessary in hard economic times, doing well in school is important so that teens don\u2019t have to work jobs that only pay minimum wage for the rest of their lives.<\/p>\n

Work, sports, and homework affect Plymouth High School teenagers the most when it comes to getting to bed at a decent hour. There is not much that teens can do about getting enough rest when there are other commitments that they are to attend to. It is important to get enough sleep when teens can so that they can do well in school and in sports. Getting not enough rest may seem \u201cnormal\u201d and not a big deal, but down the road teens could end up paying for all of the sleep they missed by having more serious problems than just being tired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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