The Loss Of Sleep, By Frank Bruni

Are you tired and having trouble paying attention in class? Focusing on tasks at hand? Or just completely being overall unproductive? The average college student is deprived at least two full hours asleep each night according to “College Tidbits” a website designed to promote healthy lifestyles and productivity in daily college life. These results were pooled from multiple surveys done over hundreds of campuses throughout the United States. Today, I hope to persuade you to fight the statistics and get those extra two hours of sleep. Do what it takes to get the full seven to nine hours that is suggested by the Mayo Clinic. I will discuss two problems. Why college students are not

In today's society, most people desire success. They want to attend a respected college, earn exceptional grades, get a wonderful job, and make a lot of money. However, the road to success starts before all of those accomplishments can happen. This journey begins in the classroom. In the classroom, over 25% of all high-school students fall asleep one or more times a week (Mayer-Hohdahl 1). Why does this happen? Schools have sleepy students because of their early start times. "Starting high school early is probably one of the worst things you can do as far as timing the day, as far as adolescents being alert or ready" (Wooley 2). This is a serious problem in high schools all across the nation. Students are tired, and teachers are

Give a one-sentence definition of internal validity. As an example, I’m going to conduct a study that deprives college students of sleep, to prove their grades will go down as a result. If I found a link between reduced sleep and reduced grades, what is an internally valid conclusion about the results of this study (be specific)?

This source was produced by The Media Production Group at Dartmouth and Dr. Carl P. Thum, Director of the Dartmouth Academic Skills Center. Carl Thum himself works with students at Dartmouth University in which he provides coaching for students suffering from ADD and also leads various workshops, mini-courses, and coaching sessions for students as well. In this video, several students and faculty members are interviewed on the relationship between sleep and being a college student. In the various interviews, the students admit to the struggles they have in being able to function when suffering from sleep deprivation and how severely the lives are affected from it. The faculty members themselves admit to the several instances in which they have witnessed students suffer as a result of sleep deprivation in their testimonials. I will be incorporating this video to indicate the varying degrees at which sleep deprivation can affect students and will include quotes from other students in this video in order to create more relatability for the reader when hearing from students besides myself and how they have learned to address sleep.

For anyone that has been to an American high school in the past 20 years, it is obvious that students have become more devoted to their academic lives. As universities become more and more competitive institutions in which to be admitted, it is incumbent upon students to rise to the occasion and become worthy competitors as compared to other applicants. A common result of the desire to become an attractive candidate to universities through grades and grade point average is a peak in stress caused by lack of sleep. In addition to coping with the normal adversities of teenage life, students today have more pressure placed on them than ever before. In the race to be at the top of their respective graduating classes, students inadvertently fail to learn or absorb information. Their primary concern at this juncture in their lives is to produce work in an almost robot-like fashion.

Frank Bruni’s article is about how students are sacrificing their sleep to gain a competitive edge over their peers. To accomplish academic success, students pile on AP classes, join extracurricular activities, and even stoop as low to cheating. He really emphasizes the fact that sleep is a prerequisite for healthy growth. He finds, in turn, that the problem in today’s school setting is not how to rouse students, but how to lull them. He believes that teens are overloaded on work and need to take time for themselves, and catch up with what is most important to function- sleep.

In the article, “Teachers, Students, and Sleep,” Dave Stuart addresses the importance of sleep. As a teacher, Stuart strives to motivate his students. The core of his article is this: “If my students sleep better, I bet they’ll self-motivate better.” Stuart’s article is organized in the following way: an introduction, seven powerful facts about sleep, ten ways on how to get “better sleep,” and a conclusion. Throughout the article Stuart cites Maria Konnikova and Shawn Stevenson, authors of books that focus on sleep. Avoiding substances before bed, sleep consistency, regular eating and sleeping schedules, and frequent exercise all are ways to get better sleep. Some facts Stuart configured together about sleep were the importance of sleep

Long before the sun rises or the moon sets, the morning rituals of high school students across the United States are well underway. Long before the streetlights have turned off, students are walking and driving along the roads to reach their education centers. Long before the bell for second block has rung, many of these same students find themselves dozing off in class. Why are they unable to focus? Are they aware that falling asleep in class is rude? How are so many students this tired? These are all valid questions that teachers and parents alike often ponder to themselves. The answer to these questions, however, lies with one simple word: sleep. It has become

Thesis Statement: When the projects, exams, and extra-curricular activities start to pile up on one another it seems as though there is not enough time in the day.  This is when college students tend to lose precious hours of sleep and the consequences can be costly.

It is no surprise that college students aren’t getting enough sleep. We always have something to do. If it isn’t the plethora amount of homework we receive on a weekly basis, then it might be our extracurricular activities keeping us up, and let’s not forget about working! It is known that the average amount sleep a human needs is about 8 hours a day, but as college students, we are lucky to get at least 5! Sleep is important for numerous reasons: It makes us feel rejuvenated, strengths our immune system, puts us in a better mood, and its essential for normal cognitive and motor function. In this observation, I will be discussing the insufficient amount of sleep Rutgers students get while attending school. The lack of sleep is a public health

Sleep is very important to people and their bodies. As said by Thomas Dekker, “Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” Since it holds our bodies together, it is natural that we would fall apart without it. But, what are some ways to make sure we get an adequate amount of sleep each night? Well, the fascinating article “Teachers, Students, and Sleep” by Dave Stuart Jr. goes into great detail about things that may be causing sleep deprivation, and how someone would be able to change these habits to form beneficial ones.

Participants: To conduct this experiment fifty-two college students will be selected. A sample test will be given out before any final decisions are made on who will partake in this study. This sample test will insure that the participants’ level of intelligence are similar. Twenty-six students, men and women, will make up the experimental group, and twenty-six will make up the control group. In each group there will be thirteen men, and thirteen women, to make the twenty-six. Each group member is placed in a certain group based on his/her sample test score.

Exigence: Sleep is a humored concept among university students as the pressures of academic assignments, examinations and social life often robs them of precious hours of sleep. As a result of unequal

Pope states not only does a student’s schedule and work load affect their sleep, but roommates, loud noises in the hall, and cleaning crews working early in the morning can also affect a student’s sleep. Now, counselors and health officials are developing new ways to spread the message of how sleep can significantly help a student’s GPA. However, Pope also mentions how college administrators hesitate to inform parents about the lack of sleep problem because parents spend an enormous amount of money so their child could receive an education, not more sleep. Pope uses examples to explain that lack of sleep can cause depression, anxiety, and also affect a student’s relationship with others. Pope introduces James Maas, known to be the guru of the college sleep campaign. Maas showed his own students what lack of sleep can do therefore, influencing his students to take their sleep seriously in order to improve their grades. In conclusion, Pope ties the idea of students accepting it as normal to have lack of sleep since their peers talk about it so much

No teenager enjoys awakening to the sound of a noisy and annoying alarm clock. Rising