On Some School Nights, I Have A Rough Time Trying To Fall

Students,especially students who drive to and from school are also at risk of more car crashes because of sleep deprivation. Additionally getting good sleep is important to maintaining good health,staying awake and alert, and working at peak performance. Although students can simply sleep earlier, many need that time to study and complete homework, with a later start time students can get their homework down and get a sufficient amount of sleep.”According to this research, the ideal amount of sleep for the average teenager falls between 8.5 and 9.5 hours a night, and teenagers who receive adequate sleep benefit from better physical and mental health, safety, and academic performance. It also revealed that puberty causes a “phase delay” in teenagers, which shifts the time that teenagers fall asleep back by two

Students need a good amount of sleep to be able to focus and get through the school day. Students ability to function during school is impacted by the quantity, regularity, and quality if their sleep (Wolfson 1). The quality of sleep is not only important for the students but it is also important for the teachers. The quality of sleep affects the way students and teachers act throughout the day. Daytime sleepiness and poor sleep quality on school days in students and teachers may comprise school and work performance (De Souza 5). Since students and teachers stay up so late at night, they tend to be very tired during the day. It is important to get sleep but it is more important to get a good sleep. There is not really a point in sleeping or trying to get sleep when it is not a good sleep because no matter what students will be tired during the day. While the quality of sleep is important, so is the amount of sleep a student or teacher is getting on school nights.

Young people who do not get enough sleep can become depressed, carry risks for drowsy driving, and lower performance level (Backgrounder: Later School Start Times). There are many teenagers who are depressed all over the country. Pushing back the time school starts can lower the depression rate among teenagers. Also, not getting enough sleep can increase the urge to drink alcohol and use of caffeine and nicotine (Backgrounder: Later School Start Times). Teens drinking alcohol can lead to many dangerous outcomes such as, death or being hospitalized. Parents should not have to deal with the risk behaviors of their kids caused by the insufficient amount of sleep from school hours. Drowsy driving has caused more than 100,000 car crashes per a year. This creates a hazardous environment to the surrounding community. It could possibly lead to the death other of others or destruction of the vehicle. Many teenagers have to drive to work or activities regardless of if they are tired or not (Backgrounder: Later School Start times). Therefore, to reduce depression and the risk behaviors of teenagers, school should start

One especially significant safety risk faced by sleep-deprived teens? Drowsy driving”(Dr. Michelle Bruins).Studies show that teens have more risk of anxiety, obesity, depression, and

Falling asleep on the wheel is a big deal but students sometimes can not focus during class or have a hard time concentrating. “ Later times means less missed school” (Los Angeles times, by Lisa L. Lewis) “ But sleepy teens aren’t just a problem in school” (Los Angeles times, by Lisa Lewis) Students can face a slew of problems from waking up early and going to school when they are tired. As you can see from this evidence students can face a slew of problems from waking up early.

However there was a positive correlation with success and sleep (Suskind). Homework can get in the way of activities that lead to better success. If the homework load is lessened, kids can have more time to sleep, which is very important to a child’s and teenager's development. Many health issues occur when students do not get enough sleep. The Medical Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School published a research article that states a lack of sleep aids in the development of diseases such as obesity, heart disease, and diabetes.(Sleep and Disease Risk)The article shows that students need sleep, and with the balancing of school, activities, and home it cuts into time for sleep. With the sleep deprivation and a large workload students are very prone to health issues and stress.

1. With students getting more sleep, the chances of these students getting in car crashes in the morning reduces significantly because they are more awake.

Car accidents in the district went from twenty-three down to seven in a single year. The recommended amount of sleep is eight hours and only one out of every ten high school students are receiving the recommended

Specific Purpose: Sleep and college students usually don’t tend to get along very well. Sleep and college life often bump heads due to stress, coursework and social activities. This speech will give the students useful information about dangers of not getting enough sleep and also hints on how to get a better nights sleep.

Almost every day high school students are waking up around six o’clock in the morning to get ready for school, some even earlier than that. Nearly every morning students are waking up without adequate sleep. If sleep is one of the most essential needs of the body in order to grow and develop, shouldn’t we be more aware of how much it affects students everyday performance? The ways in which students are affected by sleep-deprivation is precisely why school needs to start later.

To our knowledge, this is the first study to have found a relationship between poor sleep quality and lower academic performance using a large sample size and, importantly, for nondepressed students alone (controlling for depression). The significant negative correlation between GSQ score and GPA supports our initial hypothesis that poor sleep quality is associated with lower academic performance for nondepressed students. This hypothesis is also supported by the finding that in our subject population nondepressed students with clinically poor sleep quality had significantly lower GPAs than

Starting the school day later can benefit the health and safety of many students. Eighty-five percent of teens do not receive the full amount of sleep that their body needs to function properly, resulting in numerous physical and mental health problems. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) states that the lack of needed sleep can result in depression, anxiety, stress, and even obesity. When teenagers wake up too early, their brains are just as asleep as their bodies. Research by the CDC and pediatricians suggests that starting school later will decrease the amount of teen car crashes since teens will be more aware with more sleep (Richmond). An abundance of teens rely on the use of caffeine or drugs to help them wake up which can be extremely

Research indicates that America’s sleep problems have increased and might be the number one health problem. The average amount of sleep that people get per night can range anywhere from three to twelve hours. According to Dr. David Dinges at the University of Pennsylvania, it is a fact that people who get fewer than six hours of sleep a night do not live as long as people who get seven hours or more. Most people do not realize the importance of sleep or even realize that it is needed to survive. Many people experience sleep deprivation; however it is commonly seen in college students. Irregular sleeping patterns tend to occur in students, which can later lead to long-term effects.

It is estimated that only 15 percent actually get these amounts (Kids Suffer from Sleep Deprivation). This is particularly important for students who wish to do well in school. Dr. Carl Hunt, the director of the National Center on Sleep Disorders Research, is spearheading a sleep campaign. Her philosophy is, “Sleep well, do well.” This is something that shouldn’t be taken to lightly. Sleep problems effect about 70 million Americans of all ages. Teens often have problems with daytime sleepiness. The old idea of early to bed, early to rise isn’t necessarily the best answer. Society is simply asking to much of teens (Sleep experts to teens). A combination of school, work, study and leisure, leaves very little time left for sleep. Being deprived of sleep definitely has an effect on how well students do in school and may be putting their health at risk. College students who stay up all night to study for a test or write a big paper that’s due often have no choice because of the pressures to do well and succeed, but at what price do they pay?

A study proving there is a correlation between teenage car accidents and early school starting times was conducted during the 2009-2010 school year by the National Healthy Sleep Awareness Project (Celmer). In this study, the school starting times of two side-by-side counties in Virginia, Chesterfield County and Henrico County, were compared. In Chesterfield