Sleeping Habits In America

These expectations are set in hopes that they will help students get into prestigious colleges. An NPR report featured teenagers Tom Poulis and Chelsea Halprin, who shared their thoughts on stress related to high school schedules. Poulis says, “the stress level is very high” due to taking four AP classes, standardized tests, and participating in various after school activities to enhance his college applications. Halprin hoped to attend an Ivy League school. Her schedule included time for homework, class president duties, team sports, mentoring young students, and helping at her synagogue. Despite her impressive schedule, Halprin worried that it would not be enough to meet her goals. The idea that students must overwork themselves and excel in every area has become an emotional and mental burden on teenagers, rather than be a guide to a successful

School-related stress has its roots in many different places. On a national scale, surveys and research have in fact confirmed that “school-related pressures were the primary source of stress for the majority of younger and older children” (qtd. in Blazer 2). Not long ago, kindergartens were places for children to play and learn basics, like the alphabet, but now all of it has changed to teaching kids about test taking, doing reading/writing exercises, and even homework (Blazer 4). In an article titled, “Success with Less Stress,” Jerusha Conner, an Assistant Professor of Education at Villanova University, and his partners conducted a study to find what students say about the causes of school stress. The research revealed that standardized tests, large assignments, and college admissions were very frequent answers. Exceeding competition has also caused stress among students because they feel the need to build the best résumé, and this leads to over-scheduled days (Redding). The modernization of the Collin’s theory states that, “the ‘overscheduling hypothesis’ embodies a more recent belief that it is the volume of activities that provides a boost in the application process and that students need

Sleep deprivation has become a wide spread issue in the United States. This spans from kids as young as 10 as far up as adults in their 40s and 50s. This causes these people to either be not at the top of their game, which can hinder their performance, and it can also make them start to get addicted to caffeinated beverages such as coffee and energy drinks. This issue could be solved with one thing, napping.

Stress is something that many teenagers struggle with in the United States on a periodic basis. 59% of teenagers state that managing time is an enormous cause of stress, due to the fact that many are involved in life outside of school. (Jayson2014) Some things that teenager’s become stressed over are major exams, maintaining a social life, and extracurricular activities. Teenagers in the 21st century are put under a lot of pressure throughout the course of their daily activities, which pushes them towards destructive behaviors and careless decisions.

Work is a necessary evil for most Americans. Money is needed to purchase basic necessities and having a paying job is the way that most people acquire it. Work indirectly provides food, water, housing, health coverage, material luxuries and much more, but the one thing it is infamous for taking is sleep. Countless Americans are working at all hours of the day to meet the their job requirements, and as a result they have less time to spend catching a little shut-eye. Recently, however, may workplaces are starting to provide times and places for their employees to nap in order to combat this sleep deprivation—as they should. Workplaces should set policies that allow for employees to sleep for a short period of time because of their moral obligations

According to WebMD about 43% of Americans do not receive the adequate amount of sleep per night, therefore making them sleep deprived. Sleep deprivation is more of a prevalent problem than people are aware of. Sleep is an essential part of everyday life and the lack of sleep has the ability to be detrimental. Many do not value their time of rest as they should, which puts their health at risk. When one is not fully uneducated on a specific topic it causes a lack of attentiveness. This paper will inform so that the necessary precautions can be taken to prevent any fatalities. This will cover not only what sleep deprivation is by definition; but also what causes it, the effects, and how to avoid it, and what actions to take when sleep deprivation reaches severity.

Thanks to numerous studies, surveys and countless hours of research, we know that America overall could use more sleep. Thankfully, Daylight Savings has come to an end we all can make good on collect 2 extra hours of snooze.

High school is a teenager’s best years of socialization. However, they are also some of the most stressful. The work piled on by teachers can be overwhelming for anyone, even a straight-A student. Unfortunately, a large quantity of homework is not the only thing wrong with the system in American society today. High school students face many struggles and difficulties while engaged in their education.

The excess of homework given reduces teenagers’ opportunities to engage in other activities. First, the students who participate in extra-curriculars such as sports and the play struggle to balance the extra-curricular with their workload. Many students arrive home late, tired from their game/practice, only to stay up past midnight finishing their work. Student athletes especially

Adults do experience high levels of stress, that is undeniable. They have to go to work every day, which can be a stressful environment, then they come home and face a whole new plethora of stress inducing aspects. The work

Stress is a problem for today’s teenagers. There are many reasons for stress, including bullying, homework, and family problems. There are also many things that can happen because of stress, like suicide,depression, insomnia, and anxiety. This is how stress happens and what can happen from it.

There are so many things that teenagers go through including stress. Sometimes parents think that the life of their child is fine because how they act at home but, they really don’t know what they go trough all day everyday. The three causes that I am going to focus on in this essay is homework, fitting in, and extra curricular activities. When I tell you about these you can see how they can affect someone's life so much.

Many people in high school, mostly teens, experience dozens of pressure in their life. To be specific, Schoolwork. Most teens want to excel in school, but want to have a social life or play some kind of sport. One thing that teens don’t understand is that once you’re out of high school, you have college, and then maybe graduate school. Our education will not be over just in High School. You have to work hard and these four years of your life, will impact everything that you do. If you mess up even once, it may ruin everything. This article is named, “Teens Biggest Stress? School.” It has been featured on MSNBC.com. It is written by, “The Associated Press”. It explains how 13-17 years old have the most stress in their high school life.

“Fully 72% of all teens play video games on a computer, game console or portable device like a cellphone, and 81% of teens have or have access to a game console.“ (Lenhart 1) When most people read this, they might assume it is a bad statistic and something that needs to be lowered, however it actually has many positive attributes that usually go unreported. The positive effects of video games outweigh the negatives in the bigger picture. Video games help to develop the social skills that people think teens lose nowadays. Teenagers who do play video games do better in school than those who do not. They are the most beneficial form of entertainment there is. Not all digital media should be seen as a group of items that go hand in hand. Digital media consists of useful tools that can be, with proper facilitation, used to young

Gamers or game addicts are known to many people as an excessive, unhealthy amount of time playing digital games, whether on the phone or on the computer. This is one of the deadliest problems most teenagers possess and could possibly lead to deadlier future problems. Most gamers choose to ignore