Thursday, May 30, 2019

The Dangers of Teen Sleep Deprivation: Benefits of Adopting Later Star

Bueller?Bueller? The monotone history teacher appearing in the popular 1980s buck Ferris Buellers Day Off, proceeds to take role-call in his morning history class a positively lethargic group of students, ridiculousally struggling to run awake. As the teacher monotonously pronounces each name on the attendance list, one student gives a deadpan stare, mouth slightly agape and look drooping, while another student cant beat the fatigue and sleeps with his head on his desk as a trickle of drool escapes his mouth. While this comic scene takes place on a Hollywood set, it is not far removed from many classroom situations across the country as Aarthi Belani, a heights school student from Minnesota, notes about the 720 a.m. chemistry class she took her junior year. It was an ungodly hour to be studying chemistry, she recalls with a shiver In the first period, 75 percent of the kids would have their heads down on their desk at one time or another (Bettelheim 4). Students in naught y schools from Maine to California escort it equally grueling to stay awake during their morning classes since more and more schools choose to open their doors at the crack of dawn, many around 730 a.m. and some as early as 705 a.m. Dr. James B. Maas, a sleep expert and psychology professor at Cornell University, found that on average, 20 percent of high school students are so fatigued that they sleep at some point during the school day each week (Crombie 2). Thats a lot of beat kids in this country, a fact which has countless sleep experts, lawmakers, parents and teachers alarmed by the groggy state of Americas youth. naughty schools in this country simply start too early. Teenagers are being forced to ignore their bodies natural sleep/wake patterns in... ...000928.htmlKunzelman, Michael. Drive under behavior to start school later for students. The Daily News Transcript. 21 Oct. 2013. 13 Nov. 2013.http//www.dailynewstranscript.comMoore, Ann. Sleep Deprivation Common Among Teens . talk about sleep. 12 Oct. 2013. 12 Nov. 2013.http//www.talkaboutsleep.com/sleepdisorders/childrensdisorders_teens-sleep-deprivationRuechel, Al. early Start Time Stinks. Glenn Beck.com 30 May 2013. 13 Nov. 2013. http//www.glennbeck.com/al/05-03-02-al.shtmlSleep experts to teens Please, get your zzzs. CNN.com 29 Sep. 2000. 13 Nov. 2013. http//www.cnn.com/2013/HEALTH/children/09/28/sleepy.teens.01/Study Many high school students dont get enough sleep performance suffers. Health & Medicine Week 19 May 2013 58. Academic Universe Document. Lexis-Nexis. 13 Nov. 2013http//web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/document

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