Sleep-Deprived Teens Dozing Off at School

Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:18 AM EST

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Randolph E. Schmid, AP Science Writer

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Eric Atienza

I'm amazed this is still news. I see reports on this all the time, and they hardly ever say anything new. This article actually says less than a couple others I've read. I didn't think that there was such a dearth of news that reporters had to cover the same stories with the same facts over and over again.

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#1 - Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:33 AM EST

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Tony Swartz

In high school I was sleeping 8 hours or so and still falling asleep -- what does that say about me? :D

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#2 - Tue Mar 28, 2006 12:58 AM EST

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Miss Dev

In high school I was taking a full load of classes (9 classes my junior year, 8 all other years), participating in at least two choirs, active in theatre, a leading member of our speech team, and technical director for our school auditorium (and, before you ask, yes, I still wasn't given preferential registration). With homework added to the mix I was getting to bed around 1am every night and waking up at 6:30am every morning. It was awful. My junior year I literally could not keep my eyes open half the time in my Physics class (I had a cool teacher - so it worked out). Pushing start times back to 9am or later and not allowing school events to go past 11pm would make a huge difference.

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#3 - Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:09 AM EST

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gleuch

ironically, the days i got 5 hours of sleep were the days i was not as sleepy. my days usually consisted of waking up around 530-615 and bed around 1200-100. usually those days involved 2.5 hr track/xc practice and 1.5 hr swim practice. on nights days that i didn't have swim, i usually worked on art or design projects.

i also skipped a lot of my classes to goto the art room and work...so i guess i could also say instead of becoming bored, i would go motivate myself in the subjects i did enjoy at the cost of not participating in the other.

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#4 - Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:29 AM EST

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TaeTrent

I am on the same page as you gleuch. I would get around 5-6 a night and would feel fine but the nights I got to bed early and got around 7-9 hours of sleep I couldn't pay attention at all and kept zoning out during my classes.

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#5 - Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:57 AM EST

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Rob Goodlatte

"Sending students to school without enough sleep is like sending them to school without breakfast."

What is this breakfast thing you speak of?

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#6 - Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:22 AM EST

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George I.

Everyone has different sleep needs. Some people need nine, some need six hours of sleep per night.

My problem now is an on and off insomnia. Sometimes I just can't get to sleep. When I was in high school, however, I was definitely out like a light every night... it was awesome.

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#7 - Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:21 PM EST

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