By: Kevin Nguyen
A student in any grade should have at least 9 hours of sleep but instead, most students have around 4-7. Going through the day while barely being able to stay awake and being expected to be obedient, listen, do assignments, just to go home and continue to work instead of getting the rest you need to function on a day to day basis.
Sleep deprivation can affect physical and mental behavior, according to the article: Teens and Sleep: The Cost of Sleep Deprivation, from Child Mind Institute, sleep deprivation can affect your judgement, your critical thinking skills, and making it harder to focus.
“I would say, there would be at least 2-5 students falling asleep, throughout the day, in my class,” says David Calbreath, a teacher at Yerba Buena High School. “This [sleep deprivation] definitely affects the classroom, giving students a harder time to focus, not taking in new content, and putting less effort into learning the content.”
Krista Tombe, a student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, is struggling to get enough hours of sleep a day. Instead of the recommended 9 hours, she is only sleeping for 3-4 hours a night and does not feel that she is getting enough sleep.
“I’m working a full time shift, going to school, and would get home around 10 pm every night. I would have 5 classes a day, each would need at least 2 hours of studying, on top of my job I had little to no free time.”
Lack of sleep can also affect control of your mood, making it harder to control emotions, and impulses.
“When tired, I feel more detached from my friends and family. I can’t keep focused on conversations or interactions, and I’m not as happy as I usually would be,” says Shannon Kayley, a senior at Half Hollow Hills East High School.
Aside from affecting your mood, sleep deprivation could also increase your odds of getting injured. An article from Live Science on driving while sleep deprived states that driving on less than 6 hours of sleep increases your odds of crashing by 20%.
“I’ve almost gotten into car accidents because of the fact that I was driving with no sleep,” said Shannon.
Sleeping late every night can increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Overall, sleep deprivation affects your day to day life, whether it be mentally, or physically.
A student in any grade should have at least 9 hours of sleep but instead, most students have around 4-7. Going through the day while barely being able to stay awake and being expected to be obedient, listen, do assignments, just to go home and continue to work instead of getting the rest you need to function on a day to day basis.
Sleep deprivation can affect physical and mental behavior, according to the article: Teens and Sleep: The Cost of Sleep Deprivation, from Child Mind Institute, sleep deprivation can affect your judgement, your critical thinking skills, and making it harder to focus.
“I would say, there would be at least 2-5 students falling asleep, throughout the day, in my class,” says David Calbreath, a teacher at Yerba Buena High School. “This [sleep deprivation] definitely affects the classroom, giving students a harder time to focus, not taking in new content, and putting less effort into learning the content.”
Krista Tombe, a student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, is struggling to get enough hours of sleep a day. Instead of the recommended 9 hours, she is only sleeping for 3-4 hours a night and does not feel that she is getting enough sleep.
“I’m working a full time shift, going to school, and would get home around 10 pm every night. I would have 5 classes a day, each would need at least 2 hours of studying, on top of my job I had little to no free time.”
Lack of sleep can also affect control of your mood, making it harder to control emotions, and impulses.
“When tired, I feel more detached from my friends and family. I can’t keep focused on conversations or interactions, and I’m not as happy as I usually would be,” says Shannon Kayley, a senior at Half Hollow Hills East High School.
Aside from affecting your mood, sleep deprivation could also increase your odds of getting injured. An article from Live Science on driving while sleep deprived states that driving on less than 6 hours of sleep increases your odds of crashing by 20%.
“I’ve almost gotten into car accidents because of the fact that I was driving with no sleep,” said Shannon.
Sleeping late every night can increase the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Overall, sleep deprivation affects your day to day life, whether it be mentally, or physically.