THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
Danielle Meola
Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Opinion
How many times have you wanted to throw your alarm clock at the wall adjacent to your bed? If you're still thinking about it, then congratulations, continue to read without falling asleep.
Regardless of location, community college or four year, today's college students are deprived of their sleep. If you attend a community college, the chance of getting to bed before midnight is not likely.
Most students are either up late doing homework, working, or finding free time to spend with their friends; however, it doesn't end there. Half of the time that you aren't sleeping, you're just looking for something to do to because you can't sleep.
Matt Cooper of SCCC has his own alibi as to why he isn't sleeping. "I sit on the computer to do things, and I just don't do them," said Cooper. "I wait until the last minute to do things and I get off task easily."
Community college students aren't the only students who are sleep deprived. Ryan Masterson of Delaware Valley University, in Pennsylvania, has some complaining of his own.
"Living in a dorm has a tremendous impact on my sleep because I'm not a sound sleeper," said Masterson. "I wake up to a lot of things. People yelling, laughing, and screaming at one in the morning tends to keep you up."
The number of hours spent sleeping varies from person to person. Not having enough sleep may affect you more then it does your friend.
"A lack of sleep doesn't have an affect on me," said Cooper. "Working at an amusement park, I developed a pattern of working on my feet for fourteen hours and only being able to sleep for five hours. We got short staffed at the end of the summer so there wasn't much of a choice; either adapt or suffer."
Studies show that the average number of hours that a teen should sleep at night is six to nine hours. It's common knowledge that the more sleep you get, the better you perform during your daily activities.
"A lack of sleep doesn't affect me immediately," said Masterson. "I can go a few days and be fine with a lack of sleep, but it eventually does catch up to me. I'll become a little sluggish at soccer practice and I won't be able to focus too well."
It's obvious that teens aren't getting enough sleep and though some have school work to be completed, others want to sleep but just can't.
"I'm uncomfortable because the beds in my dorm room aren't the most comfortable thing to sleep on," said Masterson with a laugh. "Also, it's just thinking about too many things, many being personal."
Sleep deprivation is affecting more college students today then it has in the past. There are a number of reasons to why we are lacking sleep, a different reason for each individual.
For further information on sleep deprivation visit http://http://www.sleep-deprivation.com/
Regardless of location, community college or four year, today's college students are deprived of their sleep. If you attend a community college, the chance of getting to bed before midnight is not likely.
Most students are either up late doing homework, working, or finding free time to spend with their friends; however, it doesn't end there. Half of the time that you aren't sleeping, you're just looking for something to do to because you can't sleep.
Matt Cooper of SCCC has his own alibi as to why he isn't sleeping. "I sit on the computer to do things, and I just don't do them," said Cooper. "I wait until the last minute to do things and I get off task easily."
Community college students aren't the only students who are sleep deprived. Ryan Masterson of Delaware Valley University, in Pennsylvania, has some complaining of his own.
"Living in a dorm has a tremendous impact on my sleep because I'm not a sound sleeper," said Masterson. "I wake up to a lot of things. People yelling, laughing, and screaming at one in the morning tends to keep you up."
The number of hours spent sleeping varies from person to person. Not having enough sleep may affect you more then it does your friend.
"A lack of sleep doesn't have an affect on me," said Cooper. "Working at an amusement park, I developed a pattern of working on my feet for fourteen hours and only being able to sleep for five hours. We got short staffed at the end of the summer so there wasn't much of a choice; either adapt or suffer."
Studies show that the average number of hours that a teen should sleep at night is six to nine hours. It's common knowledge that the more sleep you get, the better you perform during your daily activities.
"A lack of sleep doesn't affect me immediately," said Masterson. "I can go a few days and be fine with a lack of sleep, but it eventually does catch up to me. I'll become a little sluggish at soccer practice and I won't be able to focus too well."
It's obvious that teens aren't getting enough sleep and though some have school work to be completed, others want to sleep but just can't.
"I'm uncomfortable because the beds in my dorm room aren't the most comfortable thing to sleep on," said Masterson with a laugh. "Also, it's just thinking about too many things, many being personal."
Sleep deprivation is affecting more college students today then it has in the past. There are a number of reasons to why we are lacking sleep, a different reason for each individual.
For further information on sleep deprivation visit http://http://www.sleep-deprivation.com/
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Joshua Baker
posted 4/23/07 @ 8:07 PM EST
This article, written by Danielle Meola, i found to be quite excellent. it shows how the average young adults life is far differnet now then it was twenty years ago. (Continued…)
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