Beep beep beep. That’s the sound of the annoyingly loud alarm clock that goes off every morning in the majority of American homes. In today’s day and age our everyday lives are sped up to keep up with the new way things are getting done. Twenty four hours is not enough time any more for one day. Plenty of Americans plan a schedule that comprises of twenty four plus hours in a day. Sleep plays a huge role in how humans function on a daily basis. College students specifically struggle heavily with receiving the right amount of sleep. They just simply are not getting the healthy amount of sleep. While people sleep they regenerate their energy and their body recuperates from the previous days stress on the body. I believe that students at Cal …show more content…
These pods can serve as a place for students to take a nap or a longer rest between classes. Other universities have included sleeping pods on their campuses and the students have been using them. Research shows that sleeping for just twenty minutes is better than taking a nap for say an hour. This is because the stage where people receive the best recuperation is in REM sleep, which is usually achieved about 6 to 8 hours into sleep. Sleeping for only an hour tricks your body into thinking it got more rest than it actually did, for this makes people wake up tired even though they just took a nap. Bottom line is students need sleep and from a personal point of view from just walking around campus, I can see that students are tired even when it is midday. Some students are even sleep deprived for the whole semester, or better yet the whole entire school year. Once sleep deprivation is active it is very hard to get out that hole because sleep is something you cannot get back, time just keeps on …show more content…
It is hard to measure because you can never be sure if suddenly that student is receiving the right amount of sleep. One way we could try to measure the impact of the solution is to have the students of Cal State LA take another survey. This survey can consist of questions regarding whether they feel that the sleeping pod improved their production in a day. This project can serve plenty of the students at Cal State LA and could be true that it can help every student. I say this because some solutions to mental wellness problems in colleges can only help a certain group of individuals. Say for example the issue is for depression and someone made a plan to solve the problem of depression for students. This can be a great cause, but it can only be used to help the students that are suffering from depression. Sleep affects every single human and every human has to sleep. This means that obviously way more than just a small group of individuals are being affected by this problem. This is a solution that can help almost every
It is true that sleep deprivation is a widespread issue, generally resulting from early start times. It is also a serious one; according to a study by Harvard Medical School, sleep deprivation can lead to issues such as obesity, heart disease, difficulty learning, and can genuinely shorten a person’s lifespan. As Robbins explains, teenagers have a different internal sleep clock than other age groups. It is most healthy for students in high school to go to bed around 11 and wake up around 9. Since school often begins as early as 7, students are told they simply need to go to bed early, around 8 or 9 PM. This contention does not take into account the fact that humans are biologically not wired this way, and it's virtually impossible for most teens to fall asleep this early. It also doesn't take into account that with clubs, sports, church, volunteering, other extracurriculars and hours of homework, students often struggle to start their homework before their suggested “bedtime”. It is contended that students can control their own schedules so that they can get more sleep. However, pressure from parents and peers to get into a “good” college can cloud students’ perceptions of what is right for them, making them choose to overwork themselves in order to build impressive resumes. I myself can identify with this phenomenon. During the weekdays alone, I volunteer two nights a
Every college student experiences it: that moment of deep regret when they realize that they took “Thirsty Thursday” a bit to the extreme and Friday comes along and they feel as though it is impossible to wake up for that early morning class. Not to worry though because there is a life-saving nectar invented specifically for this circumstance -- or so most college students think at least -- and this nectar is none other than coffee. This notorious cycle is repeated by most college students most weeks and few actually consider how this cycle is actually affecting not just their current state but also their entire physiology as well. One physiological cycle that is greatly being affected that most students do not even know about is the circadian rhythm. Circadian rhythms are a nearly twenty four hour cycle that controls the physiological, behavioral, and mental qualities. These qualities range from locomotors activity, which means it can affect coordination and muscle strength throughout the day. Also, the release of hormones is circadian driven, for example, melatonin, which when released causes the feeling of sleepiness. Even hunger is controlled by the body’s rhythmic clock. The key to identifying how the average college students’ circadian rhythm is affected is by observing their sleep pattern. As mentioned, circadian rhythms affect the release of melatonin, known as the sleepy hormone because this hormone’s release induces sleep. By having cues that advance or delay the circadian clock then directly corresponds and affects the physiological cycles of the circadian rhythm and thereby affects sleep. Other than drug induced cues, there are numerous other factors that affect the circadian rhythm as well. The primary and most influ...
According to an article in The Atlantic based on a study shown, many students bordered on “pathological sleep”, which is a neurological disorder based on excessive or no sleep.
Anderson, Ph.D., Keith J. “College Students try to Cheat Sleep Needs.” Polytechnic Online. 13 Feb. 2002. 2 Feb. 2004. <http://poly.union.rpi.edu/article_view.php3?view=1218&part=1>.
Though there are many facets to the subject of sleep, our team has decided to focus on the vital role sleep plays in people’s lives, specifically college students, as well as the numerous methods that can be used to make sleep more effective. Research has consistently proven the importance of a regular sleep schedule. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute promotes this idea, and offers several tips for getting enough sleep while leading a busy life.[1] For instance, it helps to keep the same sleep schedule on weeknights and weekdays. Also, avoiding heavy exercise and artificial bright lights within an hour of going to sleep ensures a more restful sleep. This is especially true for devices like computers and cellphones, the light of which interrupts melatonin production, thus disrupting sleep. Avoiding heavy meals, alcoholic beverages, nicotine, and caffeine within a couple hours of sleeping helps prime the body for a more restful sleep, as well. In fact, the effects of caffeine can last
...mportant that people know what can happen to them if they don’t get enough hours of sleep. I choose this topic because I felt that it was both interesting, and entertaining.
Many times people think they can accomplish more if they could eliminate so much sleeping time. However, they are only hurting their productivity if they lose sleep. Two articles deal with the issue of sleep deprivation. The College Student Journal published an article about the grade-point average of college students and sleep length, while U.S. News & World Report produced an article dealing with the lack of
Many college students suffer from sleep deprivation; only a few students would say that they are getting enough rest at night. Sleep deprivation is caused by not receiving the amount of sleep that the human body needs to function properly throughout the day. Sleep deprivation has many causes and effects that most often lead to depression, physical illness, learning problems, and irregular sleep patterns; Elizabeth Austin offers two solutions to help college students cope with sleep deprivation.
Additionally, sneaking in a nap during the day can boost student’s mood by getting rid of sleep-deprived irritability. Many students’ will drink coffee for a midday reboot, however, consuming caffeine in the afternoon can have a negative impact on your nighttime rest. Napping is a natural way to restore students energy, so why not provide student’s with the opportunity to nap for 45 minutes? Taking a nap during the day can be one option to treating sleep deprivation. According to Sara C. Mednick, a sleep expert and author, “You can get incredible benefits from 15 to 20 minutes of napping.”
THERE are two types of people on the planet, those able to sleep on planes and the folks that spend hours staring at the seat in front as they hop across countries.
Sleeping is something that is an essential part of human nature and is a must in order for one to be a functional human being. Sleep is an idea that is accompanied by many wives’ tales, including the ideas that one needs seven to eight hours of sleep each night and alcohol helps one fall asleep and sleep more soundly. One myth about sleep is that during sleeping, one is in a state of nothingness. In truth, however, it has been discovered that during sleep the brain is active, variations in heartbeat and breathing occur, and the eyes and ears are active throughout the time of sleep. These activities during a person’s sleep are important because they help that person be more aware, awake, and alert during consciousness. If all of these important activities occur during sleep, why is it that people are so willing to short themselves of this vital activity? Although much about sleep still remains a mystery, research and experiments continue to show how important sleep is to each and every person. Throughout this paper, I will discuss sleep and the effects that it has on performance and health, especially in college students. A college student’s sleeping pattern is a reliable indicator to their level of performance in the classroom and other school-affiliated activities, as a lack of sleep leads to decreased performance. Sleep is directly related the level of performance and health in an individual; the more rested a person is, the better that person will perform and feel (Dryer, 2006).
Schools should refrain from using foam lunch trays because it contributes to the earth’s ongoing environmental problems. As Lynh Bui from the Washington Post writes, “Los Angeles Unified, the second largest public school district in the nation, switched to compostable paper trays in August. The change got national attention after middle school activists strung up a 30 foot tower of foam trays in a tree to spotlight waste.” (www.washingtonpost.com) Thus proving that the amount of foam trays has lead to buildups of them in the trash which end up just laying there.
If you have never owned an electric blanket, you really don't know what you are missing! If you have a large comfy bed, get yourself a king size electric blanket that will keep you toasty during the cold winter nights. Electric blankets are perfect for cold the weather areas of the country where if you heat your house all night, you can really run up your utility bill. If you have an electric blanket, you don't have to heat the entire house just to keep warm at night. This makes a lot more sense to save money than heating up all the rooms at night. Why would you want to spend a few dollars every day to heat your entire home at night, when it would only cost you pennies every night for the blanket and it will still keep warm all night. When
College is a time of extreme stress due to societal and parental pressures. College students have expectations they have to live up to in order to fulfill and satisfy the needs of both their parents and society. Stress is expressed through a variety of symptoms that can be hazardous to student’s physical and mental health. With such high expectations to do well during college, students may become sleep deprived, which impairs mental capacity, but sleep deprivation is only one of a vast array of symptoms. Stress is present in all aspects of life and there are multiple causes of stress, especially, during the college period which may present itself through many symptoms, but with stress, there are also various coping methods to help students deal with it.
Does your dog sleep in bed with you or is she banned to her own bed or a crate? For years, sleep experts have told us not to sleep with our dogs if we want a good nights sleep. But, a recent study finds that sleeping with dogs may actually help us get a better nights sleep. There are several reasons why sleeping with your dog might be a good idea.