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It is well known that college students do not sleep enough. But what makes students not sleep? Is it the pressure of the student’s parents to do well in school or the feeling of needing to be at every social event or maybe both? This is obviously different for every student, but the majority don’t sleep because they are studying. The students will force themselves to go against their biological sleep clock so they can get another assignment done. “We sleep less because we want to or must work more, study, socialize, or engage in other activities that take precedence over healthy sleep.”(Imaging Sleep and Sleep Disorders) College students prioritize school before sleep, because of the high amounts of homework required for them to do, but sadly this has a horrible effect on the student’s physical health and the health of their grade.
Most college students now-a-days are paying a lot of money to be in school, or maybe I should say the parents of the students are paying a lot, but none the less there is some money going into college; the students have a lot of pressure from their parents to get good grades and make all this money for college go to some use. Another stressor is scholarships, most students with scholarships have to keep their grades up or else they will lose their scholarship. All the students focus on their GPA, is it high, is it low, is it going to get me places? With all of the students worrying about their GPA and how they need to get ready for the next stage in life (whether that be medical school or an engineering internship or, dare I say it, a job) why would they worry about if they are sleeping a healthy amount. Needless to say, all the students want good grades. Typically, in college, one’s grade is based ...

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...port for a good night’s sleep). And as the school year progresses the student may be doing this study routine, of staying up late to get work done, every week. Over time this will become a life-style and the student will suffer health consequences for their lack of sleep (Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep).
Of course there are reasons for students to justify not sleeping for school, such as a paper is due, or they didn’t read a chapter that is on the test the next day. But when it comes down to whether to sleep or do homework, the answer is SLEEP!

Works Cited page
1. Elizabeth J Church JD., Imagining Sleep and Sleep Disorders, July 1, 2012, EBSCO
2. Daniella Green, Providing residences with support for a good night’s sleep, February 1, 2014, EBSCO
3. Office of Communications and Public Liaison, Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep, December 5, 2013, google search

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