Two extra hours of sleep can make a world of difference. Instead of feeling groggy and disoriented like I usually do when I first wake up, today I was full of energy. I was actually excited about coming to school.
Which raises the question, why don't we start school at 10 everyday? Coincidentally, we discussed this yesterday in my psychology class. There are some American high schools that have adjusted their schedules so their day starts later everyday. At first thought this would seem like a great idea, considering how most students consistently come in to school without enough sleep. But if students began waking up later everyday, what's to stop them from staying up even later? The plan to give students more time to sleep could then backfire, causing students to go to bed even later than they do already.
I guess we'll just have to keep getting up at 7 for now, and continue hoping and wishing and praying for those 2 hour delays.
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With artificial lighting we humans have really upset the natural rhythms of our lives. Take the Amish for example, they rise and sleep with the sun. They seem to have a very healthy life style. (BTW, Have you seen very many obese Amish?) IMHO,I think that if we adjusted our lives to match more closely the natural rhythms of the sun we would feel better.
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