Being able to sleep is tough sometimes, especially with all of the homework teachers give; thoughts about life keeping you up, and your brain just not letting you sleep. This could really affect students’ learning process.

Some students fall asleep at three in the morning and others fall asleep at eleven at night. Many get 3-7 hours of sleep every day, waking up around 6:30 or 7:30 am. 

Thunder Ridge Freshman Rose Suxo goes to bed around 3 or 4 in the morning and wakes up about 7-7:30. She does her homework before bed, and if she can’t sleep she will play on her phone. She has yet to fall asleep in school but says she has been really close. Suxo doesn’t take naps during the day because her mom won’t let her. 

Thunder Ridge Freshman Kate Clayton goes to sleep around 11 and wakes up at 6:30 for cheer practice. Before going to sleep, she eats, and if Clayton can’t fall asleep, she watches the Sandlot. When she’s not able to sleep, her thoughts are usually keeping her awake. Clayton says she doesn’t take naps during the day and has not fallen asleep in school yet.

Many of the students at Thunder Ridge don’t think that school should start later in order to sleep longer. They worry about after-school practices and activities because those would be pushed back even later in the evening. They feel the biggest cause of the late nights is the many assignments they have to work on after school has ended. 

Sleeping is very important, especially to a student’s health and grades. You really need to try and get at least 8 hours of sleep a night and find ways to keep up on your schoolwork.