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Subject: Re: Sleep patterns in adolescents

Author:
Carolyn Brown

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Date Posted: 17:44:30 01/27/08 Sun
In reply to: Peter V. 's message, "Sleep patterns in adolescents" on 16:47:06 01/27/08 Sun

>I found it interesting to read that a few studies have
>suggested that high-school aged students have trouble
>functioning and being ready for school at 7:25am.
>They said that one school saw some improvement when
>they moved to a later start time. One example is by
>no means a comprehensive study, but I do notice that
>getting students to school on time and getting them to
>work well in the first period class can be difficult.
>
>Often I blame this on "bad decisions" on their
>part--staying up too late, not catching up on sleep
>during weekends etc. But, perhaps blame is not the
>best way to handle it--especially since it seems that
>many in their mid-to-late teens have trouble being
>"morning people".
>
>I have a question and a thought: first, what can I do
>to help students engage and learn in those
>early-morning hours? Second, I wonder if morning
>grogginess will decrease in the coming weeks as the
>sun rises earlier? I'mm always curious about this...
>especially because I don't remember having as much
>trouble with arrival-to-school tardiness at the
>beginning of the year.

Some students will be affected by sunlight and improve later in the Spring. However, teens are groggy because they need more sleeptime than adults need, and the ideal sleep time is when they are getting up to catch school busses. Their cells are replenishing and they grow during their sleep, or so I am told. Imagine how fast your foot grew when you were a teen and you had to buy new shoes to fit size 6, 10, 13 or whatever shoe. Students are worn out from growing at night. Optimal learning time will always be a problem with teens. Classes after lunch and tutorial sessions near the 3:00-4:00 P.M. hour are wretched for keeping student attention, two other examples of groggy time slots.

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Re: Sleep patterns in adolescents	Carmen Davis	18:47:28 02/06/08 Wed