<p>Is this true at Boarding Schools?:</p>
<p>Grades, Sleep, Social life ...... choose 2 ...</p>
<p>I heard this somewhere before and it seems to make sense but just asking if it is true at all??</p>
<p>Hmmm, good question. It probably depends on the school...</p>
<p>If that's true, than I would definitely pick grades and social life! I don't really NEED my sleep...</p>
<p>I agree, I'm much happier when i don't sleep too much. I am a slight insomniac...</p>
<p>I take pills for insomnia, although it isn't reccomended for kids as it can lead to depression and/or other serious complications. Hahahaha I slept for 3 hours last night and was able to go through a full dress rehearsal today. lol</p>
<p>They leave a horrible taste in your mouth though. It goes to show you that even with little sleep you can still be good. Well, maybe once a week. I would choose grades and social life!</p>
<p>I would choose grades and social life then have grades and sleep another week.</p>
<p>You guys are crazy.
If I don't get my sleep, I'm a wreck.
How can you get good grades and have a social life if you can barely stay awake?!
I guess there's always Red Bull (although personally I prefer Rock Star)!</p>
<p>MONSTER all the way! That suff makes you feel awesome, hahahaha!</p>
<p>coffee works too! and i'd definitely pick school and social life. i'll catch up on sleep during breaks!</p>
<p>If you give up sleep, your body is unable to rejuvinate and soon you'll wind up sick! Then, there goes your social life and possibly grades. All of you teens need at LEAST NINE HOURS of sleep!</p>
<p>Your body and brain will suffer if you are sleep-deprived.</p>
<p>Be sure you are immunized against Hepatitis B (I think that's the one), and get a flu shot each year. And, don't forget to get the shot for meningitis. </p>
<p>Basically, you need to be sure you have all the shots usually required by students going off to college.</p>
<p>baseballmom, that was refreshing to see. There are about 2 people who said they can't function that well without sleep here. Well, I can't. People in our school normally sleep at around 2 and wake up at 6 to get to school by 8 (some people ride buses that take unbelievably pointless long routes to pick other people up or take the car which gets blocked in traffic a lot more than buses) and I can't say I'm an exception to that.
Most of us are pretty awake by the time the clock strikes 9 but classes remind us how sleepy and tired we are and once I get home, I can take naps that last 6 hours even when pushed and yelled at to wake up (this happens rarely, lately I don't nap because it's "bad for me" and i should "finish my work and then SLEEP not nap") In fact, this Friday I took a 6 hour nap, stayed up till 4 finishing some work and slept around 8 hours again. </p>
<p>And like baseballmom said, unless you have the supergenes that almost everybody here seems to have, no sleep will make you shorter and you're more likely to fall asleep in class in which there's a video playing that the teacher's going to test you on later (happened to me, I had to search the internet to study)</p>
<p>but I'd actually rather choose grades and social life :)</p>
<p>All of you should do an internet search on teenagers and sleep. You'll be shocked at what you find. Most teens are sleep-deprived. Parents think they are lazy because some kids like to sleep till noon, but if your body had enough sleep, you would wake up! Lots of teens are wide awake at or after midnight, but have to be up at 6:00. </p>
<p>I have always encouraged my kids to sleep and would never wake them on a weekend morning. For what it's worth, most adults don't get enough sleep either! I do simply because I can't function if I don't get at least 7 hours. (old people like me need less than you!)</p>
<p>In all honesty I find this statement completely true.</p>
<p>I'm sort of going through kids in my head, and it seems everybody chooses two out of the three.</p>
<p>Most either get good grades get a lot of sleep and have no real social life</p>
<p>or get good grades have a social life and get no sleep</p>
<p>its really your choice</p>
<p>maybe you are just extremely skilled and you can do all 3</p>
<p>What school do you go to...do you know this just about yours or about others also...or are you just inferring???</p>
<p>SPS </p>
<p>I mean if you want to take the time and get extremely good grades, its hard to find the time to get out a lot. I personally have tried to find a balance, somewhere in the middle.</p>
<p>For example</p>
<p>Classes end at 2:30, sports start at three. Sports can be from 3-5 then between 5:30 and 7 you have to eat dinner. If your in band or choir or a club of some kind that can take up your time between 7 and 9:30 which is check in. Now granted these clubs will not take 2 and a half hours, but then can easily take a solid hour to an hour and a half. If you play an instrument then after your club you should probably practice, or if you take an art you have to find time to get to the art building. </p>
<p>Now if you really want to socialize you can socialize in your dorm between 9:30 and whenever you want to start your hw. The longer you socialize the less sleep you get.</p>
<p>My son tells me its all in the trick of time management. He gets excellent grades and I know he has fun. Whenever we bring him home, he falls asleep the moment he gets in the car and sleeps a lot at home.
I hear the "two out of three" idiom in relation to D1 athletics: Academics, athletics, or social life....choose 2. My daughter is a D1 athlete and she says all she does is school work and training. And not much sleep.</p>
<p>Looking back on this post, i think i may have exaggerated a bit. I feel there is more socializing time then I have added to the post above.</p>
<p>I couldn't agree more. </p>
<p>Time management is the key to everything in boarding school life.</p>