<p>Does anybody else find it hypocritical how teachers tell you that you need to get 8 hours of sleep when that really isn't possible with the workloads we have as high achieving students?</p>
<p>It is literally impossible for me to get more than 7 hours; I sleep at 10:30 and wake up at 6:30. The school day is 7:30 to 2:30, and I have tennis till 5. </p>
<p>I really don't understand how some people get in the recommended 8 hours.</p>
<p>Maybe if you stopped coming to CC... ;)</p>
<p>The only reason I don't get enough sleep is because I slack off and get distracted by other important things when I should be working.</p>
<p>I second me.duh; with good time management skills I'd probably get 8 hours nightly. Since I prefer to squander my time on the Internet, however, I get closer to 6 or 7 hours, which isn't too bad.</p>
<p>the problem with me is that although i probably finish my work by 9, my body can't fall asleep until after 11, regardless of when i go to bed. this is consistent with the sleep patterns of most adolescents, whose minds are most active until after midnight.</p>
<p>this is in direct conflict wit hthe fact that i have to get up at 6:30 every morning. sigh.</p>
<p>I get enough sleep!</p>
<p>But I'm a real slacker when it comes to work. I guess if I fully dedicated myself to school I would probably sleep a few hours later. </p>
<p>My schedule:</p>
<p>School: 7:30 - 3:00
Sports: 3:00 - 5:30/6:00
HW: 7:00 - 10:00</p>
<p>I pretty much die at ten. If I don't get eight hours of sleep I'll be tired the entire day tomorrow. Wow, I must not have that much homework.</p>
<p>Though I do stay up late maybe once a week...</p>
<p>Wait. 10:30 - 6:30?</p>
<p>That's eight hours...</p>
<p>well, "sleep." i don't fall asleep till 12 or 1. i basically end up sitting in my bed waiting for sleep to take me.</p>
<p>Oh, that's kind of weird... You spend 1 and a half to two and a half hours just lying there?</p>
<p>Maybe your sleep schedules wacked. Try sleeping earlier and see if it's easier to fall asleep. Or maybe you have insomnia?</p>
<p>Well back in high school I was used to only getting around five hours of sleep, but these days I'll go to bed at around two or three and wake up at 9 or 11 depending on what day it is.</p>
<p>i might have slight insomnia. i tried sleeping pills before but i didnt work. the only things that have ever worked are nyquil pills. funny, i only sleep well when im sick.</p>
<p>i get less than 4 hours sometimes...</p>
<p>I touch the bed and I fall asleep. :D</p>
<p>I barely get 5 hours of sleep every night, but I make up for it all on the weekends.</p>
<p>I get at least ten hours of sleep a night.</p>
<p>But I'm in a quasi-homeschooling program, so it's extremely doable.</p>
<p>um 10:30 to 6:30 is plenty of sleep.</p>
<p>In fact, somewhere around here is floating a link that states that 6 hours of sleep is optimal.</p>
<p>"It is literally impossible for me to get more than 7 hours; I sleep at 10:30 and wake up at 6:30. The school day is 7:30 to 2:30, and I have tennis till 5. "</p>
<p>Not to burst your bubble... but 10:30 to 6:30 is 8 hours. :D</p>
<p>My schedule follow as this: </p>
<p>11:30 p.m. or 12:00 a.m. - Sleeping times
7:30 a.m. - Wake up for school
8:40 a.m. - 2:50 p.m. - School starts and ends
3-4 times a week after school I have to stay until 4:00 p.m. (for clubs and stuff) and on Thurs. I have to stay after school until 5 p.m. for school play rehearsals. And all my other EC's are on Sat-Sun and meeting at lunch time. </p>
<p>As you can see my schedule allows me to get homework done, get 7-8 hours of sleep a night and have a life. I have homework everyday and when the units get longer and harder I am up until 1-2 a.m. leaving me to receive limited hours of sleep.</p>
<p>I'm sleeping 7-9 hours right now: 19:00-4:00 at the most or 20:00-3:00 at least.</p>
<p>I wish I got enough sleep. My schedule's still pending, but I know on Thursdays that I won't get home until 6:15 from mock trial practice, and then I have work. A lot of work.</p>
<p>The school system should change in middle and high school to accomodate adolescent sleep patterns, at least to a point. Teenagers should not have to wake up at 6:00. They just don't work as well under these conditions--it's been scientifically proven in many studies.</p>