<p>I'm not a lazybum, but after school I usually feel really tired and sleepy. Problem is that with a mountain of homework I can't afford to nap. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>i had the same problem when i was in high school. always tired and sleepy when i got back from school. sometimes i would have alot of homework too, but i would take a nap anyways because i couldnt help it. i would just do the homework after i woke up. then i would find myself half-assing it because it was getting too late and i was just like "hell nah". </p>
<p>my suggestion would be take a nap, then do ur homework when u wake up and if u cant get it all done by 1am then finish in the morning.</p>
<p>i have no time to sleep..barely enough time at night time esp this year with my schedule (i dont get home from school till 10 every night.)
what i normally do and will do is go to wawa a lot. they have this coffee called mocha alert that's like an energy drink but tastes amazing. if you drink it in about a half hour you suddenly wake up for about 6-7 hours. its cheap as hell too.</p>
<p>my problem is if i go to take a nap, i wont be tired later, and ill stay awake until 3 am.</p>
<p>I take a nap from like 5:00-7:30 and then stay up doing my HW until 2:30-3:30am and then wake up at 7:00am.</p>
<p>go fot the nap...ull be surprised how much even a 20 minute nap replemishes u</p>
<p>after i take a nap of any length im usually groggy for the rest of teh day. it sucks. i can't remember the last time i took one.</p>
<p>God, I forgot how tired I get when school comes around. It's not so much that I go to sleep too late than it is I have to wake up way too early. It sucks, and it just builds up as the year goes on...</p>
<p>I guess everyone is different. I wouldn't recommend napping because if I do that I just won't wake up and I'll end up not doing anything I had planned to do that night.</p>
<p>When I'm not doing a sport during the wintertime, I usually take a nap after school. I always do my homework past 8 unless I have a lot. And what I do since I'm an early riser is set aside one assignment to do in the morning. During sports seasons though I'm completely exausted when I get home ~5:30 and usually do my homework earlier and fall asleep between 9 and 10.</p>
<p>i live like a half hour from my school so when I get a ride I just sleep in the car. I go to sleep at 11 and wake up at 5. Also I just sleep in really late on the weekends</p>
<p>I hate sleepiness. I have workout sessions in the morning then school then basktball practice then evening sessions. Then homework when I get home. There aren't enough hours in the day</p>
<p>or...school just takes too many of those hours. =D.</p>
<p>I think I know why this happens. Its what you eat for lunch. If you eat peanut butter, turkey, or lots of carbs, you will feel sleepy by the time school is done. I'd recommend not eating lunch until when you get home. Its works for me and I have a poopload of energy during the day.</p>
<p>Sleepiness is better than insomnia.</p>
<p>KissMeKate and other students:</p>
<p>Forget about the naps - that's like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. And don't try the Nicole Richie lunch. That famished, skeletal look is NOT sexy, and messing up your metabolism can't be healthy.</p>
<p>Try going to bed earlier at night. Get at least 7 hours of sleep each night. Yes, that means going to bed by 11:30 if you have to get up at 6:30. If you have to drop some extracurricular activities, so be it. If you have to cut back on the studying, do it. If that means you have to cut back on a few of the most time-consuming AP classes, then do that.</p>
<p>Trust me, the sky won't fall.</p>
<p>Trust me, learning to cut corners is EXTREMELY important in college. There's just not enough time to do everything perfectly unless you're willing to take 10 years to graduate instead of 4.</p>
<p>You can sit back, relax, and still be among the top 10% of students nationally. True, you probably won't get into Harvard, but you can say the same about the perfect student with a perfect GPA, perfect SAT I scores, perfect SAT II scores in every subject, perfect AP scores in every subject, experience as the captain of an all-state champion Varsity sports team, Intel award, Siemens award, and enough community service to be the next Mother Theresa. After all, things like the mood of the admissions officer, the phase of the moon, and the temperature in Scottsbluff, Nebraska could have an impact.</p>
<p>Nobody will care about your academic triumphs and setbacks 10 years from now. If you don't believe me, find ONE adult who would be more successful today if only he/she had been an A student instead of a B student in high school and attended a more prestigious college.</p>
<p>Try taking a shower right after you get home. That usually wakes me up. Then I usually spend from about 4 to 10 doing homework with dinner and a hour-1 1/2 skating practice in between. Skating also wakes me up. Working out in the cold is great. Just make sure you wear enough layers! If you're not a skater, try running outside or even sledding. Just get out and move in the cold.</p>
<p>You guys are crazy. Being alert for tests helps more than an extra hour of studying, esp math.</p>
<p>tolandowski:
"Just get out and move in the cold."</p>
<p>hahahaaa. If only. </p>
<p>Well, I'm feeling particularly lazy and don't really feel like responding directly to or even reading this whole thread, but I just want to share something-</p>
<p>I got atleast 8.5 hours of sleep last night and all day at school I had so much energy. I couldn't sit still in my desk at all, and I'm not talking a little tapping of the feet, no, no, my legs and feet were literally bouncing up and down, I was wiggling in my seat, and trying my hardest not to tap too loundly on my desk. It was insane.</p>
<p>"Nobody will care about your academic triumphs and setbacks 10 years from now. If you don't believe me, find ONE adult who would be more successful today if only he/she had been an A student instead of a B student in high school and attended a more prestigious college."</p>
<p>^i just wanted to say that i agree with this mentality. i could rant about this but im not going to...</p>
<p>I usually have the opposite problem. I can't seem to fall asleep and always wind up getting four hours of sleep, at the most. Then during the actual school day I wanna fall asleep. LOL</p>
<p>< I usually have the opposite problem. I can't seem to fall asleep and always wind up getting four hours of sleep, at the most. Then during the actual school day I wanna fall asleep. >
Here are some tips:
1. Read <em>The Scarlet Letter</em>. The Colonial English language is hard to slog through and will knock you out in nothing flat.
2. See the movie <em>2001: A Space Odyssey</em>. People only give it good reviews because they were high when they saw it or in order to look good. This is the WORST movie EVER in the history of the universe. You spend 20 minutes staring at the inside of a spaceship, 20 minutes staring at the outside of a spaceship, 20 minutes staring at lame colored lights, 20 minutes of staring at an embryo floating in space, and 20 minutes of watching a man SSSLLLOOOWWWLLLYYY lifting his fork to his mouth. This movie was shown round-the-clock at Abu Gharaib and at Gitmo.<br>
3. See the movie <em>All I Want</em>. All the king's horses, all the king's men, and Mandy Moore couldn't revive this stinker. The pace of the movie is slow and nothing really happens. Despite Mandy Moore, this was no <em>A Walk To Remember</em>, <em>The Princess Diaries</em>, or <em>Chasing Liberty</em>. You'll also be disappointed if you're a fan of Lord of the Rings. (Even Elijah Wood won't save the movie for you.)</p>