But few teens actually get that much sleep regularly, thanks to factors such as part-time jobs, early-morning classes, homework, extracurricular activities, social demands, and use of computers and other electronic gadgets. More than 90 percent of teens in a recent study published in the Journal of School Health reported sleeping less than the recommended nine hours a night. In the same study, 10 percent of teens reported sleeping less than six hours a night. Although this might seem like no big deal, sleep deprivation can have serious consequences. Tired teens can find it difficult to concentrate and learn, or even stay awake in class.
They don’t eat right which may lead to Alzheimer’s down the road. They may drink heavily which doesn’t help brain cells. Kotler says smoking may help them stay focused. “The Perils of Higher Education” article states that college students choose poor habits which may cause difficulty to retain information by the habits students chose. One survey done on undergraduates and medical students at Stanford University finds that 80 percent of qualified students were sleep deprived.
As Columbia Space Shuttle launched, foam insulation came off and damage left wing’s thermal protection system. The heat of reentry destroyed the left wing and lead to the breakup of the orbiter. Challenger and Columbia Space Shuttle accidents are examples of human error and negligence. The Challenger suffered from negligence with no room to blame human imperfections. Engineers wanted to delay Challenger’s take-off; because warmer temperatures produce better launch probability.
Back to High School Means Less Sleep for Students As bad as it is, the new school year is just starting up and students are already sleep deprived. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has declared the frequent sleep-iness of our nation’s teenagers to be a chronic public health crisis of the nation. The series of cases involving busy students, forced to stay up late at night in order to finish their home-work, need to do so if they plan to be successful. These teens are involved in a variety of activities and have so much to do, from editing the school newspaper and playing second base on the softball team to working at the local deli to earn money to pay for a car, and don’t usually start working on their homework until late after when “normal” citizens retire to sleep. The AAP called on schools to start later so students could get additional sleep.
Another ways is to manage your sleeping habits. The last way is taking control over certain situations. I believe these ways are effective, because when I’?m stressed I try to exercise and I also try to get enough sleep to feel relaxed when I wake up. There is a clear connection between what you eat and drink, overall health and well-being, and stress. Eating a lot of junk food will add pounds to your body and reduce your energy level (Barefoot & Gardner, 2012).
Reentry has, of course, always been a difficult part of the space program. But this is, in fact, our first fatal accident on reentry. Apollo 13 is remembered as our most difficult ever reentry, but the ship and crew survived. The Soviets lost a crew on reentry in 1970 after an oxygen leak that caused the cosmonauts to suffocate on the way down. Reentry is a very difficult process, but the Russians mastered it in 1961 and we did the same a few years later.
It is suggested that Teens get a healthy 8.5 - 9 hours of sleep a night as compared with eight hours needed for adults.. However Only 15 percent of teens get this required amount of shut eye. Teens also tend to have irregular sleep patterns across the week, they typically stay up late and sleep in late on the weekends, which can affect their biological clocks and hurt the quality of their sleep. A recent survey taken of 3,000 students at Providence high school showed that 85 percent of the students were not alert at the start of class because they weren’t getting enough sleep ("Are Teens Getting Enough Sleep?"). Sleep is essential for learning and memory.
Others say that texting too much will make people stop using email as a way to communicate with other people directly. This will make people anti-social and they will rely less on their instincts of reading people’s emotions through their face or voice. In the internet, some organization does a survey about how many people prefer texting over calling their friends or family. A recent Nielsen report shows that children aged 13 to 17 average an astonishing 3,417 text messages a month -- some 45 percent of all text messages. This breaks down to seven texts “every waking hour,” or roughly one every 8 1/2 minutes.
The dangers of poor sleeping habits and obesity Americans live in a society that rewards bad sleep patterns. A person boasting about how little sleep they got last night is like earning a merit badge, as if to say “look how rich and full my life is, there is no time for me to sleep, definitely not boredom here.” In reality, very few people have anything worthwhile to do after 9:00 at night, unless they are working night shifts or attending to young children. Anyone outside these two situations who regularly stays up late is probably doing so because they don’t value sleep as a means to good health or they don’t understand how severe the consequences of poor sleep habits can be. Consequently the obesity epidemic prevails amongst those Americans. Obesity is caused by many factors, one of these consequences is one that people often overlook, poor sleeping habits.
It restores our bodies as well as our minds by conserving and regenerating energy, repairing health problems and organizing our unconscious minds. But what if you’re not getting enough sleep? What if the long drawn out nights of studying and touching up last minute term papers is causing you to only sleep for only a maximum of 4 hours? Students who don’t maintain an adequate amount of sleep are three times more likely to show signs of depression than their well-rested peers. Insufficient sleep has become an epidemic among college students.