Regular public school hours need to be put into sync with student's biological hours because these current schedules are making it impossible for students to perform at the best of their ability. ... A small 15% of teenage students get at least 8.5 hours of sleep on weekdays, and over 25% of teenage students get less than 7 hours of sleep on weekdays ("Sleepy Teen Troubles"). ... The test showed that students slept two hours less on schooldays than weekends, and woke up 3.5 hours earlier on schooldays. ... This cause teens to fall asleep later and wake up later than normal biologica...

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Another reason to get the appropriate amount of sleep to function at one's utmost best, which is 9 hours, is because our body clock, our circadium rhythm, is set for a day that is 25 hours long. ... Rest (for at least 4 hours) is biologically necessary to allow the body to dispose of these toxins. ... Some people need the maximum hours of sleep to function properly the next day and others can be fine with only a few hours of sleep. ... So bats sleep for almost 20 hours a day while grazing animals need two to four. There is also a theory for people who are able to sleep on a few hours at a...

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Lewis Barker states that on average humans sleep eight hours a day. What goes on during these eight hours is what constitutes sleep. ... This lasts for about an hour and then it moves into stages two, three, and four. ... About an hour and a half into the sleep cycle, REM sleep occurs. ... Night terrors will usually happen shortly after they fall asleep, as differing from nightmares that occur normally in the middle hours of sleep. ...

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I do kickboxing, spinning, step aerobics, running etc. for about an hour. ... Since building muscle increases my metabolism, I try to lift about an hour. ... I usually sleep about 6-8 hours. For this week, I slept about 6 hours on average, but I took naps when I got home from class. ... I studied about 3-4 hours this whole week. ...

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After that, we were just waiting for the result and waited almost an hour and checked the school's website. ... After a six hour driving, we got to capital and stayed all the time at my cousin's house. ... Consulate and wait for hours and hours. ... By the way, we waited too longer more than 3 hours, chairs were so uncomfortable, I was sleepy and no phone, literally there was nothing to do. An hour later they called our number that was on the sheet that they gave to us before getting into the consulate. #896 I still remember clearly. ...

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The sleeping periods can last from a few seconds to several minutes, sometimes even up to an hour or more. ... The human biological clock runs a little bit slow, with a period of 25 hours. ... Person's SCN will signal to the brain that it's time to sleep during new work hours. It hampers with the person's ability to function during his/her new waking hours (Bass & Takahashi, 2010). ...

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This is partially due to higher academic demands requiring longer study hours, as well as extra-curricular activities outside of school. ... This means that some people function well on five hours of sleep and some require eight or more hours of sleep to stave off fatigue, irritation and other negative feelings of being sleep deprived. ... The average amount of sleep a person requires is about 6-9 hours. ... It is further stressed that when a student experiences dysregulation in sleep such as nightmares that it leads to a higher emotional output during waking hours. ...

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After an eight-hour drive, I arrive at home for a well-deserved vacation. ... I would spend hours putting the best spit shine I could on those shoes. ... Patricia Miller was my first girl friend, and she filled hours of day dreaming while lying on that lumpy bed. ...

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It is important for the student to know that an apneic event may take place up to twenty or thirty times per hour - sometimes even more - followed by a noted episode of snoring. ... It is important for the student to know that those who are overweight have more of a tendency to have breathing difficulties in both waking and sleeping hours. ... Stage IV, which typically begins an hour and a half after the initial sleep pattern has begun, is the stage in which sleep apnea sufferers are least likely to reach and/or fully maintain. ...

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It is clear that this young man needs to try hard to get to bed at a decent hour so that he feels as though he can make it through the day. ... For what seemed the duration of an hour I was asleep, and I only awoke, when I heard the bell. ...

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The Life Threatening Effects of Long-Term Insomnia Insomnia is defined as, " The inability to fall asleep or the inability to sleep restfully" (Bayer 21). There are many contributing factors to this sleeplessness. Some of these factors include stress, depression, underlying medical problems, env...

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People with this condition believe that they sleep well at night, when really they wake up snorting, choking, and gasping for air about 30 times an hour, all night long. ... Some other ways to treat this would be to try and adopt bedtime habits, schedule daily exercises hours before going to bed, make your bedroom comfortable for you to sleep limiting any distractions, go to sleep around the same time each night and wake up around the same time each morning. ...

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Although alcohol is generally seen as a harmless substance in our society, it is in reality a very damaging, addictive, and commonly abused drug. Long-term usage of this drug results directly in severe damage to the following main bodily areas: the circulatory system, central nervous system, fluid ...

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Insufficient recovery can be the cause of a multitude of issues, such as an inability to focus in class or during study hours is a minuscule concern to student athletes when more severe consequences like stress fractures, muscle damage, and decrease in metabolic function, leading to vitamin deficiencies, are at risk. ...

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Grandma When I was a small child, about five years old, I had a very vivid dream, one that I shall never forget. Even though, it's been thirty years, I still remember it like it was yesterday. The dream was about my grandmother. My grandmother and I were very close. She used to read bedtime...

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