Students discuss their sleep habits

By Jordyn Sanchez

Editor in Chief

At Crete-Monee High School, students are always encouraged to get enough sleep to perform even better than they did yesterday, so they strive to accomplish their goals and restart a new day refreshed. 

Lacoreyis Lofton (left) and Amir Shaffer-Mahone (right) are nodding off in class. Photo by Ontarrio Randle.

Sleep plays a significant role in school performance, helping students stay alert throughout the day and enabling clearer information processing and better memory. But not only that, but it also enhances our problem-solving skills, boosting our knowledge, and not only knowledge, but also getting sleep provides an opportunity for the brain to restore and repair itself, according to the Sleep Foundation. 

“I probably get around eight hours of sleep, but the best time to sleep is around 10 or 11. You can get seven to eight hours of sleep, depending on when you wake up. I usually go to bed around 10,” Trinity Humphrey said.

High school students are advised to get 8 to 10 hours of sleep to perform at their best, as well as for growth, since sleep is proven to be one of the biggest factors in helping us improve; we’re dependent on it.

“Sleeping late, you stay up more on your phone, but like it does have consequences, like you sometimes stay up late to do work, but it also has consequences by being tired at school, and that does affect how you work in school,” Mia Porras said. 

Technology plays a big role in staying up late at night as a big distraction and having the constant nerve to scroll on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, etc., but not just on your phone, but also on video games and T.V., even when you least expect it, but your brain can shrink grey matter in key areas.

“I stay up watching TV or playing video games with my friends,” Jacob Powell said. 

As technology continues to keep students up at night, you should be advised to put your phone down at one point in time and to relax, and let your brain function on its own without being overstimulated by constant reels, TikToks, etc. 

“Stop scrolling. When you're scrolling through all of these social media websites, your brain is like overly stimulated, so read a book, even 10-20 minutes before you go to bed, but it's going to be a lot harder for you to go to bed when you're sitting there scrolling on your phone,” Mrs. Johnson said.