Sleep has always held a special place in my life. I’ve always enjoyed it more than most other activities, which proves a challenge with homework comes into my life. It’s gotten to the point that I can’t even do my homework in my room because i’ll fall asleep before I’m done. Which leads to the other problem that I have relating to sleep.

      As much as I love sleep I don’t get that much of it. I play a lot of sports, which means that I have to get up early to go to games, and now with school starting back up, those sports are being replaced with school, which has me getting up around the same time, but more consistently. With school unfortunately also comes homework. Which leads to me staying up later to get it done. As I require sleep to function, when I don’t get enough sleep, I start to break down, which means that I take longer to do things. Things such as homework, which keeps me from getting enough sleep to function.

      This vicious cycle only comes to rest on weekends. A period where time flows freely and sleep is assured. So as I write to my listening teacher, from the comforts of my couch I request one thing. To please keep in mind the health of your students, and the importance of sleep in our fragile existence.