Thursdays Class

Thursdays class was very interesting. For the first half of class we talked about the importance of sleep and why we need it. We talked about how just the loss of one or two hours can decrease your ability to learn a lot. Some scientist did an experiment to test this theory. They told a certain number of 6th graders to stay up on night and another group to get a good night sleep. THe next day, the kids who had not gotten much sleep seemed to perform at around a 4th grade level compared to the other kids who got sleep performed at a 6th grade level. An average teenager around our age should be getting around 8 - 9 hours of sleep a night. Some interesting facts on how to get a better night sleep are to not drink caffeine after 4 p.m. and to make sure that you are not watching TV or looking at a computer screen an hour before you go to sleep.