| disclaimer: I've commented so many times on this book before [1][2][3][4] that I may sound like the author's PR person (spoiler: I am not; just truly enjoyed the book). I second parent's comment that for me this was one of those perspective-altering books in recent years. Even now, months after I finished, I still have several thoughts going through my head: why schools start so early, the societal impact of sleep deprivation, why doctors complete ignore the importance of sleep for your health [5], what happens when you drink alcohol (particularly at night), how Alzheimer's works, lucid dreams, and more. I had already read about most of it in piecemeal over the years, but having everything pieced together for me, in a cohesive and fluid narrative, really helped for things to "click" for me. Of course, if you want just the TL;DR, the gist is "Yeah, you really should sleep 7 to 8h per night, no joke". But if you want to understand the WHY, then it's a great read. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17381548 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17446932 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17520658 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17589509 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17531171 |
Because they need to fit in around the schedules of working parents. I'm loathe to accept that this is a source of problems given the likely issue is actually the time students go to sleep, how long they sleep for, and what time they wake up.
The solution does not obviously need to be changing school start times rather than student behaviour
(seriously though, I'd love to hear the counter, as there probably is one)