Circadian Rhythms: Why Teens Are Tired in School

When children become teenagers, hormonal changes shift their circadian rhythm-they get tired later. Since schools typically don't adapt to their new natural sleep cycle, they often get less sleep during weekdays, affecting their memory retention, emotional well-being, and health. If we want teenagers to learn and prosper, schools could do what sounds so simple, adjust their start times to the biological rhythms of their students.
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CHAPTER
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Circadian Rhythms
00:32 Hormones’ Roles
01:06 Circadian Shifts
01:17 Social jet lag
01:51 Affect on teenagers
02:32 Stress, sleep and mental health
03:11 Possible solution
03:24 Seattle schools’ success
03:50 What do you think?
04:06 Ending
04:20 Patrons credits
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[@Fairydustsniffer]

This seems so obvious, but schools still wonder why kids come to school at 7 am unenergetic and half concious after spending most afternoons forced to do something and having like 5+ assignments due the next day with a sprinkle of tests throughout the week. Then have the decency to berate the children on their laziness. 🤦‍♀️

[@sprouts]

Right

[@marniejones331]

Absolutely

[@EcoEats-rk4wk]

School at 7 am??? 😮 my school starts at 8:50 to 3:30, what time does your school end?

[@varflock9777]

@@EcoEats-rk4wk Where I live, classes generally start at 8:00, but I occasionally had some classes at 7:00 in high school. To make it worse - it was PE, so we looked like a group of unmotivated zombies running around with a ball then. If it was supposed to make us more energetic for other classes, it didn't work at all.

[@kiratwo4u]

explain the skibidi brain rot then

[@misterhat5823]

Schools aren't meant for education. They're for babysitting for working parents. The timing reflects this.

[@Psychopatz]

we'll said bud

[@Artisticfish1]

Riyal

[@ThatD1spynser]

Yeah. Part of why changing start times didn't work where I am is due to that. Older kids came home later than their younger peers. Nobody was around. Parents went apeshit.

[@Xnoob545]

As a person with a mom who doesn't go to a job Honestly, fuck the school system for doing this, it's idiotic Not everyone goes to jobs

[@Truebro79]

That and also to mold kids to become mindless 9 to 5 workers

[@jaughnekow]

They don't teach this in schools. The more you know 😊

[@masterchief5589]

I believe they do

[@tanishdesai7652]

I actually learnt this from school

[@jaughnekow]

yall attended good schools.

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

​@@jaughnekow yeah, my school never taught anything that was practical or useful as an adult

[@masterchief5589]

@@jaughnekow this should be teached in biology classes I am from Poland

[@therockgen74]

I support the idea of changing the beginning hour of school since I was a student and now as a mother of a teenager I still believe the same thing. It makes no sense to have sleepy students in classes!!!

[@sprouts]

Absolutely 💯

[@nightmaresturningoftendejavue]

Cut they internet access, implement 9-10 p.m. lights off depending when you wake up, throw their smarphone and buy only call phone and you will be surprised how good parenting makes a way for happy and rested child.

[@therockgen74]

@@nightmaresturningoftendejavue I agree with u in general but this is not the only factors that make teenagers tired...it' s not about good or bad parenting...my experience shows that children need boundaries but there are not more effective or less tired at school because of the boundaries...

[@warrior4hire522]

​@@nightmaresturningoftendejavue My school requires me to have Internet access and a mobile phone basically 24/7. All the updates on classes and a lot of the tests and stuff happen online nowadays. Oftentimes I also have to stay up finishing projects, sending in assignments, etc. online. I was actually late to class today because I didn't check my phone for the schedule change they sent in the morning. The Internet is also my only escapism from the stress of school itself and shitty personal life.

[@crazy_wwww]

@@nightmaresturningoftendejavue my parents when they were young were both staying up late even without phones and the internet

[@meganknight1563]

Absolutely, schools should adapt their timetable to fit with teens natural cycles. It will improve their wellbeing and attainment!

[@lukmanalghdamsi3189]

well that cost more money so it's a no no

[@haylinpm8973]

​@lukmanalghdamsi3189 Yeah, so we should instead forget about making a change consisting of a couple days of work for millions of children and instead fund what? Give the rich some more money to keep them happy?

[@turplexx233]

8ot is literally what jappening in Türkiye. For some corporaats...​@@haylinpm8973

[@hemantjain2387]

@@haylinpm8973 well well, guess you know how society works. Because those schools really cannot be bothered by the well being of children.

[@Urmapleleaf]

Because: 1) They force them to wake up very early while being sleep deprived 2) Way too many hours at school and homework 3) boring subjects, like dead languages and maths that they may never use

[@ignacio391]

I just came from school exhausted, passed out on my bed because I was too tired. And then woke up and this is the first thing on my feed.

[@tanukifox8041]

literally me rn

[@blackjox3510]

I'm literally watching this before going to school

[@asiangaming8409]

i literally went to bed at 6 so I don’t have to deal with waking up in the morning

[@aidensnyder2420]

please don't call me out like that :( I just woke up from sleeping on the couch 1 hour after arriving home from school

[@ignacio391]

@@aidensnyder2420 oof. Hits hard man

[@_TheIlluminator_]

I’m tired now after losing an hour sleep from daylight savings.

[@bmac7643]

Same, and I just had a math test second period of the day

[@Miracle12348]

Same

[@sharif47]

Our country tried daylight savings once. All the schools were like, "We'll start 1 hr early/late from the next day" and practically kept the same time schedule as before.

[@Sleepy_Cattt]

Dude same, i was in such a good sleep qwq

[@avacado4706]

real

[@rudeusgreyrat32]

Yes this should have been done long ago, the problem is that such propositions are easily considered by parents and the authorities as 'you just want an easy life, or you dont want to struggle or you just dont want to work hard' and they are tempted to say this, so it became really easy to dismiss such an idea. The same goes for other sensitive issues like mental health, its really easy to dismiss any idea of change in habits and behaviour of people.

[@tiagodecastro2929]

It's a flaw of the culture that we see not wanting to have unnecessary difficulty as being lazy. Suffering, hardship, & hard work are guarantees in life, yes, but that doesn't mean that we can't make it easier where we can. Is it lazy to use a power drill instead of a screwdriver? Of course not, that's just being smart to achieve the goals of saving time and bodily wear & tear. Why should something as essential as sleep be viewed any differently? Especially for those who are in such a key stage of development in life?

[@Krackatooah]

People forgot that “laziness” actually allows us to find more efficient ways to deal with issues

[@mansfieldfamily5389]

School is destroying a lot of kids because it’s not mentally or emotionally healthy for them to constantly be subjugating their wants and needs to an artificial metric of “achievement” that doesn’t serve anyone but the school system.

[@warrior4hire522]

I do want an easy life. Why is that a bad thing to want? Doesn't everyone want to live easily? People who say it's bad to live easily should never drive because that's just an easy excuse to avoid walking. They should also make their own clothes, hunt and grow their own food, build their own houses and do everything on their own, considering buying things and asking for help are all just excuses to avoid hard work.

[@mansfieldfamily5389]

This is a good point. I don't see a reason to make life unnecessarily hard. We should be willing and able to do hard things IF they are necessary, but why just make it hard for the sake of hard? @@warrior4hire522

[@mystuff9999]

I just sent this to my 83 year old father feeling vindicated for his constant nagging during my teens when I slept till noon on weekends. I am still a night owl and I chose a job that lets me handle working hours as I see fit. Haven’t gotten out of bed before 9 am for a loooong time 🎉

[@DotKom01]

That's cool and all but he's 83 just let the poor dude rest lmao

[@_Isso_e_dificil_amigo]

​@@DotKom01 Limão😅

[@boot2dehead91]

Maybe you should treat your 83 year old grandfather with more respect

[@daydream0lol]

@@boot2dehead91 and maybe you should mind your business, because I'm sure if their 83 year old father has a problem with a simple video he'll confront them, PRIVATELY. It's not something strangers online should care about nor comment, they can handle their own lives. (not hating, just expressing what I personally think. feel free to ignore this too)

[@C3WR]

"reSpEcT YouR ElDeRs yOung mAn"@@boot2dehead91

[@shavanerad9038]

I used to be a night owl, but after I was rear-ended by a drunk years ago, and had a bad stroke, damage to my hypothalamus means that (among other things) that I have no adenosine or melatonin reception -- ergo no circadian rhythms. I can assure you as much as I groused about mornings, having no sleepiness is completely no fun. I have to use bedtime rituals and meditation -- sometimes medication -- to be able to sleep at all. Sleepiness seems like a blessing when you don't have it anymore. I remember it as being peaceful and delicious to settle down for sleep...

[@Artisticfish1]

Sad to hear that friend. All the best for the future ❤

[@tsunami870]

Damn. Sleepiness truly is a blissful experience

[@romanc7658]

2:08 As a teenager i was depressed for around 2~3 years. The school stress wasn't great and the lack of sleep didn't help either. For somewhat related reasons i was allowed to stay out of school for around 3 months. During that time i made more progress than the years before that and even beat my depression. I dont know where i would be now, if i hadn't been able to give my body the oppertunity to let it deal with my emotions. Sometimes all you need is a break and some sleep. I can wholeheartedly reccomend it if anyone is in a hard place.

[@rodericktaylor9639]

Sounds like a skill issue

[@professinal_yapper69]

@@rodericktaylor9639sounds like a neurotypical

[@noursama_the_old]

​@@professinal_yapper69i am fully convinced people just use this word as an insult.

[@professinal_yapper69]

@@noursama_the_old people use autistic as an insult way more often.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

@@rodericktaylor9639 And you seem like you'd be fun at parties (sarcasm)

[@titan_redeemer7371]

See the problem with that is, the officials in charge of that schedule assume that studies like these are hilariously stupid and that teenagers are just being overdramatic and lazy for wanting an extra 30 minutes or an hour of sleep and that it would be dumb to change the nations high school schedule just to cater to the teenagers sleep cycle

[@nightmaresturningoftendejavue]

This video is junk. I am from generation when in middle of my teen years web boomed. I had trouble to wake up only at years my parents paid internet (actually when they paused for 1,5 years, my sleep depriv. disappeared) and days before huge exams. No science needed. This video promote IT adiction.

[@me-specifically]

these guys were once teenagers as well and have probably slept later then, how do they not understand? do they have dementia or something??

[@PaigeTheCartoonCaptain]

@@me-specifically their heads are too busy thinking about what's currently happening and they don't have the space or patience to think about the past just to understand something they don't care enough about That's what I think about it anyway

[@theonewhocaredandasked9126]

if oversleeping is a big problem then school is too early

[@michaelg8841]

@@me-specificallythis is actually an interesting biological way our brains function. You know the common phrase, “the good old days”? That exists mainly because our brain doesn’t focus on struggles from the past. Our brain almost forgets the negative feelings and everything, as our brains are made to focus solely on the problems in the present. If we dwell on problems and those negative feelings form the past, we won’t be able to focus as much on the problems we are currently facing. So, most likely, they did just forget how bad it was

[@alecotincknell2690]

Hearing about schools starting before 8am in other countries feels so weird for me, because here in Australia every school I’ve been to starts at 9am

[@sprouts]

That sounds about right 👍

[@TheCosmicMachine]

I live in Australia and school starts at 8am

[@alecotincknell2690]

@@TheCosmicMachine ouch. What state?

[@InserirNomeDeUsuario]

Where i live schools start ranging from 6:00 to 7:30 am and goes until 4:00 to 5:00 pm.

[@TheCosmicMachine]

@@InserirNomeDeUsuario And I thought I had it bad

[@JemJ0]

School drains us of our lives, emotions, friends, family and dreams

[@fitnesstop112]

wdym friends family ? I have made so many friends and I still spent time with my family, even if I have to stay up late

[@andyzhu1969]

YES THEY SHOULD. I'm here sleeping 5 hours a day cause I gotta do all the academic work but also find time to relax and vent stress.

[@SGH18]

Real

[@alexiskitty5]

I sleep 1 hour - 10 hours. To much or to little, if i sleep 8 hours - 8 hours 30 minutes, W day.

[@firerose2164]

@@alexiskitty5what?

[@alexiskitty5]

@@firerose2164 im saying when i get enough sleep its a good day cause i have the energy to wake up early (kinda)

[@Eikorunu]

It's so weird because it feels like this should be such common knowledge but even when I say this to people they refuse to give a shit

[@MultiKarmacharger]

Good luck trying to sell Biological truths to most schools. That said, one factor which hasn't been mentioned is the work cycle of the parents - a lot of jobs need you to be ready by 9am and end at 5pm, which may make it harder for parents to get their children to school on time in areas with bad transport. I do support the idea of changing in accordance to natural rhythm, but this change couldn't be made in isolation.

[@fabio.1]

👍👍

[@sprouts]

I think there would be an easy solution to this: teachers would still come early, so school could open at 7:50 am, for families who have to drop off their kids earlier, but classes would start only at 9 am....

[@weeblordgaming6062]

@@sproutsbut then the kids would still lose sleep

[@JustALittleAcoustic]

school buses exist for a reason don’t they

[@HeDoMo3r]

​@@JustALittleAcoustic , they exist? I've never seen one. Tho, it's probably a country issue. At least I now can take long walks without getting too tired. It's all thanks to the fact that it was taking me 30 minutes to get to school on foot.

[@Aleksandar292]

I'm 16 years old and I can tell you something. I don't have any appetite, I feel like the only reason I eat is because of boredom. I have no desire to go into direct meetings or conversations with other people and lately I hardly even talk to others.

[@HeDoMo3r]

There is a way to break out of this vicious cycle (I mean the talking part). It may sound insanely hard (or even impossible) but try talking to people. Maybe you will find your best friend among them and begin to change. It may (actually, it's pretty likely) not work the first few times you try, but when it works, it starts making a difference really quickly.

[@Jmgbc555]

Imagine saying to kid to wake up 6 am every day of their life and when they say they're tired you say "why you dont sleep more?"

[@tadanemarkbaker7157]

Some people wake up at 4 am or 5 am

[@LautipepoZ]

Mostly they say that you have to sleep earlier

[@-ZM_Gaming-]

​@@LautipepoZthe problem of me falling asleep early essentially makes my body oversleep and wake up 1 hour before school starts. I dunno why that happens

[@Its_WillyWonka]

@@LautipepoZI have tried for months to sleep earlier. I just can’t

[@Constitution1789]

When I was in college, I had scheduled ALL my classes in the afternoon and evening. I was fed up with getting up early to attend classes. 😂

[@Jadenizer42]

Going through college rn and doing exactly that. It's definitely one of the reasons I like college so much more than high school

[@Fairydustsniffer]

Most teenagers are usually asleep at 7am. Now imagine them being forced to learn calculas at those hours. 🤦‍♀️

[@helenaborgespeixoto7598]

My school starts at 7:30 😔 atleast it's only 4 and a half hours tho

[@T0mtoma]

@@helenaborgespeixoto75984 and a half hours? Which school do you go to bro I’ll buy tickets 😭

[@satgurs]

Most teenagers are lazy, it seems. I wake up at 4 am every day, simply so that I have more time to enjoy myself.

[@jasonnelson9141]

​@@satgursThat doesn't mean others are lazy

[@satgurs]

@@jasonnelson9141 It's certainly not difficult to do the same. They're either stupid for not having tried it, or lazy for stopping after having done it.

[@zetafish7347]

Sleep deprivation is one of the many reasons I switched to online classes. I wasn't getting the hours of sleep I needed because I was forced to be up way sooner than I was supposed to. Now that I can work at my own pace and actually get rest I've found myself to be much more productive and happy. It really shows that these schools need to learn to accomodate for different internal clocks instead of acting like everyone is supposed to be the same.

[@Jasmine12348]

Same same

[@alexiskitty5]

I want to do this but i dont at the same time. I stay on school though cause theres more cons than pros and cuz of difficulties and emotions i have from online class (daydreaming, off task, loneliness).😕

[@felixDpp]

As a teenager, I'm struggling with this a lot. I always wondered what's wrong with me cuz classes aren't even that boring. I just get sleepy. But then not everyone in my class is sleepy. I wonder why 😔

[@rodericktaylor9639]

As a teenager, that sounds like a skill issue.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

Some kids live closer to the school and don't really have to worry about getting there quickly.

[@Kalani_Saiko]

@@rodericktaylor9639 As a teenager, don't fault others for having different problems than you.

[@felixDpp]

@@Kalani_Saiko thank you

[@rodericktaylor9639]

@@Kalani_Saiko That’s fair

[@mabyonedayicanbehappy]

That thumbnail is wild

[@chrono9503]

As the kids say: GYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT

[@eef8297]

No you are just dirty minded

[@Caketurtle7]

@@chrono9503as u say

[@bubbadoes6225]

Bro the thumbnail 😂

[@avialibi5011]

lmao they knew what they were doing

[@EbroGame64]

That thumbnail is WILD

[@sprouts]

👀

[@JooJoop742]

I grew up in England and for me secondary school started at 9 am and went until 4. And then I moved to America and my high school started at 7:25 am and ended at around 12 or 1, I can’t remember exactly. Either way, I noticed I was just absolutely exhausted with the earlier start time, and would always nap for at least an hour after coming home, when I never took naps when I lived in England. I thought it was awesome that I’d get more hours to myself in the day with the earlier school day finish, but it makes you so tired that you end up actually losing time.

[@theauggieboygamer9148]

I didn’t understand just how bad this problem was until I got to middle/high school, I was an earlybird as a child, even for a child I fell asleep and woke up pretty early, but I was shocked by this whole thing when I got to later school years and became a teenager, I am still an early bird but I’m a teenager earlybird, and my sleep cycle matches pretty close to an adult night owl

[@Kalani_Saiko]

100% Same!!!!

[@nathanly2878]

The thumbnail at 1:26 tho.. they knew what they're doing

[@estebanatachaoarguedas6321]

This feels like a big revelation.

[@misterhat5823]

It's not. This has been known for years...

[@A.R_69]

​@@misterhat5823 Thats why they said it *feels* like a big revelation, It isnt new, but it feels new cause most people dont talk about this

[@drewstone5318]

THE THUMBNAIL?!

[@veryangerymanminecraftisco9048]

𝓕𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂

[@alvinfriesen4918]

Thank you for supporting the idea!

[@sprouts]

Of course!

[@user-tg5dg9jo2p]

The thumbnail is wild 🤪

[@stewarthoi]

I’ve always been an early bird falling asleep at 10 pm and waking up at 6 am naturally. I guess I’ve never had a teenager’s circadian cycle 😂

[@dreamon8274]

...huh

[@mrwrldwide6351]

@somerandomperson834you can change ur circadian rhythm

[@andreahardin7521]

2:51 I didn’t know that but it makes so much sense.

[@KaranPratapSingh-oc8fw]

Thumbnail be wildin

[@pg3223]

The thumbnail is so sus

[@pacresfrancis1565]

Gyat ahhh thumbnail

[@dynipjohn485]

It looks cartoony

[@kirtu9035]

why’d they heart it

[@keshavrao212]

​​@@kirtu9035They probably made it that way and wanted to check if anyone noticed it.

[@_..Rae.._]

Not really

[@kendgie_245]

I remember being so exhausted and forgot to do homework one night and my teacher and parents acted like it was the end of the world

[@saukash]

They didn't hesitate with the Thumbnail💀

[@mrwolf9095]

Right 😂

[@theonewhocaredandasked9126]

Sun445

[@mrmrwayne9850]

😭😭💀💀

[@spectradragneel686]

I was searching for ur such comment😂

[@justanoob8790]

Porn has ruined us

[@anooslord666]

Now hear me out on that thumbnail 👀

[@Bibben]

bro knows what he’s doing in the thumbnail

[@joseph.g8792]

Thumbnail wilddddd😭😭

[@Dream_Lyfe]

So no one is questioning the thumbnail?? Alright.

[@Nabd916]

Its bait

[@helenaborgespeixoto7598]

Hey c'mon don't have a dirty mind lol

[@pacresfrancis1565]

The gyat is at full exposure😳

[@David280GG]

Level 9 gyatt👌🗿🤜🥩

[@YourNormalProgram]

I was looking for this comment

[@kritikasharma6846]

Just what I was searching for!

[@amphibia95]

Absolutely love the drawings in this one.

[@knw-seeker6836]

This is so Important yet so many schools and universities don’t change or adapt

[@kingwitherasher4628]

i have a hobby that started because of my gradual losing of good sleep, and that is figuring out how my brain works. like my brain gets so stressed i have very different moods that are present in different times/moments to the point they feel like different personalities. For that i record each thing that i see is present in these different moods and actually categorized/identified their most prevailing characteristics. When i separate these moods i manage to keep my emotions and thoughts in check by pretending to be different people having these moods talking to each other, it helps me gain new perspectives and approaches to situations and basically i can make and give myself advice.

[@Deadliermlg]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STATING THIS

[@uniformsyter927]

I’ve been sick for the past weekish and I was awake for like 3 days straight and felt “fine”

[@ender_slayer3]

I absolutely think that this is a wonderful idea! I also personally think that the entire school system needs to be completely overhauled anyways as to not only give more information, updated information, but also help its students not only reach their full potential, but also help them realize what that potential might be, how to apply it to the real world, and how to function in a modern society. We can clearly see that a blanket curriculum is not the most effective solution for our schools, worse still it seems to actually be doing worse now than it has ever been before (thanks to several factors which I will not get into here). The current system by and large hasn't been updated in any meaningful way since its inception around 150 years ago in the Industrial Revolution, wherein its primary purpose was to raise the literacy rate and move people directly into factory positions. Now that the settings have for the most part changed a small section of what is taught has changed, but the underlying system remains the same.

[@matthewtorres8860]

Nice thumbnail

[@Kazuk0100]

i dont regret dropping out.

[@bnashtay2278]

WHAT IS THAT THUMBNAIL

[@user-pp8ol6gi5h]

what's up with the thumbnail

[@Colaws]

Got me actin strange 🤤

[@brianjones9780]

I'm tired of pretending it isn't hot.

[@TastyyOnYoutube]

@@Colawsi can guarantee you’re over 18. The feds are coming

[@mayowaadedun3865]

@@Colawsnah the Channel liked the comment💀

[@devansharora2453]

Nice, thanks for the information.

[@ezra4374]

I'm here for the thumbnail 😊❤

[@eudaimon7324]

Creepy ass

[@tangowiththemango1165]

Ay bruh, that thumbnail got me 🤨

[@dasBiggie]

In germany, the school after elementary has a wide range of classes from 5-12 which makes this problem even harder to solve as the 5-7th graders may not need that change but the higher classes do. I generally am really negative the way the schedules works.

[@lebanana8343]

Sleep patterns are extremely important for mental health for most of my teenage years i slept around 4/5 hours and the result of that was depression and exhaustion currently im having a constant 8 hours of sleep and its helpt me a lot

[@Lilyzsd]

In Brazil, classes start at 7 am, so if you live far from school, you need to wake up at 5:30 am, this is very tiring and is very bad for maintaining concentration.

[@hayekhayek580]

thumbnail is genius marketing

[@gabucho3869]

The sun be enjoying the views in the thumbnail💀

[@Electrostatic_Fusion]

She look like she's enjoying it too 😏

[@relpi7538]

I feel it is also very important to take account time for traveling to school. I lived in 7 mins walk to school and I could wake up whenever I needed to. But then we moved and I had to take a bus for 25 mins which drastically affected my routine and make it much harder to focus on the lesson and I was feeling sleepy more often

[@DaniellaOboh]

I wish more schools are aware of this. And try to change their systems

[@Sarcastrich]

I'm watching this while I go to college sleepy XD Pretty interesting! Some ago on my highshool days I proposed a new model to increase more physical activity for a better learning.

[@archdornan8349]

Thumbnail got me feeling devious 😃

[@ythegameritaisthebest]

To a teenager?

[@TheBookNerd2]

Posting this right after daylight savings was clever!

[@Incalculable_Kyle]

I think the art in your videos is really cool

[@UltraDubzYT]

the thumbnail is crazy

[@vittoriof.8088]

I like this channel for two main reasons: 1) The topics are really interesting and I can learn something new 2) They say "suicide" instead of "Unalive". Seriously I hate the word "unalive", is stupid, childish and seems to ridiculize a serious problem of our society.

[@rickrose5632]

Keep up the good work 👏

[@burnt_unicorn]

I got 8 hours of sleep every night in highschool and I didn't go through a typical moody teen phase. This was interesting because my mood is still greatly affected by my menstrual cycle. I think sleep was probably a leading reason why I was such a chill teen who had no trouble with my schoolwork.

[@sprouts]

Yes! Good sleep has its contribution. ;)

[@therobloxhatcher6401]

The sun was screaming GYATT

[@gudangmeme3311]

Underrated

[@me-specifically]

if everyone needs an alarm, dosent that mean school starts too early?

[@HeDoMo3r]

Not always. Sometimes, your circadian rythms are too "late" for you to wake up before 11 am naturally. But they never account for that.

[@kaltziferYT]

It's not only about schools. Some companies already have starting time for workday set to "before 12:00". So you can start when it's comfortable for you.

[@jujuoof174]

This explains a LOT, thank you soo much!! ^^ And yeah, schools should adapt.

[@noobking2335]

schools? why dont you adapt? too lazy i assume.

[@naaqe]

thumbnail goes hard

[@kristofusclidofus6534]

nah they knew what they were doing with that thumbnail

[@ianmarshall270]

fr tho

[@DJ_Shanen]

You just explained all, litteraly ALL of my problems in 2min

[@percyuwu4496]

I just love how this is such an obvious fact, yet many schools fail to make this change.

[@David280GG]

The sun is examinating that gyatt 👌🗿

[@e1eventy7t]

Whyd you make the thumbnail look like that

[@SarahofNorway]

I live in norway, and the elementary school that I went to starts at 08.45 or 08.40 am and ends at 1.40pm, and the middle/high school starts at 09.00am and ends at 2.30pm, and the school or college that I go to now starts at 08.10am and ends at 1.30pm on Tuesday and Thursday, 3.10pm on Monday and Wednesday and 2.25pm on Friday. Love from Norway ❤️🇧🇻

[@mythbreaker443]

Evolution of MY sleep cycle: Before and in Year 7: I had no phone and set sleep times which even when i forced myself for an hour, it was hard but i got to sleep. I had energy and i had a drive to learn as much as possible. Year 8: The only thing to note is that my drive to learn weakened. Year 9: THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PHONE. I had less sleep however my sleep cycle was still being pushed onto be but slowly i started using my phone more in night. Year 10: not much changed but i started getting less sleep while getting used to it. Year 11: Worse to be seen, i sometimes would only get 4 hours of sleep but I made sure to not be awake past a certain time so i would at least get 7 hours of sleep as much as possible. Year 12: i worked to get proper sleep by getting into bed earlier and avoiding the bed before sleep time as a body clock. My energy levels went right back to my early years of highschool.

[@sprouts]

Great!

[@Random_Gal11]

Literally every kid at school drinks energy drinks made for 18+ even when a lot of them get at least 8 hours of sleep. Many kids including me barely get 4-6.

[@sprouts]

😌

[@telaylawalker5912]

Yes I get 4-5 hrs it makes school very stressful.. I am a 2025 graduate ; can't wait till I'm out of here

[@bobowon5450]

18+ rating on an energy drink doesn't mean that people who are over 18 can safely drink it. It means the drink is basically toxic and you need to be an adult in order to consent to doing that to yourself.

[@Blipperr.]

I aint hearing NO ONE out

[@No_One-._.-]

Hear me out

[@damatta9428]

hear me out

[@basicallyb3904]

W arch 🤤

[@damanithegoat9653]

Fr@@basicallyb3904

[@INACTIVE_VEINS]

I absolutely believe that we should adapt high school starting times to reflect teenage circadian rhythms, but there is also the problem of transportation. Many parents send their children on school buses (at least in the U.S.) because they either can’t drive their children to school, or the children can’t walk or bike to school. These different start times could mess with the system of transportation, as from what I’ve seen, it’s a system with not a lot of room for change.

[@sprouts]

I see.

[@dustytailstudios]

Ive always been a nightowl, but it got really outlandish while working. Im a 25 year old, and for 6 years i work the night shift at work. Usually 5-midnight. And i never felt tired during those shifts. Sometimes i dont fall asleep until around 1-2 am. And when i sleep, i sleep intoll 10-11am naturally

[@yuxinman2519]

Thumbnail got me moving mad

[@redundant4456]

No one mentioning that thumbnail? Would

[@Kingdom_Of_Dassogne]

Hear me out

[@rokos.1239]

The concept of sleeping and highschool is something rather interesting to me. Im also still a highschoolar and many times talked about this online. I even mentioned this to my parents, but they see it as something they can do nothing about. Let me begin (i try to not go fully in details to shorten this). I always wake up at 6:15 am for school since i have 1 hour and 20 minute travel time (which i hate). My normal waking time is later during the day. I love going late to sleep and wake late. Im most active during 10-11:00 pm right when i need to sleep. Im most tired during late hours of 1-2 am. I also saw mayself as a night person since i prefer working during the night than day. My waking time is on average around 1:30-2 pm. Havent seen actual weekend morning for so long since i would sleep through it. So as you can see it doesnt work in my favour to wake at 6:15 while my orginal waking time is 2:00 pm. It can be me just sleeping too long ,but everyone has different sleeping schedule and im comfortable with mine. *Waking at 6:15 am for school*. Its rather tiring. You have to get up and dress. I take 30 minutes to get ready because im so tired. I qould spend 10 minutes just staring st myself in the mirror or sitting on the toilet doing nothing. When in school i would be tired. Most of time i sleep only 5-6 hours (yesterday i coulnt even sleep for entire day so i didnt go to school. The cause might be the fact i was too worried about the idea of going to school since i was sick week prior). So with 6 hours of sleep i go to the class and do nothing important expect joke around. During the day i would shiver from my anxiety. I would even consider not buying and lunch since i wouldnt have a will or appetite to eat. My muscles feel like not as tired ,but anxious. Hard to explain specially now when im tired ,but it would be as if you dont want to sit nor stand. You would just want to lay on something soft like couch and relax for a moment ,but since this is school and you have hard wooden chairs its hard to consider such point of relaxation so you would be forced to stay alerted. Also P.E. starting time proves my point of how poorly school hours are made. Imagine waking up tired woth little sleep. You havent eaten nor drank any water. Now imagine having to run and do exercises like that. You wouldn't be able to keep up. I noticed that its impossible to do P.E. while before lunch break because you are tired and low on energy. Also sleepy and barely aware. If you ask me P.E. NEEDS to be starting at 11-12 am after lunch break and after you wake up, but how to fit so many classes in so little hours? Lets get back to other subjects. Going to school tired and sleepless is pointless. I explained it to my parents many time. Everytime i go to school tired i would just wait for class to end. I wouldn't follow any teaching nor study. I would just daydream or stare blank into the wall. Then i ask them: "Whats the point of going to school if you would just skip through it? Its waste of my time and will which i can put into sleeping good amount and waking fully energetic." Well their reaction is to go against me as if i insulted anything they belived in. That happened yesterday when i told them i havent slept ,but stayed awake. *Final: Dream* I was rather fascinated by dreams. If i slept for 8-9 hours and had extensive dreams i would feel most of the time creative and well rested. Once i had 12 different dreams which could go for around 10-15 minutes of lasting (altogether). When i woke up i felt just unbelievable, specially when i didnt have school. I felt just so relaxed, calm, energetic, positive and creative. I felt like i havent felt ever since. My brain felt like if it were working ,but without any brain fog. Felt so healthy and well. Even quickly tossed few games of chess against more advanced bots for my rsnking and had good games. And thats what i noticed. When i would dream well with enough rest i would feel so good. My brain never would feel like it has brainrot comparing to now while im writing this. Thats why i hate school. It doesnt allow me to sleep how much i want and need. I hate that i have to learn while im tired. I hate hearing excuses "Thats what awaits you" sure let it await me ,but why does it have to be now? This what i wrote feels rather poorly made and put together. Im just sleepy. I cant really concentrate and i hate taking naps. After naps i take two hours figuring who i am and where i am. So i wouldn't even take one now. Whether the case i rather wanted to express my view and opinion. I would prefer to have writen this during the weekend. Might as well rather change it and better shape what this should be ,but for now it is what it is.

[@Itz_just_VICTOR]

Last year was my last year in school, what we Brazilian call the “Ensino Médio” is basically your high school, I’m lucky my school was a short walk from home, most of my colleagues lived far away, so when I was waking at 6:15 am and saw the sun rise most of them were waking up at minimum 5:20 in complete darkness, classes started at 7:10 and went to 12:50 with a 1 hour brake for lunch then up until 16:45, we were stressed, angry and broken by the time we got home. This cycle worsened my depression, it came to a point I just couldn’t sleep at night anymore and watched the sun rise and passed out in school, I didn’t care about assignments anymore and left exams blank because I genuinely didn’t see a point considering I was constantly fighting the urge to jump off a quarry near home and was loosing that battle, now I’m fighting the results of 3 years of this misery with nothing to show for it

[@SoggyBrickWall]

i hope you get better. find help if you need to.

[@Itz_just_VICTOR]

@@SoggyBrickWall Thanks

[@shubham3756]

I get trapped in the cycle of insomnia and rises late ,due to this feeling upset and moody whole day in regret of this unable to sleep at night.😢

[@nebula387]

Why does the thumbnail look like that

[@james_ve]

My middle schools years were terrible, getting up at 6 only to have to rush and get ready to walk to the bus stop at 7:15. But when I got i high school I now start at 9! It’s insane how different the school day is when the schools are literally down the road from each other.

[@nicholascollins4796]

There are so many reasons why starting later would ve so much better, however in society we also start getting jobs, driving, and doing sports during our teen years, this makes it difficult because if school starts later it ends later and having said after school activities would definitely push into the night

[@thelibyanplzcomeback]

Parents will never understand this.

[@synkimiko730]

I just came to comment that the thumbnail is weird and no one sleeps like that.

[@prod.perplexity]

I sleep like that ^w^

[@synkimiko730]

@@prod.perplexity back arched and everything? Ass in the air?

[@mossytoucan6587]

@@synkimiko730 literally nobody does that when about to sleep

[@synkimiko730]

@@mossytoucan6587 thats what im saying lol

[@Izaokas-IgnotasChodakaukas]

I'm pretty sure it's somewhere like Finland where they've adapted the school hours to fit teenagers sleep cycle and the results are extremely impressive- they are more productive than western schools despite waking up later and spending less time learning (more time exercising).

[@lollybirdy]

I have a delayed sleep cycle and thats why i loved online school and college. I could choose when i worked on stuff and sleep however long i wanted.