All the information I found allowed me to learn more about sleep deprivation and why it is crucial to get an adequate amount of sleep every night. Before doing my research, I knew not getting enough sleep was bad for you, but I didn’t know exactly the reasons why. Therefore, the information I found matched my expectations because it allowed me to expand my knowledge and further learn the negative consequences of not getting enough sleep. Doing this research proved to me some of the reasons for sleep deprivation I thought to be true already such as social media, work, social events, etc. I now know the most common reasons college students don’t get enough sleep and the negative consequences that come along with that.
Author: Rayen Osorio
First annotation:
This article talked about the negative consequences getting inadequate amounts of sleep could have on a college student particularly on their grades and GPA. The human body requires a long period of sleep every night in order to grow muscle, repair tissue, and synthesize hormones. All these physiological processes maintain mood, memory, and cognitive function (National Sleep Foundation, 2006). Which is why when sleep deprivation occurs during college years it presents a major obstacle in an individual’s success during this critical time. A study done by the U.S Wabash National Study used two waves of longitudinal data to examine the relationship between sleep deprivation and grade point average. The study found that those who reported having chronic sleep deprivation only during their senior year were 40% less likely to graduate, and those who reported having chronic sleep deprivation during their freshman and senior years were 25% less likely to graduate. These statistics were very surprising for me to hear because even being sleep deprived during your freshman year could have a significant impact on whether you graduate or not. This article is written by Jen-Hao Chen. Jen-Hao Chen is a corresponding author at Health Sciences Center and department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, at Rutgers University in New Jersey. This article is peer reviewed and has multiple citations and examples that show how sleep deprivation affects graduation rates and GPA of college students. Which is why I found this article to be reliable and it was also helpful because it had clear statistics showing why being sleep deprived could overall be very harmful.
Second annotation:
This article was about the main causes for sleep deprivation amongst college students and why it is important to have a routine as a student. Neurologist David Peterson confirms that college students experience uniquely high level of sleeping problems. He says that one of the main causes is light because the change from light to dark is what controls a person’s internal clock, which tells them when to go to sleep and when to wake up. Because we live in a world filled with technology artificial light alters the internal clock causing our brains to not be able to tell that the light is not the sun. This common problem is called delayed sleep phase syndrome, which in other words is what we would call being a night owl. Peterson also describes things like multitasking and taking in multiple forms of stimulation at once which is common in a student’s life as an enemy of sleep. According to his research when you give the brain signs of alertness right before you go to bed it becomes harder to fall asleep. BYU psychology professor Blake Jones backs these claims up by emphasizing the importance of having a consistent routine before going to bed. This includes things like avoiding eating, exercising, and looking at screens right before bed.
Sleep deprivation is a common issue amongst college students that continues to grow and affect their daily life. This is due to students trying to manage work, social life, and various types of entertainment all at once. Throughout the years the different factors that can make a student sleep deprived have only increased and it is important that we know about them since it is something that affects our daily life and how we behave. Students get stressed out which only contributes to them being even more sleep deprived. For example during midterms, and final exams the chances of students staying up all night studying are very high causing them to be sleep deprived in the morning. Not only that, but many students have multiple jobs and issues in their personal life to deal with as well. Since their doing so many things at once without enough sleep it cause them to have mood changes, not be energized enough, constantly yawning, have a tendency to dose off, and overall just having bad concentration and not performing tasks to their best potential.
Rahmani’s intellectual home is City Tech because this is where he starts to become the best version of himself. Before taking English at City Tech he didn’t feel like he belonged anywhere he was just doing what he needed to do and was just there. We see this in the first paragraph where he talks about being rejected from schools . However after he took the English class he found the ambition he was missing in college and started to see his own potential. He explains this in the last paragraph when he says “Today as a functioning member of this vibrant community” when talking about his college experience now. He started taking courses he was actually interested in and putting in all his effort. The difference now was that he was actually enjoying what he was doing, he no longer felt depressed, or annoyed by everything.
