Generation Zzz: Are today's teens too tired for school? [Independent.ie]
- Published: 24 September 2009
They go to sleep late and struggle to wake up in the morning. And in the classroom they find it difficult to concentrate. Irish teachers and parents regularly complain that teenagers are not getting enough sleep.
As Susie Hall, a teacher at Malahide Community School, says: "Often you find that that their minds are asleep and information is going over their heads. It is affecting their academic achievement.'' The average teenager probably was not designed to to rise and shine at seven in the morning -- after going to sleep willingly nine hours earlier.
Full Story: http://www.independent.ie
