The foreign language of sleep
What is sleep? Sleep is something I don’t partake in
anymore, that’s what. As of this moment,
I have gone a little more than 33 hours straight without sleep. If you know me personally or have read some
of my previous blogs, you may know I am no stranger to staying up all night or
going long periods without sleep. Most
college students are more adept to it than others.
It’s kind of a cultural thing
in college to undervalue sleep. If I use
a lot of caffeine and stay active I usually can stay awake for as long as I
need to. But I’m sure it depends on the
person. Over the summer I had similar
experiences to this. I worked three jobs
(more or less cause two of them were part time) and had one instance where in a
span of 72 hours I had 7 hours of sleep.
Even without working, a healthy dose of sleep over three days is between
18 and 24. It was a kind of living hell
at certain points, especially when working third shift.
Right now though, there’s just under
two weeks left of school, or should I say, “under two weeks left of not
sleeping.” There are probably many other
students who are in similar circumstances I am.
After all, misery does love company.
I can't remember the last time I got a decent night's sleep. My finals are this week so it's really crazy. College in general makes it hard for students to get enough sleep but finals take it so a whole new level of hell.
ReplyDeleteI think 33 hours to stay awake is long enough. I know it's the college culture, but I can tell when my students are operating on too-little sleep--and more importantly their work shows it, too. No wonder everyone is hacking and coughing and sleeping during finals.
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