Blog Homework 1

http://www.mathgoodies.com/articles/teens_sleep.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20322801/ns/health-childrens_health/t/academic-performance-top-cause-teen-stress/

http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/tips-reduce-stress

Lately, I have been going to sleep later and later due to the workload given by my teachers, and after school sports. Because of this, I have been tired in school, slower at practice and more and more unprepared for test and quizzes. These three articles talked about the two main things that have been affecting me physically and mentally; stress and sleep. I have been so stressed trying to maintain good grades while still balancing sports so much that I feel stressed all the time. One thing leads to another and because of this stress to do well in school, I began to stay up later and later resulting in lack of sleep. The article talked about how that lack of sleep is very bad and how it can cause other problems in the future. The average child gets about 6 hours of sleep every night then the recommended 8 hours of sleep needed to replenish the body after a long days work. Lack of sleep can also cause stress in school which I have been experiencing. However, stress and sleep can work both ways. A different article talked about how if someone is stressed in school then it can cause lack of sleep. Reading these few articles, I realized how important sleep can be in a teenagers life. Especially if the student is juggling sports and school like myself. I think that time mangement is a key part into less stress and more sleep. This good advice for everyone to take so that they will not have lack of sleep and do better in school. From these three articles, we can conclude that sleep and stress affect many things.