Tired of being Tired

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 TEENS NEED SLEEP

         We all know there is nothing better than sleeping in. There's also nothing worse than getting up at 6 am for school. Especially when you go to sleep past 11 PM the night before. In the video I have posted above, the news talks about a school that is starting school at 10 AM and ending later. I believe this is one of the best ideas a school has ever had. When I go to school most days, I struggle to concentrate in my first few classes because I haven't got enough sleep. In that video their students are having the same problem and their grades are reflecting it. Now some would say well go to sleep earlier. Well my response to that is that it's easier said than done. At least five days out of the week, I have hockey practice or game. Each are about an hour and a half long. I also usually get there an hour before. ALmost every single practice or game I have starts past 8:30 at night. I do not get home on most weekdays from practice or a game until at least 10:30. Then I still have stuff to do when I get home at 10:30 and I still have the adrenalin pumping. This wakes me up and makes me not tired. I then up going to be past 11:30.  Also, when I get home from school almost everyday and make my way up to my bedroom to do my homework, I almost always fall asleep on my bed. Sometimes i sleep all the way intil i have practice, which really screws me up because then I have to do my homework at 10:30 at night. But sometimes I sleep until dinner. Now my homework time is down to about an hour. In High School, you need more than one hour to do homework, so now I have to do homework after hockey. This now starts a cycle for my entire week.
         I believe that our school needs to have more than just once a month we get late arrival. I think it needs to be more. The benefits the school would see would be outstanding. The attendance would go up. The grades would go up. The amount of attention each teacher gets in the morning would sky rocket. So what measure should be taken? Well changing the school day would certainly send many people through the roof who don't believe we need more sleep. So i suggest in a more down to earth proposition that instead of only one late arrival once a month, we should have a late arrival every week. Why? Because students, for the most part, only get to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays. That is not enough.
         There have been studies that show that as teens we are naturally going to be able to stay up later and want to sleep in. Why not structure the high school around that fact? I mean the High School is supposed to help us. If they really want to help, why not give us one more day where we can sleep in one or two more hours? It would make the difference. So what do you think about sleeping? Do you have a similar situation of always being tired? Do agree with my proposition?

My World

My entire life revolves around hockey. I play it at least five times a week and I can never get enough of it. I don't love anything more, other than my family, than hockey. Even though I know I will never go professional or play college division one at an amazing school, it's still my life. I dedicate most of my time to this sport. Why? Well, for one, it has built me as a person. It's the reason I am in shape. It's why I have close friends who are current and former teammates. It's why I have motivation to do the right things. So I can be eligible to play. It is more than just a game. Hockey is a lifestyle. It has shaped me into the person I am today. I have learned to think quick and always be on my toes. I have learned that being super serious isn't always the answer. Having a little comedy in your life is a good thing. When you play this sport, you play with teammates. These teammates are your family. You don't let anything happen to them. Sometimes they frustrate you or get on your nerves, but in the end, everyone on your team looks out for one another. I am sure many sports are like this with their teams, but in hockey, there is this certain chemistry that develops throughout the season and you actually become a family. Even today, the hockey team that I was on last year has a team thread on Facebook that was started a year ago. We don't even all play together any more, but we still are a family and we still talk to each other. We have been playing on the same team since fifth grade. We learned to love each other and learned to play the game together. And we have accomplished many things.

Hockey is my world.

Sports

Many people love sports. They love to watch, play, practice, attend, and invest their lives in sports. Why? Well, who doesn't love watching their favorite sports team bring home a championship, even if that team is a youth hockey team from a town in Illinois? Who doesn't love playing a sport that's competitive? Who doesn't like doing something that is fun? Who doesn't love to play a sport that even if they aren't the best, they still get to play? Who gives up the opportunity to have excitement and joy?

Weather you played back in the day or are playing now, when you step onto that court, ring, track, ice, lane, floor, or field; nothing bothers you. Sports offer all this and more. Yes, you lose sometimes, but it doesn't matter. Everyone is going to loose somedays. The trick is getting back up and trying to succeed again and again.

If you don't like sports, but have learned to love something just as much, then you've found your "sport". That's the thing. For me, even if it isn't a real "sport", it is still probably competitive. Like music. When someone is a composer, they want to be at the top. They want to be the best musician the world has ever seen. Why? Because they love music. Because they love the thrill they get when they do well, move up, or create something magnificent. It's competitive which makes it fun.

This post isn't meant to be controversial and make it seem like you have to love a sport. It is meant to show why sports are so important to so many people. You see these crazy fans of some team and you think, "Wow, what a lunatic." That person might be crazy, but the person may also just love his/her team and his/her sport. The key to a sport is fun. And that's why so many people, like me, love sports. When it comes down to it, a sport you love is plain and simple fun. It doesn't matter how much you know or how well you play, if you have fun with it, it's your sport.

So what sport are you?

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