Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1997, Page 45

Description:	Studentsstrugglewith theurge tosnoozePING?It is 8:15 a.m. Your eyes are gettingheavy as the classroom lightsbegin to disappear. Soon you findyour head jerking up when the bellrings.Between boringmovies, late-nightstudying, jobs,extracurricularinvolvement andsometimes not gettingenough sleep at nightmeant catching a fewextra zs during theschool day.Freshman SteveSutherlin said, I onlydo it (sleeping)during movies.Junior LoriWhiteheadcommented thatstudents slept in classsince they were tiredand its (class)boring.Senior Mike Moore said, Trying tokeep up with classes and still trying todo stuff with friends makes it hard tostay awake in class.Senior Chad Moore said, A lack ofinterest about what the teacher istalking about, caused him to be tiredthroughout the day. He also said, Ido have a problem staying up too late,reading, messing around, doingsomething.I just stay up too late, senior NickMiller said.Some students had jobs that cutinto their sleeping time. Senior EricNorton said, I get enough sleep atnight, but I have a job and so muchhomework takes away from theleisure time in the evenings.For some students, getting awayfrom South without actually leaving...we alwayshave the safetyshower in chemistry, just a littlecold water towake you up.»—Mr. Eric Ban,chemistryby ashley heydtschool grounds meant traveling off todream land. I was dreaming ofpassing and getting good grades in allmy classes, freshman Matt McArdlesaid.Junior JonathanRipley said, I had adream I was flying.Some teachers had astrategy for keepingstudents awake andattentive in class. Oncein awhile a book mightslip out of my hand.Remember, we alwayshave the safety showerin chemistry, just a littlecold water to wake youup, Mr. Eric Ban,chemistry, said.Zero hour victimsstruggle longer to stayawake during the schoolday. Junior LindseyStines said, I sleep, butnot during zero hour because its myhardest class [U.S Historyl. JuniorAngela Browning said she had noproblem staying awake in zero hourbecause she drinks a cup of coffee.Some students were anti-sleepers.I try (to sleep), but I just cant, juniorIrah Modry-Caron said. Junior NickBaker also had trouble sleeping. ...Itsnot the right sleeping environment,the seats are not comfortable at all!Students with drooping eyelidsused different tactics to stay awake.Senior Zack Poindexter said, I try tokeep myself busy during class.Junior Stacy Ellison said, I drinkcoffee, but teachers are very pickyabout it, especially when I spill it!However, when 2:30 rolled aroundstudents managed to revive theirdroopy eyes and start all over againfor the next day.sleeping in class 45
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