Comments on: Should We Have Nap Time in High Schools?

By: Raleigh

Raleigh — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:35:34 +0000

There is a guy in our class who sleeps all the time

By: Neil Petersen

Neil Petersen — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:44:49 +0000

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your interest in this topic! I should mention that I’m a psychology blogger who happened to write about these studies, so you might also want to try getting in touch with some of the researchers who did the studies. That said, here’s my personal take on your questions:

1) I think a reasonable solution is for schools to give students ample free time during the school day, and to provide resources like the “nap pods” mentioned in the article so that students are encouraged to take a nap during their free time if they feel it would be helpful.

2) The research is pretty clear that naps can benefit cognitive skills, including those related to memory and learning. So we can expect that napping could benefit students’ academic performance, as well as their health and mental health more generally.

3) I haven’t done enough research on this topic to give you an informed answer.

4) I think the number one priority is for students to be happy and to make academic progress, and making sure students get adequate sleep helps achieve that goal. Ways to do that would include giving students enough free time to nap during the day, having places where students can conveniently nap (like the “nap pods” mentioned above), and setting later school start times so that students get enough sleep during the night.

5) Off the top of my head, two things would be working on time management skills and making sure they don’t stretch their schedules thin by committing to too many things. Also, understanding that when you make it a priority to get enough sleep, everything else becomes easier!

Good luck with the paper!

By: steve Fajardo

steve Fajardo — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:28:42 +0000

Dear Neil Peterson,
My name is Steve Fajardo, a senior in high school called, High School of Telecommunications Arts and Technology located here in New York (www.hstat.org). I am writing a research paper for my participation in government class on a topic that I chose, which is, “Should high schools students in the United States have access to recess and nap time? “This project is sponsored by the Wise Foundation(https://www.wise-ny.org/programs-services/college-career-readiness/quality-of-life-innovations/) Since I read your article; “Should we have nap time in high schools?”(https://allpsych.com/should-we-have-nap-time-in-high-schools/)I just wanted to ask at least 5 questions based on your knowledge of napping, and your ideas to help me with my project. Here goes the following:
1) Do you personally believe that all high schools here in the US should allow students to have nap time as a free period?

2) What could be the benefits of allowing high school students to have access to napping?

3) What can be done to let the Board of Education all across the nation to let high schools give recess and nap time?

4) What could be ways to allow High schools to allow nap time for students? Should napping be a number 1 priority for these students to have?

5) What roles can high school students do to get nap time in their own proper school?

Thank you for your time and have a nice day.

Sincerely,

Steve Fajardo