Unsurprisingly, the average spent time sleeping at IMSA out of class falls drastically short of this ideal. In fact, I would estimate the average IMSA kid gets about five to six hours of sleep on a good night. Skimping on sleep causes many IMSA students to feel groggy and exhibit, shall we say, of less than stellar consciousness during the day.
Morale is low.
Long classes and no sunlight exasperate these conditions. Sleep is not only necessary to restore the body's energy, but it is essential to ensure a healthy body and immune system. Many unexcused absences owe to the desperate need of sleep on the IMSA campus. By providing a dark room, perhaps with pillows and blankets, the Academy could encourage naps during the day as well as avoiding the embarrassment of having students sprawled out on the floor or couches in the main building to catch up on some shut-eye. By providing a facility in the main building dedicated to rest, a student would not need to run back to his room during a short break to nap.