If so your role as a teacher, may include the need to discuss with your students the importance of getting enough sleep.
Sleep is an essential element of healthy living.
A good night's sleep affords us the energy and mental clarity to live each day to the fullest. Unfortunately, sleep disorders and deprivation, affecting over one in three Americans, can ruin not only a good night's sleep, but can also cause irritability, poor job or school performance, and even more dangerous consequences such as falling asleep while driving. Like adults, adolescents also suffer from sleep problems that result from both physiological and behavioral mechanisms. It is helpful for teachers to be aware of the landscape of these problems, which may be potential contributors to a student's poor academic performance, emotional health, absences, and tardiness. According to sleep experts, sleeping a total of eight hours would be adequate enough for adults to properly refuel for the next day.