Sleep Deprivation

Since I started eighth grade, I have noticed that when listening to my teachers lecture, I have a tendency to zone out. However, this is not on purpose, it is due to my fatigue, which stems from a lack of sleep. Once I finish a class and am out in the hall socializing, a common conversation that seems to be initiated between my friends and I is complaining about how tired we are. This usually leads to us talking about past experiences about how one of us fell asleep in a class or how someone could not concentrate while taking a test. This is usually taken lightheartedly, but in reality, this is a subject we need to view with utter seriousness. A reason for this is the amount of sleep a person gets each night is reflected in her schoolwork and tests, ultimately her place in the future, which sounds like something to be viewed with caution.
To achieve the nightly obligation of eight hours of sleep, one has many ways to do this. For example, a student could go to sleep earlie...