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to having an option to sleep earlier. Looking past the graphs and charts, there were a few noticeable outliers and individual responses These examples showcase how severely sleep deprived they are, as well as the potential lack of sleep other students could develop in the future. For example, one student reported to sleep at around 3:30 a.m on regular school nights. The same student woke up at 7a.m, meaning they only slept 3 and a half hours a day Not only is this student significantly sleep deprived, they reported being at a 1 when asked how tired they felt if they slept less than 8 hours the day before on a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being completely exhausted and 5 extremely energetic.) Compared to the majority of answers, which reported that students slept 5-7 hours and slept from the range of 12a.m - 1:30 a.m, these noticeable outliers represent the extreme minority that struggle to sleep enough the contrary, school becomes an even larger variable in the difference in sleep

The chart above displays the amount of sleep students get on weekends compared to the sleep students get on school nights

Both sets of data trend in different directions and have no replies at the other end. On weekends, nobody has responded less than 5 hours and for school nights, no one has responded more than 10 hours. This large shift in sleep from school nights and weekends shows how students tend to sleep much more on weekends as a whole; the data collected is consistent with previously mentioned trends where students sleep more to “catch up” to their sleep debt. They are able to do this because they are not required to wake up early to go to school.

With over half of students sleeping at least 8 hours on weekends, their sleep schedule is not uniform A continuous shift on sleep schedule makes it difficult for the student to maintain his or her circadian rhythm, which affects how well they sleep

To add on, a significant portion of students reported sleeping at school and throughout the day in the survey Only 35 7% of

To eliminate the possible circumstance that students sleep little, not because of delayed school start times, but for other reasons, students were asked about their sleep on weekends. If students slept more on weekends, there is no underlying reason that affects them everyday that causes them to sleep less. On