Sleep

Well, a few days ago, I was using this as my topic for my LA speech assignment, and i shall now expand upon my script.

In this current type of life that we are living, sleep has indeed become a scarcity to all of us. With such busy schedules, most of us actually do not have enough sleep in the day. In the simple survey which I asked about “How many people actually wanting more sleep”, the response was close to almost everyone single person.

Sleep now has become a luxury, an utmost need, as well as something which people actually desire. According to a survey done, most students only do sleep 6 to 7 hours in a day, and this thus shows that they actually do not have enough sleep in their daily lives. By not sleeping well, one actually turns into a lifeless zombie, whereby you are not conscious of things around you, as well as your brain not being able to function normally.

There are actually many reasons as to why teenagers do not have enough sleep, and this is usually attributed to the need to complete homework as well as to study for tests. Thus, these people feel that not sleeping enough is thus valid due to their various reasons. However, this is not true!

According to a research done by Stanford University, most teenagers require roughly around 8.5 to 9 hours of sleep in a day. By not having this amount of sleep, it actually causes many negative effects. For example, it heightens the risk for a variety of major illness. Next, it also causes one to be unable to concentrate well due to the lack of rest. Last but not least, it affects the ability of your long term memory.

On the contrary, with 8.5 to 9 hours of sleep, there are actually many beneficial effects to it. Firstly, it keeps one’s heart healthy, thus helping to reduce the chance of heart attack as well as strokes. Next, it prevents cancer due to the produce of melatonin when one is asleep. Last but not least, it helps to reduce our stress as we are able to get a proper rest.

There is a saying and I must quote Dalai Lama, “Sleep is the best medication”. In this case, sleep gives one energy alertness, longer attention span and last but not least good health. Only by being healthy, is one able to experience successes in life, as well as to be able to achieve various objectives. To stay healthy, is also not an uphill task, and it can be achieved simply by taking a sleep for 9 hours.

People might argue that due to their various reasons, they are unable to get enough sleep, however, I believe that with a slight change in their lifestyle as well as a better time management, they will then be able to get enough sleep. As we can see the pros outweighs the cons of sleeping enough, and thus, I hope that everyone will try to get enough sleep from now onwards.

~Gordon