Sleep.

            When I was in elementary school, I refused to take naps. In Kindergarten, I would always try to stay awake during those 30 minutes for nap time. During my fourth and fifth year in elementary school, I tried to stay up as late as possible—staying up past midnight was something to be proud of. Whenever I stayed past ten o’clock, I would go to school the next day and boast about how late I stayed up the night before. Overtime, however, this childish view of mine gradually changed. The homework workload increased, and the learning material required more attention. On top of that, I was introduced to a new needy friend, procrastination. Rather than being forced to sleep, I was now being forced to stay up late. When the clock hits 12, I no long pump my fists in the air—I dread not being able to get to bed by then.

            Now I am in high school, and I am definitely not meeting the required number of hours of sleep. On a good day, I get about 7 hours. If I tried really hard and resisted all the temptations the Internet has to offer, I could probably get 8, but who has enough self-control for that? I certainly don’t. So as a consequence of constantly getting side-tracked while attempting to finish my schoolwork, I continuously suffer from lack of sleep, just like many of the other high school students out there. Not only do I get the privilege of feeling dead throughout the whole entire day, I also end up dozing off in class from time to time, which opens up a chance for me to lose my posture and fall out of my chair (believe it or not, it has actually happened a few times). Why can’t high school have nap time too?