jay-gatsbys-annoying-love-life:
Letting teens sleep in may save their lives
Teens complaining about having to show up for school in the wee hours of the morning aren’t just whiners, they’re taking unnecessary risks to their well-being. A new study from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine has found that teens who start high school earlier in the day are involved in significantly more car crashes. The findings add credence to warnings from the American Academy of Pediatrics that teen sleep deprivation is a growing national epidemic.
WE LITERALLY DIE IF WE DON’T GET SLEEP, PLEASE CHANGE THOSE CRUEL EARLY CLASS TIMES
*adult voice* maybe you should just go to bed earlier
that would be easier if teens’ natural melatonin set in before fUCKING ELEVEN O’CLOCK
