Saturday, December 16, 2017

Power Nap Class?

Throughout my undergraduate years I tried to live by the motto, "Well rested, well tested."  It seemed to work for me.

I didn't need a class to figure that out, though, and neither did I need mama West Point to hang hammocks around the cadet area--although, if she had, I have no doubt we'd have used them!
UC Davis wants its students to sleep at school.

University staff have hung hammocks, handed out eye masks and even started a power nap class to disrupt a student culture that prioritizes study over sleep.

“For some reason, there is a culture on campus that, in order to be academically successful, our wellness needs to go out the door,” said Brian Luu, who teaches the Power Nap class.

Lack of sleep is one of the top three negative impacts on academic performance for college students nationally, said Emilia Aguirre, a mental health specialist at the university. 
We weren't allowed to sleep during class.  If we got tired, we stood behind our chair.  On the other hand, we weren't given as much free rein as students at Davis are.  While we could stay up past taps and study, at least there was taps and the associated sleeping time from 11:30 pm to early morning, which after my plebe year was usually 6:30 or 6:45 or so.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article189889174.html#storylink=cpy

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I think it's a beautiful execution of the idea of supply and demand. If students are willing to spend so much money on a sleeping class, let them do it.