By Joanne Lim.
Students tend to fall asleep in classes. It doesn't matter whether the lesson is interesting or boring, whether the classroom is cold or hot or whether the teacher is looking or not, students still end up dozing off halfway through the lesson. Even if you go into a class with your energy at its highest, you can come out of a class feeling sleepy and drowsy.
The thing is that: 1) You're sleep deprived even though you think you had gotten enough sleep 2) You get a long nights sleep but not a good nights sleep 3) You include a lot of unhealthy food in your daily diet 4) You spend a lot of time on the computer, playing video games and watching television. Doing so would make your eyes feel more tired.
There are many ways you can avoid falling asleep in classes. One of them is to get at least 8 hours of sleep a day. Ways that would help you get to sleep better are: 1) Exercise regularly, but finish up at least three hours before you plan to hit the sack 2) Don't use caffeine close to your bedtime 3) Avoid eating before you go to bed 4) Keep a regular bedtime schedule, even on weekends 5) Read, listen to music, take a bath or do any other relaxing activity that gets your mind off the day's stresses and excitements.
Another way of staying awake in class is to keep yourself in a healthy state. Stay both mentally and physically active. Do morning exercise and take a shower in the morning before you go off for school. Have proper eating hours. Include healthy food in your daily diet such as yogurt, melons and eggs and also add a bit of sugary items for breakfast such as buttered toast, sugar cereal, apples, fruit juices and so on. Take some coffee or if you prefer, green tea, which is healthier, before you start off with your first class. A glass of cold water would do too. Also, if you can, pop a candy or two in your mouth.
Other ways to avoid falling asleep in classes is to get yourself busy in class, have a good sitting posture and try to have more interest in the lesson. Sitting in front does a bit of help too as you have your teacher concentrating more on you. Learn to take down notes when your teacher is explaining. Play around with your pen but focus on the lesson. Doddle on your notes when you're reading them. Look around your classroom and find things to count, to keep your mind occupied. Also, sitting up straight helps too as it provides more oxygen flow throughout your body and brain which helps keep you awake. Look up on things about your lessons. Have more interest in them.
I have to admit that I, myself tend to fall asleep in class regularly as most of my classes have air-conditioning and I sit where it blows right at my eyes. This makes my eyes really dry and thus, make me sleepy. If the same thing goes to you, try informing your teacher about it and have he/she adjust it so it would not be a problem in staying awake!
Hope this helps!
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