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Nap time
I wish they would have nap time at school. I find that if I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before, a 10-20 min is super-rejuvinating in the late morning. Also your day doesn't seem as long and shitty if you've given your mind at least some time to rest rather than burning out on a 20 hour day.
I mean, you don't have to call it nap time either. Just maybe like 30 minutes where you can do whatever you want.
Then again, I don't know where you could sleep comfortably at school unless they had beds...heh.
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Re: Nap time
Even if they did have a place to sleep and gave you time to do it, I don't think I would.
I don't trust the people there.
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Re: Nap time
Eidolon Wrote:Even if they did have a place to sleep and gave you time to do it, I don't think I would.
I don't trust the people there.
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. - Baba Ram Dass
The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. - Dogen
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Re: Nap time
Stratovarius Wrote:Then again, I don't know where you could sleep comfortably at school unless they had beds...heh.
Why does my school suck so much, even though it's heaven compared to the ones you attend? We have at break from 11:05-11:25 to snack and stuff (it's usually way too loud to sleep during that break though), and there's lunch time too. You can do whatever you want to during these times, and we as a home room pooled together to purchase a sofa into the back of our classroom. I've slept on it before, though its more common usage is a place to sit on and chitchat during breaks.
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Re: Nap time
um, my school does. It's called "history class".
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Re: Nap time
Stratovarius Wrote:I wish they would have nap time at school. I find that if I didn't get a lot of sleep the night before, a 10-20 min is super-rejuvinating in the late morning. Also your day doesn't seem as long and shitty if you've given your mind at least some time to rest rather than burning out on a 20 hour day.
I mean, you don't have to call it nap time either. Just maybe like 30 minutes where you can do whatever you want.
Then again, I don't know where you could sleep comfortably at school unless they had beds...heh.
That's why someone invented "sleeping during a test".
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Re: Nap time
math class = nap time
problem solved!!!!
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Re: Nap time
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Yeah, I sleep during math. I trained myself to sleep with my eyes open in this boring block of time.  UBER useful for other classes.
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Re: Nap time
i just sit in the back and teachers at my school dont give a shit if you sleep back there
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Re: Nap time
I've got shitty night school 4-8 tuesdays - thursdays where everything is done on computers and the teachers stair at you the whole time, so I can't sleep. -_-
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I cant sleep but I can lure myself into a trance Like stay, Someone will say something, And I will be like, "wha woah what you say?" Its like day dreaming but deaper.
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Re: Nap time
I found that backpacks make a great pillow.
I fell asleep today for an entire lecture but could hear everything the teacher was saying and could register it in my mind. Maybe it was sub conciousness.
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Math Class. Yeah that rocks. Does anyone else get really um what's the word, "aroused" when they go to sleep or wake up? I get an erection and its kind a embarassing I have to like cross my arms over it. It's not my fault either. Lol I bet that sounds funny.
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Re: Nap time
I get it when the class is boring and iI feel sleepy. Usually during history or math. Although a quick trip to the bathroom will solve that.
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Re: Nap time
I think they use lunch break or something like that as an excuse.
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Re: Nap time
Ahhhh.... How do I miss the good old days of Pre-Kinder, where all we did was play, eat, and crap. Middle school and high school need to follow Pre-K's example.
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Re: Nap time
[size=over 9000]LOL NO.[/size]
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Re: Nap time
You don't have to have a nap time to have a nap time.
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Re: Nap time
There already is a naptime in most highschools. It's called World History.
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Re: Nap time
|55555| Wrote:There already is a naptime in most highschools. It's called World History.
NAO. It's called Math. zzzzz.....
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Re: Nap time
yea i find math easier to sleep in then history.
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Re: Nap time
Lol, at my old school periods were 75 mins. When we had test, after completely acing them with no effort put in at all, I still have around 60 mins to sleep  .
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