over the years, i find myself getting into repeated arguments with my mum about my sleeping habits. forever, they went- why cant you sleep earlier and wake up earlier to do your work? what is the difference? its a bad habit to sleep so late you know? its not good for your health, and you cannot focus in class, then fail your exams.

typical? totally. i used to just tell her- i'm a night kinda person. why cant i sleep late then wake up late instead? isn't it the same? the most important thing is to get enough hours of sleep what. says who that sleeping late is a habit? i'm more productive studying at night!

know what my mum tells me? that's a whole LOAD OF RUBBISH. everyone knows that sleeping early is good for you. i roll my eyes and keep mum, knowing that whatever i say will be shot down, heard but not comprehended.

tonight, once more, this ever so controversial topic made its way into our conversation, turning it to become a heated exchange between us. tonight, i ended the argument by saying- why dont you just google this habit and see if its a bad one. guess what mum said? prove it to me then. go find me the studies you were talking about.

sounds familiar to the many of you who cant stand it when your parent accuses you of BAD SLEEPING HABITS? i have great news. AND SOLID EVIDENCE:)
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BLAME IT ON OUR GENES. yes, we can blame our parents for making us sleep late- not because they keep stressing us about academic excellence, but when the sperm fertilised the egg which developed to become US, somewhere, a gene MUTATED. see? totally not within our control. so each time your parent tries to open their mouth thinking they're right (when they actually are wrong), tell them this:) works like a gem.

view the article @: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1549823/Gene-explains-why-people-are-night-owls.html

excerpt: The altered gene, named "after hours" or Afh, is a variant of a gene called Fbxl3, which had not been linked to the body clock that keeps our metabolism, digestion and sleep patterns in tune with the rising and setting of the sun.

so what if our parents continue saying: you used to sleep early. now you start sleeping late. so this is not a gene mutation! uh oh. are we still stunned? no need to be:)

answer: Dr Gerald Lincoln, of Edinburgh University's Centre for Reproductive Biology, said: "Surprisingly, the circannual body clock works on a 10-month cycle.We reset our body calendar every summer, when increased light inhibits the production of melatonin. This could explain why sunshine makes us feel happier."

dont understand the answer? meaning our body clock resets every 10 months. so it can be that if it happens this year, it night not happen the next, and vice versa:) YAY FOR TEENS! OUR PARENTS ARE CLUELESS ABOUT THESE and they start lecturing us? our best rebuttal? shove this article right in their face:)

plus, here's an added bonus which you can totally just attach to your article:) we night owls perform better, physically, than those early risers PLUS we're SMARTER (uh huh, scientifically proven) PLUS we tend to be richer (HAHAHA!:]) AND we work harder and LAST LONGER. so, why should we be scolded for a bad habit that is actually beneficial to us? famous people like charles darwin, winston churchill are all night owls, and look where they got to in life. so, parents, THINK AGAIN!

CHEERS! here's to all the night owls. oh, and the research also mentioned that most teenagers are usually night owls, MEANING, if school started from 11.30am- 5.30pm, our attention span would be longer, PLUS, we will achieve better academic results! HA! so shouldnt MOE start passing the verdict down so more of us will end up where we want to be in life (theoretically) and the teachers can get more sleep as well, and we students wont suffer from those nervous breakdowns and stress when we're awake finishing our report at 2 am and fretting over having to wake up at 6am=.=

credits:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1173028/How-night-owls-cleverer-richer-people-rise-early.html

http://www.canada.com/health/Brains+early+birds+night+owls+work+differently+Study/1728030/story.html

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090623150621.htm

Labels: night owls, parents, teenagers