Mum why do I have to go to bed so early?Its only 10pm! I cant go to sleep this early!This is when three year olds go to bed. I'm 16 I can stay up later if I want. Oh my God Mum why do I have to get up now? It's only 6.30, Let me sleep. I didn't get to sleep until 2am. I don't care about school. Just let me sleep.Why do we teenagers have such difficulty facing the fact that we have to go to sleep earlier on school nights and then have such difficulty awakening on school mornings. Why are so many teenagers half asleep in their morning classes. Is it because we are asserting all our youthful energy in proving we are independent. Or is it that we are just going through the rebellious faze in our existence and spend all our energy rebelling against the higher authority. Or is it because we are just plain stubborn. Are there other reasons why many of us teens have difficulty falling asleep at a reasonable hour and wakening early enough to get to school on time. In fact there is quite a valid reason why most of us teens look like half dead pale zombies in our early morning classes, it all started when that little rather big thing
             Called puberty reared its ugly head bringing with it a whole lot of unwanted baggage including the power to delay the timing of teens internal body clocks which job it is to regulate sleepiness and wakefulness. Teenagers are unable to fall asleep until at least 11pm or later and because of our unique sleep needs our brains are not ready to be alert until well after the typical high school day has already begun. So if you're a strapping teenager on the cusp of man hood or woman hood and usually wake up looking awfully like a new born puppy, with eyes that wont open and a powerful instinct to curl up and travel back to the peaceful land of nod because your really just to tired to face the big bad world today you should probably wake up and take a reality check and to help you do so y...