Let Teenagers Sleep In
I used to need 9.5 hours of sleep as a teenager and probably had diagnosable delayed sleep phase disorder.<p>Rules made by 55 year old early risers that only need 6 hours of sleep a night who have become school officials are just cruel and unusual punishment to a chunk of teenagers out there.  In a better world there could be a class action lawsuit to make this stop--but its still considered okay to promote &quot;early to bed, early to rise&quot; and flat-out discriminate against people with sleep disorders.<p>If you are an early riser, you should know that as someone with a sleep disorder I view &quot;helpful&quot; suggestions like &quot;get some exercise&quot; to be roughly equivalent to suggesting that gay people just need to pray the gay away.  I&#x27;m never going to become an early riser.  I&#x27;ve gotten in somewhat under control with melatonin, tweaks to diet and consistent scheduling, but I&#x27;m never going to hop out of bed at 6:30am and its always going to take me 2-3 hours to wake up.