With evidence mounting of widespread sleep deprivation among adults, teenagers, and children, some high school students are taking counter measures. They've formed a "Power Nap Club" at school and nap together.
At the Greenwich High School, in a high-income, high-powered suburban area of Connecticut, pressures are high for top achievement - in class and outside of it. According to a story in USA Today, many students at first considered the nap club idea a joke, but it caught on and membership is growing. They meet on Monday afternoons after school lets out, in a classroom, and nap together. With the evidence available about how naps improve memory for previously learned material, this kind of club just might catch on elsewhere as a boost to the education process.
People in Italy, as well as in other areas of Europe have been having power naps before returning to their work in the afternoon. With the job search and the economy in difficult circumstances now, it might be a good time to go back to school and learn new skills along with the power napping habit.
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