Teens and sleep are like dogs and cats, they just don’t seem to go together. Yet so many students obviously need sleep since they seem to make up for the lack of it in class.

“At night my phone keeps me up. I try to sleep but I can’t help but be on phone,” sophomore Brandon Whipple said.

Some students think sleep problems could be solved very simply.

“School should start later than it does because we can get more sleep and be well rested for the day or for the next day,” Whipple said.

Some teens say sleep is for the weak, others don’t tolerate that and they want and need their sleep. But there is some science that accounts for the sleeping deficit that teens face.

“There is a hormonal imbalance and a rise and fall of hormones during puberty,” Biology teacher Ramon Benavides said.

The UCLA Sleep Disorders center said that growth and development is an important stage for teens. Because of this, teens need more sleep than adults. A teen needs about nine hours of sleep each night feel rested for the following day, http://sleepcenter.ucla.edu/sleep-and-teens

“Teens do need more sleep, but they are resilient and will recover quickly,” Benavides said.