Sleep benefits

Hello, everyone. Today I will tell you about sleep benefits. I'll start off by saying thank you all for coming here today. I am Kristiāna from Rigas Centre Humanitarian Secondary School.

The record for the longest period without sleep is 11 days. A student named Randy Gardner is the one who set this record in 1964. This is exceptionally concerning because teens need about 9 to 10 hours of sleep each night to function best. However, most teens do not get enough sleep. For instance, one study found that 85% of students didn't get enough sleep on school nights. We call this situation sleep deprivation. It is a condition where people do not get enough sleep.

Therefore, for my speech today, I will tell you why you should care more about your sleep.

So why do we need sleep?

First of all, I would like you to think about how one bad night's sleep, or not enough sleep, makes you feel the next day. For many of us, we're grumpy and irritable, we find it difficult to concentrate, and we have no energy.…