::A Geek in Korea::

There are certain topics books should never talk about, no matter how interesting, because they simply cause too many problems. One of these forbidden topics is anything suggesting more sleep. Even if I want to teach students about how important sleep is, I never want to give the impression that falling asleep in my class is better than staying awake in it.

In my last class for today, I had to teach about the many benefits of taking naps in the afternoon. Everyone in the class was as exhausted as I was, and the book went on and on extolling the virtues of sleep. It increases memory! It reduces stress! It helps you study! 20 minutes of sleep is the best thing ever!

According to the book, the best time to nap is 8 hours after waking up from a long night of deep sleep. That meant that the class I was teaching was taking place very close to the best time for my own “optimal nap time”.This irony was not lost on me in the slightest. The students said that they’d be doing research on the “topic” by resting.

I wish I would have been permitted to take a nap for twenty minutes to get back my attention span for the rest of class. Talking about sleep isn’t something books should do frequently.