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[Alkenes]

Is it good to stay up all night studying and sleeping in the afternoon?

 

[Absolutezero]

Not really. There's no real benefit to it. You might as well just keep a regular body clock. Also, you don't need to study that much anyway. Anything more than 3 hours on school nights is far too excessive.

 

[Alkenes]

But doesn't that compensate; i sleep in the afternoon and stay up at night ?

 

[Shadowdude]

Umm, and then you have school in the afternoon and everyone's awake in the afternoon...

Sure it might be a good strategy on like... weekends or school holidays, but good luck going back to 'normal' when it comes to school/exam time or when you have a family thing or other engagement on in the day time.

 

[Absolutezero]

Umm, and then you have school in the afternoon and everyone's awake in the afternoon...

Sure it might be a good strategy on like... weekends or school holidays, but good luck going back to 'normal' when it comes to school/exam time or when you have a family thing or other engagement on in the day time.

Exactly. Sure it sounds alright in theory, but everyone else will be operating on a different system to you. There's too many possible disruptions to the pattern.

You still haven't said why you want to do it. Why not just study in the afternoon, or the hour or two before school.

 

[Spiritual Being]

I've been doing this for a week or two...

Mines a bit different though. I find it that I study the best late night (I don't know why) .

I come back from school:

Do something/relax till 4pm
Sleep 4-9
Wake up 9pm
Do school work etc... from 9-12am
Do further study if tests coming up till 2am (This doesn't happen much)
Free time from 2am - 5am (e.g. play computer games)
Sleep from 5-7am

So I slept 7 hours, got plenty of study and got heaps of free time; more than a lot of the people on here.
When I sleep and wake up, I'm energized again and I can retain information easily.

I can easily switch my sleeping pattern on the weekend though. It pretty much takes me a day to alter my sleeping pattern with the help of just one energy drink

 

[Alkenes]

Exactly. Sure it sounds alright in theory, but everyone else will be operating on a different system to you. There's too many possible disruptions to the pattern.

You still haven't said why you want to do it. Why not just study in the afternoon, or the hour or two before school.

Because I am exhausted when I come back from school I go to bed straight away; wake up 9:30ish and study at night ....

 

[Alkenes]

I've been doing this for a week or two...

Mines a bit different though. I find it that I study the best late night (I don't know why) .

I come back from school:

Do something/relax till 4pm
Sleep 4-9
Wake up 9pm
Do school work etc... from 9-12am
Do further study if tests coming up till 2am (This doesn't happen much)
Free time from 2am - 5am (e.g. play computer games)
Sleep from 5-7am

So I slept 7 hours, got plenty of study and got heaps of free time; more than a lot of the people on here.
When I sleep and wake up, I'm energized again and I can retain information easily.

I can easily switch my sleeping pattern on the weekend though. It pretty much takes me a day to alter my sleeping pattern with the help of just one energy drink

I did that last night lol

 

[Alkenes]

Exactly. Sure it sounds alright in theory, but everyone else will be operating on a different system to you. There's too many possible disruptions to the pattern.

You still haven't said why you want to do it. Why not just study in the afternoon, or the hour or two before school.

What disruptions?

 

[Coookies]

Because I am exhausted when I come back from school I go to bed straight away; wake up 9:30ish and study at night ....

Also less distractions from family members...

 

[Alkenes]

Also less distractions from family members...

+1

 

[Absolutezero]

What disruptions?

Life.

Events, friends, family, commitments.

 

[Galapagos]

I've been doing this for a week or two...

Mines a bit different though. I find it that I study the best late night (I don't know why) .

I come back from school:

Do something/relax till 4pm
Sleep 4-9
Wake up 9pm
Do school work etc... from 9-12am
Do further study if tests coming up till 2am (This doesn't happen much)
Free time from 2am - 5am (e.g. play computer games)
Sleep from 5-7am

So I slept 7 hours, got plenty of study and got heaps of free time; more than a lot of the people on here.
When I sleep and wake up, I'm energized again and I can retain information easily.

I can easily switch my sleeping pattern on the weekend though. It pretty much takes me a day to alter my sleeping pattern with the help of just one energy drink

I've read research that indicates us humans used to have a bi-phasic sleeping pattern like this. It's also apparently more efficient as in you spend more time in the deep sleep (or whatever) phase that regenerates your energy levels etc.

I really want to try it out but it would be bad for my family life.

 

[Galapagos]

Life.

Events, friends, family, commitments.

Sounds like he/she doesn't have any of these lol.

 

[Absolutezero]

Sounds like he/she doesn't have any of these lol.

In which case, they should get them. Hard to believe, but they're actually more important than studying in the long run. Don't sacrifice them for the sake of a mark.

 

[qwerty44]

Not really. There's no real benefit to it. You might as well just keep a regular body clock. Also, you don't need to study that much anyway. Anything more than 3 hours on school nights is far too excessive.

That Udit guy on here said he done 6+ hrs on school nights. He got 3 state ranks and 99.95.....

 

[Coookies]

That Udit guy on here said he done 6+ hrs on school nights. He got 3 state ranks and 99.95.....

Is it EVERY school night or just the ones closer to exam period?

It really depends on how you use your time. You got to be productive.

 

[Absolutezero]

That Udit guy on here said he done 6+ hrs on school nights. He got 3 state ranks and 99.95.....

So? That doesn't mean it wasn't excessive. Lots of people have achieved that mark with only a fraction of that amount of study.

It's not about the hours, it's about studying smart. That's more important than when or how long you do it.

 

[Alkenes]

Well I do that almost every night
HSC is peaking, so yeah

 

[Spiritual Being]

Just woke up, slept for nearly 5 hours


Bring on the h/w and study!