Student Sleeping In Class (Today’s Problem Teaching)

Today's teaching profession finds a new phenomenon in students, that is falling asleep in classroom. The phenomenon of students falling asleep in the classroom often occurs at the level of secondary school and high school.

There are various reasons students fall asleep in the classroom. For personal reasons, the reason for the teacher, the teacher's learning method and the length of their study time in school.

In this article, the author does not discuss from the side of teachers and teaching methods teachers. But more direct from the student side, why they are so sleepy in class.

Cause

1. Less rest due to frequent stay up
   Staying up is why most students fall asleep in class. Lack of sleep at night causes tired eyes, so fall asleep in class.
2. Breakfast is too much
   Breakfast that has too much effect will be felt when the day approaches noon, drowsiness begins to come.
3. Student wearing sunken lens (negative)
   Lenses that are too convex from normal conditions that students use will cause the eyes easily tired and sleepy while reading.
4. Anemia (lack of blood)
   Students suffering from anemic disease slow the supply of oxygen to the organs of the body, causing students to become drowsy.
5. Dehydration
   Students who drink less water make students quickly tired and sleepy.

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Solution

After knowing what causes the students to sleep in the classroom, a teacher should be able to find a solution that can to solve it. As for the solution is:

1. Wake slowly
   If a student is asleep, the teacher should stop learning for a moment. Wake the sleeping student slowly and tell him to wash his face.
2. Provide counseling guidance.
   The teacher should ask personally what causes him to fall asleep. Give directions and input so that the future does not fall asleep anymore. And ask the student's commitment not to repeat the incident again. While showing the consequences of what he would receive if violated.
3. Do not be embarrassed.
   The teacher should never embarrass the student in front of friends, even if the reason is wrong. Grasp the trust he has given not to repeat the incident again.

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Here are some causes and solutions of the phenomenon currently occurs in schools that is students fall asleep in the classroom. May be useful...

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