Spring Break
The best nap of your life is waiting for you all over campus
Issue date: 2/28/08
I think I suffer from narcolepsy. No, seriously, I really, really do. As far back as I can remember, I have had this insane ability to be able to fall asleep at anytime, at any place, no matter what is going on. I'm not talking about your classic falling asleep during a boring history lecture issue. I slept through 75 percent of my American cultures class junior year. I was known as that kid who is always asleep in the back of the classroom. I have even fallen asleep at jazz band practice, while standing up, while playing the vibraphone. (which is a percussion instrument kind of like a xylophone) While I do consider it a major achievement to have basically slept through high school, I can't decide which of the following instances is more impressive: that I have managed to fall asleep while sitting in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, or that I slept through a popular punk rock concert called "A Taste of Chaos." Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I can even sleep through earth-shattering bass sounds.
While I was able most nights during high school to get eight hours of sleep, this is most certainly not the case at Hopkins. Personally, I can't remember the last time I went to bed before three in the morning. However, the body can only take so much sleep deprivation before you have to give into it. Apparently, my body can't handle sleep deprivation at all, or I would've stayed awake during my 10 a.m. class today. Since I consider myself to be an authority on this subject, here is my list of the top 10 places to fall asleep on campus. They've all been thoroughly tested, I assure you.
10. During a fewer-than-15-person class. This isn't really a location, but still, if you're planning on sleeping through a class, it needs to be a class where the teacher is not going to realize it. Three hundred-person lecture classes are good for this. Eight-person language classes where you need to be able to respond are not. You will not get good sleep, and you will not get a good participation grade - a bad situation all around.
While I was able most nights during high school to get eight hours of sleep, this is most certainly not the case at Hopkins. Personally, I can't remember the last time I went to bed before three in the morning. However, the body can only take so much sleep deprivation before you have to give into it. Apparently, my body can't handle sleep deprivation at all, or I would've stayed awake during my 10 a.m. class today. Since I consider myself to be an authority on this subject, here is my list of the top 10 places to fall asleep on campus. They've all been thoroughly tested, I assure you.
10. During a fewer-than-15-person class. This isn't really a location, but still, if you're planning on sleeping through a class, it needs to be a class where the teacher is not going to realize it. Three hundred-person lecture classes are good for this. Eight-person language classes where you need to be able to respond are not. You will not get good sleep, and you will not get a good participation grade - a bad situation all around.
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