When we sleep, the mind is largely free from its usual forms of activity, although our dreams show us that the mind is not entirely inactive.
The deeper the sleep the less distinct will be the dreams. The amount of sleep needed by various people differs greatly.
A young child needs twelve hours out of the twenty four for sleep, a growing boy or girl about ten, while most grown people require only about seven or eight.
Some persons seem to get on very comfortably with even less.
It is best to remember, however that we are much more likely to have little sleep than too much.
Sometimes a boy or girl takes a kind of pride in sitting up late and studying far into night.
This is likely to be done just before examination time under the impression that better preparation can thus be made for the tests. This is a great mistake.
Sitting up late to study, the night before usually renders one less fitted to pass an examination.
The many facts we try to cram into our heads during such midnight study are not all found there the next morning.
We are weary, and the brain does not work as it should.
To get a good night’s rest is a much better method of preparing for an examination than to study until the minds gets tired.
Definition of sleeping
