Kindergarten

There is something very important that is often over looked in life. We take care of it all through our infant and toddler years, in kindergarten and maybe even a little beyond that. But suddenly we get to a point, and it disappears. I thought it was gone forever! It was a tragedy, all through middle school and junior high, and especially in high school, when people would think something was wrong when I tried to attempt it. But I was wrong again. It returns in college, it's like an epidemic that takes over in the afternoon and nobody thinks it is wrong or anything else of it. What is this mystery thing? NAPTIME.

It has become such a part of my life here at Allegheny, and I am not the only one who does it. At home, when I would come home from school and want to take a nap, my mother yelled at me that it was a waste of time or thought I was sick. Why is it so wrong? It makes you feel so rejuvenated and you can focus again. It's a sin not to take a nap when you sit down to do your chemistry homework and just pass out on your bed. It's irresistible really, your bed is right there. I know for me it is my primary study spot since my computer leaves no room on my desk.

Despite the fact that nearly everyone I talk to here considers it a part of their daily routine, it is still kind of a hush hush thing about college. The 'sample student schedules' that they send you over the summer leave it out. Nobody really tells you how important it will become for you to take a nap at least 3 times a week.

I think it's great really. Now I got some sleeping out of the way and can concentrate better on my homework.