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Early Birds vs. Night Owls (May/June 2013)

This month's "A Tale of Two Sleeps" delves into the history of snoozing, revealing that humans used to have very different sleeping habits than we do today. Thomas Edison certainly had his own ideas about how modern people should nap. How about you: Are you an early bird or a night owl? Do you dream of a world where people sleep twice every night?

I'm usually up with the sun, but I'm a typical kid and enjoy staying up very late as well.  But if I had to choose, definitely early bird. 

submitted by a.g.
(May 2, 2013 - 11:38 am)

Night owl.  :P

submitted by Cassidy J., age 12, Seattle, Washington
(May 4, 2013 - 9:54 pm)

i get up verry early ( 6:20) to go to school evry day so on wekends i tend to stay up till midnight ( don't worry i'm old enough) but if we have to go on a trip or something i ama usualy the first one up because i went to bet early. if i was being threatened by a troll form Astralia i would say that i should get up in the morning (pasific time) and go to bet early ( pasific time)

submitted by maYa, H, age not old enough, trangendervanlia, rocky horrer
(May 5, 2013 - 11:22 am)

I wake up earlier; 5:30 AM

But I don't even fall asleep until about 11:05 PM

Man I'm sleep-deprived 

 

[With a little tweaking, this would make a nice haiku. --Editors]

submitted by Nena C., age 11, Carrollton, VA
(May 8, 2013 - 5:41 pm)

I am kind of in the middle; not an early bird but not a night owl.

submitted by Katie P., registered animagus, age 12, saturn
(May 15, 2013 - 7:06 am)

I,m an early bird, and I wake up between 5:30 and 6:00. I stay in my room for 1 and a half hours before getting up!

submitted by Kellen J., age 8, Colorado Springs, CO
(May 17, 2013 - 8:12 am)

I usually get up at around 4:40 AM but I can't stay up past 10:00 PM with out falling asleep so I'm definitely a Early Bird.

submitted by Alycia T., age 11
(May 18, 2013 - 4:05 pm)

I am kinda both.  I like to stay up late, but I wake up early every morning.

submitted by Evan L., age 12, Austin TX
(May 24, 2013 - 7:28 pm)

I get up early and go to sleep late.

 

submitted by Hunter J., age 10, Fort Benning, GA
(May 29, 2013 - 5:59 pm)

I stay up as late as I can on most nights, but when I get the chance (on weekends) I sleep in until eight. That may not be very late for some people, though! :)

submitted by Hannah G., age 12, St. Augustine, FL
(June 2, 2013 - 6:38 am)

Early bird. But I'd be happiest if people didn't need to sleep so we could read all night. :)

submitted by The Ewok Goddess, age turbulent teen, up north in Canada
(June 4, 2013 - 9:58 am)

Hahaha.. I love how there is such a disproportionate percentage of readers being early-birds (just shows what kind of readers Muse has :P). Definitely not the party all night kind of crowd ;) but then what would you expect out of people who read a children's science magazine?!

submitted by Nell N.
(June 8, 2013 - 10:16 am)

i get up at 6:30 for school but on weekends i get up at 7 or 8 andi go to sleep late so i htink i am a night owl

submitted by the pie wizard, age 334.668, candyland
(June 12, 2013 - 7:23 pm)
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