Sleeping in school is pretty common, but is it okay?

Many students sleep in school when they’re tired or just bored.  Maybe students don’t get enough sleep the night before due to work or due to home issues, but often you catch students catching zzs.  I have some mixed opinions when it comes to sleeping at school.  If you’re failing your classes, then sleeping in class isn’t really a great idea.  Napping in class and not paying attention isn’t a great idea either, and neither is skipping class to go nap.  Now if your teacher says it’s okay to nap after you finish a test or something, then I don’t see the issue.  I personally don’t agree with sleeping in class if you don’t have a legit reason for it other than you just want to.  You may never know what the student’s situation is though.

Rider Lawhorn, believer in napping in school, says, “I do believe that sleeping in school is perfectly okay, especially for someone like me.  I have perfectly good grades and I get all of my homework done.  I don’t see an issue.”

I got opinions from both sides.  Krescene Holscher, non-believer in napping in school, says, “I think sleeping during school should only be acceptable in the most dire situations.  Sleeping during class time doesn’t just waste the teacher’s time; it also hurts the student’s education.  Then, they may have to stay up later at night to catch up, which just makes thing worse.  It becomes a slippery slope.  On top of all this, it’s just outright disrespectful.”

Do you think sleeping in school is okay?