I can speak for the entire student body when I say mornings suck. It’s at the point where my alarm is now titled, “Get the *%$! up. I know you don’t want to. Too bad.”

Then comes the hectic shower where you forget to wash out your conditioner, because your eyes are barely open. Next thing you know it’s 7:40 a.m., and you’re still in a towel. Glenview cops really should be on the prowl in the morning: prime speeding time.

The clock strikes eight as you plop into your desk with relief and reality sets in. And reality sucks.

With the brain power of a squirrel, physics at 8 a.m. isn’t possible. Sorry, Mr. Smith, but vectors and inertia cannot compete with the warmth of my bed.

Senior Carson Weaver doesn’t think the current school day is beneficial because she has to wake up too early after going to bed so late.

“Everybody knows that teenagers like to sleep-[in] late, no matter when they go to bed, so I think that the school day is more beneficial towards teachers than it is towards students,” Weaver said.

And she’s right. According to the National Sleep Foundation, teenagers are naturally unable to fall asleep before 11:00 p.m. Since about 9.25 hours of sleep is ideal for teens to function best, most teens do not get enough sleep. So why does school start so early if science tells us it shouldn’t?

According to an Oracle-conducted survey of 130 students, 52 percent believe a later start and end to school would benefit their grades, activities and sleep schedule. No offense, but I think many of those students were distracted by the words “more sleep,” and didn’t think the question through logically.

Waking up later is the only difference with a revised schedule. You might be slightly more active in your morning classes, but really everything else would just be moved back two hours.

Instead of going to bed at midnight, you would go to bed at 2 a.m. And no one would do their homework any earlier. (Lets be honest, we all procrastinate for a living).

In fact, schedule revisions have already been attempted. The University of Minnesota did a study after Minneapolis Public Schools moved their school start time 1.5 hours back. According to their research, some activities had to be shortened due to the longer school day, while some sport practices were simply rescheduled to take place before school, thus nullifying the schedule change in the first place.

Although the current high school schedule doesn’t feel ideal, it’s simply practical, partially because it fits with everyone else’s schedule. Adults go to work early and many students get rides from their parents.

And don’t get me started on athletics. Fall and spring sports teams would maul each other for practice time under the lights. Instead of teams being able to play at the same time, everything would have to be consecutive.

So I hate to break it to you, but a revised schedule won’t cut it. All I can offer is some advice. Don’t watch more than an hour of television after school. Yes, Grey’s Anatomy is more interesting then pre-calc, but far less important.

Don’t take a nap after school. Just because you take a two-hour nap doesn’t mean you can go to bed two hours later. It’s not and won’t ever feel the same.

And this may seem like a no brainer but DO NOT wake up an hour earlier than needed. Hate to break it to you, but no one really cares what you look like or wear to school.

We just can’t have it all, my fellow students. It might not seem fair and it might not feel good, but suffer now as it makes weekends feel that much better.