Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Sleeping Student A student constantly falls asleep during class. You wake them up several times but they just fall back asleep. What is the best way to handle this? Do you bring it up to the parents? Do you let the child sleep? Is it fair to the other students to let the child sleep? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) So this problem has been a regular occurrence in my virtual classroom. The students are required to have their cameras on and this one specific student is always falling asleep on her computer while wrapped in a blanket. This has been an issue as the teacher will yell at her over the computer and all of the other students can hear this happening and it disrupts the class. The teacher recently was forced to have a discussion with the childs parents and told them that this is unacceptable behavior and it must be fixed. She also told the parents that maybe she is sick and to check her temperature. This usually can be an issue if the students are getting enough sleep at home. The teacher could allow the child to lay down for about 15 minutes during the day if this is a problem.