Maybe you dozed off at your desk after a long night of homework, or perhaps you fell asleep watching Netflix and cuddling with your cat. Regardless of how you fall asleep at night, you are guaranteed a dream (or the occasional nightmare), whether or not you remember it in the morning. Everyone dreams! And “everyone” includes your fellow teachers and peers.
Juniors Derek Imai and Max Zoglio each shared a recent dream.
Now imagine a 3-D printer, but rather than relying on a piece of technology the machine is your imagination. This is how Derek’s dream began.
Derek said, “I had a dream the other day where I was sketching animals and such, and whatever I sketched magically jumped off the pages and were real. I then drew an airplane and flew across the world. Best dream ever!”
Max Zoglio also had a dream about travelling, and recalled his dream, “Some friends and I were flying a helicopter in Latin America with Mr. Still. Then it transitioned to Central Asia, and I was going through the mountains, and some really scary guys stole some essays I wrote. But then they were cool, and I crashed at one of their houses for a few days. Then I went to South Uzbekistan and got some Pizza Hut at a K-Mart, but all the workers looked like aliens. It was really weird! Then we went to a hotel and ate some frozen pizzas.” He added, “This, legit, was all in one dream, and it was super vivid!”
Both Derek and Max love dreaming. Though they haven’t analyzed the meaning of their dreams, they consider themselves lucky to remember what they see. Sometimes you don’t remember your dream, or worse, you wake up fuzzy and happy, only for your dream to slip from your memory, pieces of it vague and blurred. Sometimes you do remember your dream, a spectacular blend of magic and mystery, but forget it hours later.
An interesting hobby to consider is dream journaling. Dreams are especially unique because half the time your mind envisions things you wouldn’t dare think of consciously. Reading your dreams helps you interpret what your subconscious is telling you. When you reflect on earlier journal entries, you may unearth how your emotions paralleled to what you were feeling at that time.
Dreams can even help you come up with inventions! But remember, dreams are products of a sleepy mind. No matter how stressed you may be from homework or school drama, always make the time for your mind to rest!