Leaving your mac on during the day

hi
i am a teacher and i turn my laptop on first thing in the morning and then leave for maybe 10 hours or more. is it best for me to turn off my laptop or just let it go to sleep? it is worth noting that i turn my laptop on as soon as i get home and then before i go to bed....is all that restarting hard on it?
and, sometimes when i let my laptop sleep---for just a few hours (like 1-2 hours)--it won't wake up and i need to push the power button to turn it off and restart it. is that a weird glitch or a symptom of a problem? please let it be a glitch! lol
thank you!
Message was edited by: guenever1999
Message was edited by: guenever1999

i don't leave it running during the day--i turn it off before i leave for work. then when i get home i turn it on and then off before i go to bed.
i 'heard' somewhere that it's better to leave your computer on than to restart it all the time. i was wondering if i should do something different.
i guess i'll have to call tech about the sleep issue. sigh.

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