UK secondary school headteacher (high school principal in "American") calls for school to begin at 11:00 to account for adolescent sleep cycle. http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/mar/08/teenagers-sleep-education-secondary-school
Of course, this is a classic case of people believing their own press. This headteacher seems to think that universal public school is about education, rather than about freeing up their parents to work longer hours. :-) Who, pray tell, would take care of all these teens during to 2-3 hours between the time that their parents leave for work and the time that they leave for school? "They are old enough to take care of themselves," I hear you say? Get up on time, wash, dress, make themselves a breakfast, get out of the house and get to school on time? Methinks not (at least, not very reliably). Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
