Yes I've heard of calls like this before. But what the heck did teenagers who had to go to fight in WWI and WWII do?
Battles didn't start till after 11:00? --Mike On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Christopher D. Green <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
