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Eat Sleep Work Move
August 26, 2010 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 08:00 AM
In today’s fast-paced world, kids seldom get enough sleep - and there are serious consequences, according to this article: depression, obesity, car accidents, and low grades to name a few. So perhaps bus pick-up times of 7:00 am are not such a good idea.
Another interesting article outlines some sensible things that can be done to improve student performance, above and beyond good teaching and curriculum. They are:
- Cultivation of the attitude that brain function can be improved by determination and hard work
- At least eight or nine hours of sleep every night (a theme may be emerging here)
- A high-protein breakfast
- Daily exercise
Basically, kids should just listen to their moms. But we already knew that…...
Don’t give the brain trust at MOE any ideas Malkin. Next thing we know we’ll see an amended curriculum reintroducing nap-time to secondary students complete with napping rooms (currently known as classrooms) where they can relax and unwind from the stress of learning. Poor babies.