Re: Vote here: fcps change start time - yes or no
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Get with it
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Date: October 21, 2014 02:17PM
MVKxM Wrote:
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> Maybe so. They are amazing students though, best
> of the best. All those kids waking up at 345 am
> to play hockey will be working for my kids in 15
> years.
Lack of up-and-at-'em ambition is not apt to serve them as well as you expect.
> If you are a parent and choose to get your kid up
> at 3 or 4 in the morning that is fine with me...
Well, I'm certainly glad to hear that! I was beginning to fear dire consequences in the event of disapproval from some internet fruitcake.
> ...but dont expect me to believe you or your kids
> are somehow better than anyone else.
Not claimed. But your sleep-in-at-all-costs tendencies are markers for general sluggishness. Sluggishness is not how one gets ahead in the world. The early bird has always gotten the worm, and he or she will continue to do so.
> We are up at 6 am and I can see exactly how many lights
> are on - not many.
Yeah, I suspected not many lights on when I started reading your posts.
> Adults that get to choose where to work generally
> dont get up at 4, 5 or even 6 am.
You don't hang with the same adults that I do then.
> If this is some kind of contest as to which person can
> be the most sleep deprived, you win.
You don't know sleep. It occurs in cycles that vary from one person to the next, but typically last around three hours. An ordinary and otherwise healthy adult can do fine in the long run on a single such cycle per night.
> Young adults with a high IQ tend to stay up later.
> The higher the IQ the later they stay up.
So the smart kids know that they don't need all these hours and hours of sleep and that by sleeping the day away, they are actually just wasting time that could have been put to other and more productive purposes? Good on them!
> Your kids waking up at 4 and 5 am to participate
> in sports are probably not morons but they arent
> as smart as my kids - we need sleep for our
> brains. Its okay the world needs ditch diggers
> too...
It sounds like your kids will turn out to be pampered soft-asses. The harder-nosed kids will just beat the tar out of them at some point. But I suppose they will at least be well-rested when it happens.