This particular article states that adolescents, based on a study, usually sleep late and therefore, should go to school late. School schedule should then be changed, according to this premise.
I almost fell off my chair after I read it. In my opinion, this is political correctness stretched to the extreme although I must admit that I haven't read the original study on this.
Why would a school change its schedule just to accomodate its students' inability to wake up early? No idea.
Sleep pattern is set by our biological clock. If you sleep late because of partying, working, or dating, then obviously you'll wake up late.
Like adults (and children), adolescents need some motivation and self-discipline to move ahead in life. Sleep pattern should therefore be self-regulated to meet the demands of the outside world.
It's the adolescents' responsibility to adjust to the realities of life and not vice versa.
Adjusting the school schedule to fit the adolescent's sleep pattern is not only counterproductive, it is also withdrawing the individual from the rigors of living.
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The "realities" of life? hmmm... an arbitrary social reality that is imposed on the adolescents supposedly for their own good defined as fitting in with arbitrary social realities. It seems you are in a circular argument spin cycle without an underpinning. If there is any modicum of science to the study and any objective biological reason for their argument - you're kinda shot down. Interesting stuff thoug- thanks for discussing it!
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