Who hasn’t thought, “There goes another one of those massive pest-trucks, clogging up my highway”? I’m guilty. I won’t think it again, thanks to this video.
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Having trouble sleeping? Here are some plants that you can put into your bedroom that might very well help you sleep better.
Add a foolproof safety device to a gadget and a six-year-old will find a way around it. That’s what happened to a mom in Little Rock, AK. While Bethany Howell slept, her little daughter used Mom’s thumb print to unlock the iPhone and buy $250 worth of Pokemon items. Read more details.
There are three possible morals to this story: 1) Hide your iPhone while you sleep. 2) Never underestimate a child of any age. 3) Wear gloves while you sleep.
The controversy isn’t new–it was brewing when I was teaching many, many years ago. The difference now is that there are several studies proving the obvious: kids are too tired to learn during their early morning classes.
The proposed solution is to start school later. The main argument I’ve heard against that is that it will mess up after-school activities, like sports and clubs. I’m not for it for another, more practical reason. That is, if school begins later, kids will con their parents into letting them stay up later, which defeats the purpose. I can hear it now–“Mom, Dad, school doesn’t start until 10:00 so I can stay up later because I can sleep late.”
If parents would stop giving in to kid-logic and make them go to bed at an earlier hour, the problem is solved. I’m a mom; I remember bedtime battles. But there are certain things we need to put our foot down about. A youngster’s being in an alert state so he/she can learn is one of those things. It’s up to parents to take responsibility.
The debate continues–“off or on?” Consider this: by turning off your computer at night you’ll use about 75% fewer kilowatts. This makes a big difference in an office, where computers use more electricity than all other equipment put together, but it also helps at home.
“I just use sleep mode,” say some people. “It costs me only about $50 a year more than turning off the computer, and computers don’t like to be turned off and on too often.”
Wrong. Watch this short video Why You Should Never Leave Your Computer On to see what sleep mode and on/offs mean to your computer. You can help the Earth AND avoid expenses at the same time!
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