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...least in college, I could schedule all my classes in the afternoon, or, more likely, sleep through the morning ones in bed. Needless to say, I took full advantage. With night owl genes in my family, early classes were out of the question. Even still, I managed to doze in most of my afternoon classes...
...first, I thought I could tough it out—I’d just go to bed early. But as someone who usually retires at all hours of the night, early for me was still plenty late to leave me exhausted at work. I started dozing at my desk and in meetings. Usually, I could make it through the first couple hours of the morning, but mid-morning and mid-afternoon were danger zones. I worried people were catching my somnolent habits. Finally, I conceded a partial defeat—my body needed help with the hours...
...security guards around. There's someone expecting you to misbehave." That's especially destructive, she says, because young adolescents need their independence to be guided and nurtured, not squashed. "This is when kids start challenging social conventions. They say things like 'Why do I have to make my bed?' It's proof of their cognitive maturity, and it's all good." Sadly, this cognitive development isn't well supported by the middle school curriculum either, according to several studies. "It doesn't help students see the bigger picture or to understand abstract concepts," says Juvonen...
...savvy. She has signed up for lessons from an expert: her son David, who is 19. "You read about what kids do to other kids, but you don't think it's going to happen to yours," she says. "Who knows what happens online after I go to bed at 10? I need to find...
...happened in any of the prior shuttle flights, NASA grew increasingly--and justifiably--confident that the lightweight and durable shielding was the best of an admittedly imperfect set of options. Now there is reason to doubt. "Obviously, the loss of tiles has to be looked at and put to bed," says George Gleghorn, a former chief engineer for TRW's space group and, for six years, a member of a NASA safety-advisory panel...