Wheaties? Not so Much…
J-blawg,
Jun 25, 2005
Talk about missing the point. Someone in this group blog notes the recent report noting the strong correlation between eating breakfast and doing well academically. But Slate's Amanda Schaffer responds by saying you shouldn't wake children up to eat breakfast because they suffer from shortages of sleep. Well maybe, but to make the point she must ignore the results of the study, which say there is a benefit. More to the point, how can causing one problem be the solution to another problem? If they can't get up (dubious, but let's go with it), then have them eat later and start school later. That's how I addressed the problem through university - my classes started at eleven, went through to six, and so I was always ready with a coffee and a muffin bright and early at ten.
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