Hate Daylight Saving Time?

Fall back....spring ahead.  Really, what is the point?

At this point in the year, students are tired,  teachers are tired and trust me, I am sure your parents are tired.  So, lets move the clocks ahead and lose an hour of sleep.  I love driving to school in the dark.  Seems like maybe Arizona and Hawaii might be the smartest states in the nation when it comes to daylight saving time as they did not change their clocks last night.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/daylight-saving-time-united-states-time-do-clocks-change-does/

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-daylightsaving-idUSKBN16I0S6

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/daylight-saving-health.html

http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2017/03/daylight_saving_time_2017_surp.html

Write a scholarly paragraph with at least three things you learned about daylight saving time.  Make sure that your paragraph has at least 5 sentences.  In conclusion, give your opinion about what should be done with daylight saving time.  Should we follow in the footsteps of Hawaii and Arizona?  If you find another article that has interesting information, go ahead and use it.  Just be sure to include the web address at the end of your response.

Friday Night Lights?

How can we protect kids?  Helmets, pads, and laws forcing concussion testing?  What is the best way to move forward?

Last week in class, we briefly talked about concussions.  Below is a TED talk by a world famous neuropsychologist explaining how she would go about protecting kids.

These are the two sites that she mentions in her talk:

https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/

http://cokidswithbraininjury.com/

What do you think?  What is the best way to protect kids from getting concussions?  Is forcing kids to wear helmets when they ride their bikes and play football the solution?  Or should states take more drastic steps like abolishing high school football all together?  

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/friday-night-lights-out-the-case-for-abolishing-high-school-football

This week you do not have to read a specific article, or watch a designated video.  Instead, I just want you to plainly state your opinion.  What do you think?  In your paragraph (remember at least 5 sentences), I would like you to include at least one data point to support your stance.  Ideally, I would love for you to have a lively discussion between your posts and responses about what students, parents, politicians, school boards and coaches should do.