TIME AND TRADITION; BLOG #160: DEC 5,2014

THE MESSAGE:

Time is a pre-occupation of many if not most humans. We watch it, count it, save it, spend it, waste it, try to stop it or escape it, and reflect on its passage. Some read a news magazine entitled 'TIME'. One popular television segment is referred to as 'PRIME TIME'. We eat,  work, become educated, play, watch TV, take a break or enjoy holiday segments at certain pre-ordained TIMES. How many times each day do we hear or think about the words, "It's time to go!" or "The time is now!" or "It's about time!" "If I could turn back time.." "Time out!"

SOME SUGGESTION FOR ADJUSTING OUR TIME HONOURED TRADITIONS?


EACH WEEK SHALL HAVE  8 DAYS

> The new additional day will be called Hayday

> There will be no weekends

> The work week will consist of FOUR, 10 hour days. There will be 2 shifts each week

> The work day will run from 7 AM to 5 PM with 1 hour for lunch at noon

> Workers will work 4 days and have 4 days free for families while the second shift works

> All workers shall have 8 weeks of holidays that coincide with the school holidays

THE NEW CANADIAN YEAR

EACH MONTH WILL HAVE EXACTLY 32 DAYS AND 4 WEEKS

> Each year will have 384 days

> Each new year will begin on March 1

> Each year will have 4 seasons divided as follows

• Spring > March, April and May
• Summer > June July and August
• Fall > September, October and November
• Winter > December, January and February

SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN ALL YEAR LONG

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

> The Elementary school day will consist of 8 sessions of 1hour each and run from 8AM to 4PM

> Each day will have 6 classroom sessions of 1 hour, 1 hour of Physical Education and 1 hour for lunch 

> The Elementary school week will consist of 4 days of learning and extra-curricular activity and then 4 days free. The school will be occupied by a second shift of new teachers and students

> Each week will contain 2 terms of 4 days

> The Elementary school month will have  28 learning sessions

> The Elementary school year will consist of  2 equal terms of 192 days (384 days)

> The Elementary school year will contain 2 terms each with 128 learning periods

>  Elementary Students will attend only 1 term per year

>  EACH SEASON WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS OF HOLIDAYS 

SPRING > 2 weeks at the beginning of April

SUMMER > 2 weeks at the end of July

FALL > 2 weeks at the end of October

WINTER > 2 weeks end of December

SECONDARY SCHOOL
The only difference will be the school day, which starts at 10AM and finishes at 6PM 

Wake up to the benefits of a later school day   ELIZABETH  RENZETTI  TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL

Shouldn’t teens just go to bed earlier? Turn off their devices, shut down their games, slap their laptops shut? The problem is, adolescent brains function differently from children’s and adults’ in terms of sleep rhythms: The chemicals that regulate sleep are released at different times, causing them to go to bed and rise later. If you’re glaring at your dozy teen in the morning, take comfort: As with most things at that age, it’s the hormones’ fault.

Teenagers should get at least nine hours of sleep a night, but they average fewer than seven, according to the U.S. National Sleep Foundation. The consequences are not just tail-dragging during the day, either: Sleep isn’t a void filled with dreams of dancing elephants, but a crucial time for processing and storing new knowledge, as New York Times science correspondent Benedict Carey writes in his new book, How We Learn. Problems that were knotty during the day become untangled at night, he explains. “The preponderance of evidence to date finds that sleep improves retention and comprehension of what was studied the day before” – and in that way, he writes, “sleep is learning.”

In Toronto, Eastern Commerce Collegiate Institute, has for five years, allowed kids to roll in at 10 a.m. Two years after the late start began, the Toronto District School Board reported on the results of the experiment, which were largely positive. Students showed some academic improvement in English and mathematics, although no increase in science grades. Probably more important, kids reported getting a half-hour more sleep every night, and said it was easier to get to school in the morning. Teachers found that students were much more alert and able to participate in class.

I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO ENJOY SOME COFFEE TIME HUMOUR FROM AUNTY ACID

THE QUESTION:

DOES TIME REALLY HEAL ALL WOUNDS? 

LAURELS TO: 

A GREAT CANADIAN AND A PIONEER IN MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS (May 27, 1933 – December 2, 2008) 

  





THE QUOTE:

"How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" - Dr. Seuss

THE CLIP: