[David Walsh, the assistant superintendent, said the schedule has been worked out to decrease unproductive half days.] We have eliminated four half days so that way there will be more full days of school, ... We have also added on a few minutes to the school day which adds up to those additional full days of school. |
Advertisers follow eyeballs, and young eyeballs are now on video games. |
As the gadgets keep evolving, they keep consuming more and more of our kids' time. Our kids need a balanced diet of activity, and the problem is that it's getting out of balance. I don't think as a society we're dealing with it yet. |
Even if [kids] make you feel like you simply being near them is intrusive, don't go. Deep down they need to feel their parents or professionals care about them. |
I don't think there's any debate that the relationship has been affected by such a large turnover on the board. |
I gave him a couple of back handers on the home turn and I didn't think he was going to find much and when he he got the front he didn't want to go any further. |
I saw kids -- 8, 9, ten years old -- playing some extremely violent games, ... We're calling upon the arcade industry to kind of take a look at their practices. |
I saw kids -- 8, 9, ten years old -- playing some extremely violent games. We're calling upon the arcade industry to kind of take a look at their practices. |
It's not detrimental to the patients at the hospital. |
It's something we've never seen before, |
Kids like to gather. This is a natural gathering place. Kids like to push the limits. This is a place to push the limits. |
Many kids are literally dragging themselves to school half-asleep. They are very sleepy during first, second, maybe even into the third period of the day. |
The 15-year-old brain is not the same as a 30-year-old brain, and so things are not going to affect it the same. And that's true of alcohol and it's also true of violent video games. |
The average American adolescent is sleep-deprived, |
The bottom line is that the public doesn't understand why a person who has been convicted of a heinous crime has not been disciplined earlier, or why they are still on the payroll. |