Re: [Phys-l] Cramster et al.

[chuck britton <cvbritton@mac.com>]

At 6:17 AM -0400 5/13/10, Anthony Lapinski wrote:
> Similar things happen in high school. Students are involved in XC
> activities (sports, music, etc.) They have less time to do their homework.
> They're also more "distracted" in today's society  Or are tired. Or are
> socializing (texting, etc.). So they "do" the homework before school, and
> copy answers if they can't get it. Yet nearly everyone gets As and Bs in
> their classes!

The first year that I taught HS (1980) I was impressed and surprised 
when a cross-country runner came up after class to get assignments 
that he would be missing because of his upcoming state-wide meet. 
There have continued to be a FEW students each year who seemed to 
manage to juggle ALL of the 'Three S's' as they called them. Sleep, 
Study, Social Life - Choose Any Two - was the way it was usually 
said. Those who can/could manage all three were special. (Those who 
went totally Social were special too - but didn't last at our 
residential establishment.)

The future will benefit from those who choose and manage well.