Teenagers from the outside appear to be zombie like creatures that navigate somewhere between the words whatever, I can’t be bothered or inaudible grunting. It’s very easy to disengage from their plight. Often the disengaged nature of their adolescence is tied with the labels of laziness or a lack of discipline.
Though, as laid out in Professor Walker’s book why we sleep, it’s much closer to a harrowing case of chronic sleep deprivation where only a 11% of teenagers are actually getting the sleep they need. To which you may respond; well it’s because they stay up too bloody late. Sure smart phones do emit a light so strong that it’d even wake Hades from his slumber and they are spending too much time online, though, this lack of sleep isn’t necessarily a reflection of bad behaviour but instead a genetic problem as research suggests the ideal time for teenagers to wake is between 9am-10am with comprehension being the best between 10-11am.
So it begs to question, what else might we be doing wrong?
Just because we have always done something doesn’t necessarily make it the best or as Henry Ford, Founder of Ford Motor Company, would say: “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” And that’s what this week’s podcast is about. Changing the status quo by giving young New Zealand students the opportunity to improve their financial know how at school.
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