high school
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Netflix’s Sex Education Is Doing Sex Education Better Than Most Schools
Netflix’s comedy Sex Education, now in its third season, is set among a group of students and teachers at a British high school. In depicting sex education, it teaches viewers about sex and sexuality – often doing a better job than school-based sex ed classes. In the first episode of season three, Dr Jean Milburn…
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Teach Your Teen That Networking Is Actually Important
Growing up, I’m not sure I ever heard the term “networking.” When I finally heard it in college, it sounded to me like a trendy buzzword that only a business major would use. It made me think of briefcases and fat rolodexes—definitely not anything that would be relevant to me. I was a music performance…
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How To Help Your Teen Get More Sleep
When it comes to teens getting enough sleep, numerous forces are working against them. Early school start times are wreaking havoc on their circadian rhythms. An overload of after-school activities is turning bedtime into gotta-start-on-homework time. The buzz of texts from friends, the screens shining in their faces and the constant lure of just one…
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Schools Should Start Later When Teen Brains Are Ready To Learn
5There’s a reason teens are nodding off in class, and it’s not just that last lecture on polynomials. They’re sleepy. And a reason why they’re sleepy is that school starts too damn early.