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Old 11-22-2018, 08:03 PM
 
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I've seen them drinking coffee around town (Glastonbury) but didn't even consider it could happen during class.

I didn't know anyone my age who drank coffee until college, and even that was rare.
Me neither. In my day if you really needed energy for an all nighter, you drank Jolt Cola!

I didn't start drinking coffee until my mid 20's......ironically because I had to get up at about 6:30 for the first time since high school and I was finding myself tired and depressed over this unwelcome return of an early alarm clock.
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Old 11-22-2018, 08:20 PM
 
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Me neither. In my day if you really needed energy for an all nighter, you drank Jolt Cola!

I didn't start drinking coffee until my mid 20's......ironically because I had to get up at about 6:30 for the first time since high school and I was finding myself tired and depressed over this unwelcome return of an early alarm clock.

haha! I think it was Mountain Dew for us. I never picked up coffee.

In my senior year I had a 5am weekend job but did nights during the week. That was brutal but it paid well, and I got out early on the weekends I am probably lucky my first FT job was retail so 9am, but then I picked up a waitressing shift and had to figure out my sleep again.
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Old 11-22-2018, 08:42 PM
 
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Only in West Hartford could such a first world problem become World War III.
Many school districts across the country have wrestled with this issue, because the fact is that teens are not ready to be at their desks, awake, alert, and ready to learn, at 7:30 AM. Stop with the sniping.

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Old 11-22-2018, 08:47 PM
 
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I had to "turn my son on" to caffeinated coffee once he was in high school. The first time he tried it, he came home that day saying, "Mom, I was awake for my first two classes for the first time ever!" And he goes to bed by 9 PM most nights!

Now, he often has a small amount of caffeinated coffee before school. I try not to let him have it on the weekends or during vacation. Unfortunately, he occasionally complains of acid reflux, which can be caused by caffeine, so when he does I make him lay off of it for a few days.

The start time is just too early.
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Old 11-22-2018, 08:58 PM
 
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Many school districts across the country have wrestled with this issue, because the fact is that teens are not ready to be at their desks, awake, alert, and ready to learn, at 7:30 AM. Stop with the sniping.
Wrestling with the issue, sure. But how many other towns' wrestling results in collusion, Freedom Or Information requests, secret e-mails knocking opponents being re-printed by the Hartford Courant, and the forced resignation of a school board chair?

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Old 11-22-2018, 09:42 PM
 
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Please stop the bickering and remember to be respectful. JayCT, Moderator
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Old 11-23-2018, 01:53 PM
 
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Greenwich changed the times last year. I am not sure about the other districts.

Teens (including my 17 year old son and 15 year old daughter) nowadays drink coffee like theres no tomorrow. I never heard of this when I was in high school,. Not a fan of it but a lot better than smoking which nowadays is almost unheard of with teens (though recent trends with vaping are troubling).
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Old 11-23-2018, 02:43 PM
 
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Greenwich changed the times last year. I am not sure about the other districts.

Teens (including my 17 year old son and 15 year old daughter) nowadays drink coffee like theres no tomorrow. I never heard of this when I was in high school,. Not a fan of it but a lot better than smoking which nowadays is almost unheard of with teens (though recent trends with vaping are troubling).
Out with one stimulant (nicotine) in with another (caffeine).

I'm not necessarily equating tobacco with coffee. Coffee is probably the lesser of two evils but when I was a kid adults tended to steer kids away from it. It was an adult drink. Like alcohol.

I found it surprising a few years ago when I walked around the UConn Storrs campus. There were about 4 coffee shops on campus. When I was there there were zero.

Also interesting (to me at least) is that nicotine and caffeine are almost exactly the same thing in nature. Both are chemicals that plants use to kill insects who get the bright idea of trying to eat them. Part of me wonders if one day they are going to discover that caffeine isn't much better for us than nicotine. But maybe that worry is just the caffeine talking.
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Old 11-23-2018, 05:52 PM
 
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Out with one stimulant (nicotine) in with another (caffeine).

I'm not necessarily equating tobacco with coffee. Coffee is probably the lesser of two evils but when I was a kid adults tended to steer kids away from it. It was an adult drink. Like alcohol.

I found it surprising a few years ago when I walked around the UConn Storrs campus. There were about 4 coffee shops on campus. When I was there there were zero.

Also interesting (to me at least) is that nicotine and caffeine are almost exactly the same thing in nature. Both are chemicals that plants use to kill insects who get the bright idea of trying to eat them. Part of me wonders if one day they are going to discover that caffeine isn't much better for us than nicotine. But maybe that worry is just the caffeine talking.
It might depend on one's background. As the child of a Brazilian mother, we drank coffee in elementary school. Now it was half milk, half coffee but we were drinking it as children.
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Old 11-24-2018, 04:47 PM
 
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I think it's perfectly reasonable for a teen to have a bedtime, if all homework is completed. My teen is 14 and goes to bed on a school night at 9:30pm every night, and only stays up later if extra time for homework is needed.

My teens day starts by waking at 5:45am and getting home (after sport practice) at 6:45pm. It's a long day. Then homework, showering, dinner and bed.

I have found that waking in the morning is not a problem with this earlier bedtime. I get no pushback because it's normal for our home. I know many other teens who go to bed at midnight or later ...of course they are tired.

I ask you though, if we allow them to form the habit of staying up until midnight every night and then allow them to start school later so they can sleep later aren't we actually not helping them?? I mean most adults I know get up around 5;30-6:30 every morning to get ready and get to work on time. These kids need to prepare to have to wake early tired or not when they join the workforce.

I personally wouldn't care if my local high school changed times or not. I'd be fine with keeping it or changing it. But just wanted to voice my opinion on them being tired in the morning.
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