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Lessons You Should've Learned in Recess
Not all kindergarten lessons are sticking.
A "you-needed-to-study-this?" study found that kids need recess. While the concept sounds intuitive, the need for proof came out of playtime cutbacks thanks to the No Child Left Behind Act. Worse yet, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine found that the kids who don't get a break tend to be black, poor, and attending urban public schools.
Recess reductions basically contribute to obesity, less time to practice social skills, and classroom restlessness. By strange coincidence, a few other studies came out this week basically reinforcing the same message: People need a time-out in just about anything we do. How quickly we forget the Golden Mean.
In the interest of science and promoting recess for all ages, it's time to bring out the Buzz Study Guides and reinforce a few lessons we should've learned in kindergarten.
| Buzz Study Guides | |||
| Studies | TV Linked to Depression | Ads Make TV Fun | Facebook Can Be a Downer |
| Researchers | University of Pittsburgh and Harvard Medical School | NYU Stern School of Business | Stony Brook University |
| Guinea Pigs | Adolescents | College Students | A gaggle of 13 year-old girls |
| Observations | Every added hour of TV = 8% higher chance of becoming a depressed adult. | It's not the ads themselves, but the breaks that help viewers focus on the show. | Online tools lets obsessive girls vent over and over about the same little thing. |
| Don't Jump to These Conclusions | TV causes the blues. | Commercials are fun. | Young girls are whacked. |
| Take-aways | Get outside. | Toilet breaks probably accomplish the same results. | Obsessive-compulsives (and people going through a break-up) need to clear their status to clear their minds. Trust us, those Causes and Super Walls will be there waiting for you when you're ready. |
Filed under: Social Networking, Science, Technology, School
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