Our presentation was on the case study of the NKF financial scandal, which took place in 2005. It all began when journalist, Susan Long, from The Straits Times published an article on the lack of transparency and accountability in NKF’s usage of the donated funds This led to the former CEO of NKF, T. T. Durai, suing Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) for defamation. The trial disclosed how Durai misused the donated funds and the financial mismanagement at NKF, greatly affecting NKF’s reputation. After
completing their class work in time because they were too lazy that day. The teacher comes up to them and questions why they are sleeping during the class. Tons of students in public schools would use the same old excuse saying that they did not get enough sleep the night before. Sadly, this excuse is true for most who use it. How come it is true most of the time? That is because these students stayed up late at night completing assignments that took time for them to do, and then having to deal with the terrible
students are not getting as much sleep at night as they should. As teens get older, the amount of free time available cuts down drastically. Students often stay up late, go to school at early hours, go to extracurriculars or work, and then come home to finish loads of homework due for the next day. Having school start at the crack of dawn every morning makes it that much harder for students to stay awake during the school day. This continuing cycle leads to sleep deprivation and many other issues
Adequate sleep has an important role in the academic performance. Sleep has been a part of one’s everyday life. But currently, the ability to sleep may be intruded by the things that cause stress or maybe one exchange sleep with work or play time (Breus, n.d.). It can affect one’s way of living and how one interacts with things or people (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, n.d.). To be able to function properly, teens or young adults need about eight to ten hours of sleep (National Sleep Foundation
WHY SHOULD TEVİTÖL START AT A LATER TIME? Almost all of you were students. Just remember, were you happy with waking up early? Almost no one is happy with shortening their sleep. And according to National Sleep Foundation, only 15 percent of the students get enough sleep. So, isn’t it wrong to let new generation suffer from the wrongs you’ve faced? This time system does not sound right. Starting to school at 8 o’clock is not convenient for students. It affects their success, health and psychology
Critical Reading September 29 2014 What is sleep? Is your child not getting enough sleep? Is he sleeping in class? Well in the article, “Should schools start later? Medical reasons to delay” by Angela Hungelmann, she implies that teens are not getting enough sleep, which can cause them to have sleep deprivation. Nowadays, teen are not getting their eight hours of sleep that can cause them to have health problems. There arguments about how sleep correlates with sleeping and how well students
School Start Times for Teenagers Teenagers all over the country are suffering from sleep deprivation due to their early start times at school. Some schools have tried making their start times later and have seen incredible improvements in students’ health and academics. This has become a difficult situation, however, because of conflicts in the bus schedules in school districts with elementary and middle school schedules. Even though changing the time teens start school affects bus and district
Sleep is defined as a condition of being inactive where in our body system temporarily stop operating (New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary, 2004). Sleep was described as a way for our body to ease off and relax. People must sleep 8 hours a day to fully regain their energy (World Book Dictionary, 2003). Actually, it is exactly 8 hours and 36 minutes (Rath, 2013). Sleep reconditions the body and helps to restore our strength and energy (Babcock, 2012). It is a state of unconsciousness and happens naturally
Most teens in America are sleep deprived. If school started after 8:30AM, students would stay until late at school and athletic practices would take up even more time. Work time for homework would ----- be cut back . Therefore, I do not want school to start after 8:30AM. In high school, 87% of students receive less than the recommended amount of sleep. There are many organizations, such as the National Sleep Foundation, that do studies on this topic. If school started later, it would ---- end later
Lack of Sleep Is Killing Us Lack of sleep on a chronic basis have a significant negative psychological and physiological consequences. The lack of sleep can result in decreased mental alertness and cognitive function. It can also lead to depression-like symptoms, obesity, increased blood pressure, reduced immune function and increased levels of stress hormones (Rice U). The lack of sleep has far reaching negative consequences on our country and our society. The effects of poor sleep are contributors