A few months ago, I first saw the “Where the Wild Things Are” trailer.
Admittedly, I was a little confused at first, but after about the first 15 seconds I realized what it was for.
Where the Wild Things Are, written by Maurice Sendak, was one of my favorite books growing up, and I was both terrified and thrilled to see that Spike Jones was making it in to a movie. Seeing the trailer made me remember elementary school, a time when I didn’t have to worry about the stress of college applications and mountains of school work. I then journey back to the days of kindergarden and preschool, thinking about nap time in particular.
Thinking about naptime made me wonder why we don’t have a high school equivalent to reenergize. After all, we spend a lot more time in school, doing much more stressful work, and often while sleep deprived. So why not have a scheduled block in time during the day for recovery? Yes, lunch is nice, but that time is used more to eat, first of all, and talk more freely. But for those of us who have clubs nearly every day, our brains still have to be firing at full force, and when your school day ends at 4PM, that’s almost eight straight hours. Therefore, it would be interesting to see how students performed in these two environments and compare their energy, quality of work and level of stress.
