Comments on: Problems Getting Out of Bed

By: shane

shane — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:20:24 +0000

Does it not seem unfair, to anyone else, to place the burden of accommodation on children, as though their reluctance to leap out of bed every schoolday were a moral defect, when it is the case not only that Nature has endowed teenagers with a physiological need to sleep late but that the US school system is an unpleasant, prison- or concentration camp-like institution that crushes students’ will & ability to learn under a stultifying regime of rigid time schedules & standardized tests & procedures, all of which originally was designed not to serve the needs of maturing human beings but rather those of their eventual corporate employers, who in general require ignorant, obedient drones who will conform to office norms, follow directions & stay firmly & meekly in their assigned place without question or complaint?

Just kidding! I recommend a “wake-up stick.” Johnny doesn’t wanna wake up for class? Get the wake-up stick! A few wake-up bruises will remind him not to be sleepy next time.

By: Lindsay Kaplan

Lindsay Kaplan — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:02:22 +0000

Go back to bed.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:01:10 +0000

Harumph! In case you readers don’t know Lindsay is one of the great publicists at OUP! And while her talents at promotion are impressive, her lying is mediocre.

By: Lindsay Kaplan

Lindsay Kaplan — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:56:05 +0000

The Blog Editor power naps at her desk. I’ve seen it.

By: Herb

Herb — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:51:42 +0000

Having personal experience with the Blog Editor, I can testify that she was a “great sleeper” and still is.

Only the non-melodic tones of an off-key version of “Reveille” sung using only one word, “toot”, repeated incessantly could make her laugh so hard, she would almost fall out of bed.

But I exaggerate just a little, as she would just pull the covers over her ears and sleep on.