If you’re a teacher that doesn’t have a summer job, you may have been taking advantage of the loose schedule to sleep a little later in the mornings. You might also do this on weekends during the school year. But Popular Science has up an article detailing how sleeping late on the weekend makes it harder to wake up during the weekday:

People who have trouble crawling out of bed probably have an inner clock set to late wake-up and sleep times, a condition known as phase delay. It is possible to adjust your phase-delayed body clock, Matheson says, but at a price: No sleeping in on the weekends. “When people sleep late on weekends, they revert to their natural phase-delayed rhythm,” she explains. This makes it harder to wake up early on weekdays.

The next time you’re feeling unrested during the school week, try maintaining the same wake-up time, even over the weekends. And while you still have a little time left before the school year starts, it might be a good idea to get that school wake-up time going pretty soon! Hit the read link for the full article.

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Teachers are no strangers to picking up a few germs, sniffles and sneezes from the classroom. If you’ve ever wondered if your reaction is due to a cold virus you snagged from a student, or the dust accumulating under those bookcases in the corner of your room, LifeHacker tips us to a quick New York Times article on telling the difference:

Allergies virtually always cause itchiness, in the eyes, the nose, the throat, while a cold generally does not. Telltale signs of a cold are a fever, aches and colored mucus.

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[Via LifeHacker]

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