Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Collective Worship In Schools (school prayer)

Hey, 
I'm writing an essay in English that basically says school prayer should be banned. I believe this because I'm an atheist and I find it demeaning (not to mention boring) sitting in assembly in my supposedly non-denominational school, listening to some minister talking about God giving us the ability to love each other, and Jesus dying for us and whatever else.
Anyway, I was just wondering what everyone else thinks.
Thanks,
Hx

Monday, 12 January 2009

Trouble Sleeping

Hi, 
I was wondering whether anyone can help me? I am 14 years old and I can rarely-to-never get to sleep before midnight, even if I'm really active in the day. Usually I'm in bed sometime between 12:00pm and 2:00am but I'm not sure exactly when I get to sleep.  On weekdays I have to wake up at seven, but I can quite easily lie in and get the right amount of sleep at weekends, I just can't drift off in the first place. I don't normally get tired through the day, so it doesn't really cause any problems, but it's driving me crazy not knowing what's wrong. Is it just hormones or do I have some sort of sleeping disorder? Or something else entirely? It doesn't sound like insomnia from what I've read, but I'm no expert. Does anyone know what's up? Or have any plausible theories/solutions? Please?