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Formal After-Parties – The Online Fallout
Formal After-Parties – The Online Fallout

Drugs & Alcohol, Society & Culture

Formal After-Parties – The Online Fallout

I’m regularly asked about my views and concerns of school formal after-parties, particularly those where every aspect of the after-party is outsourced to a private company. I want to share with you an emerging concern for some of these parties that is particularly of interest to schools, parents and teachers. In some cases, a private company contracts a photographer and videographer as part of the after-party package. The video footage and photos are then uploaded on the company’s social [...]

By Shridevi|2020-10-30T17:21:02+11:00August 2nd, 2015|Categories: Drugs & Alcohol, Society & Culture|Tags: After-parties, alcohol, Formals, Parents, photographer, schools, sexual behaviour, Social Media, students, teachers, technology, videographer|0 Comments

Birth Order Has No Meaningful Effect on Personality or IQ, Massive Study Reports

For those who believe that birth order influences traits like personality and intelligence, a study of 377,000 high school students offers some good news: Yes, the study found, first-borns do have higher IQs and consistently different personality traits than those born later in the family chronology. However, researchers say, the differences between first-borns and "later-borns" [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-07-27T14:36:07+10:00July 26th, 2015|Categories: Science & Research|Tags: birth order, intelligence, IQ, personality, psychology, students|0 Comments

Helping Students Tackle Bullying: 6 Tips for The Classroom

Bullying remains a troubling issue in our schools. In 2013, one in three Australian children aged 10-11 reported being bullied (Lodge & Baxter, 2013). Children who are bullied at school are at a greater risk of experiencing serious psychological problems later in life (Ronning et al 2009, Rigby 2015). Children who engage in bullying behaviour are more likely to become involved in criminal activities as adults (Ttofi et al. 2012, Rigby, 2015). This far reaching impact is too great for [...]

By Shridevi|2015-07-20T08:37:43+10:00July 20th, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Society & Culture|Tags: bullying, bullying behaviour, fogging, harmful behaviours, healthy relationships, school, students|0 Comments

Glancing at a Grassy Green Roof Significantly Boosts Concentration

A University of Melbourne study shows that glancing at a grassy green roof for only 40 seconds markedly boosts concentration. The study, published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, gave 150 students a boring, attention-sapping task. The students were asked to press a key as a series of numbers repeatedly flashed on a computer screen, [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-06-13T20:23:56+10:00June 13th, 2015|Categories: Science & Research|Tags: attention, concentration, environmental psychology, grassy green, students, University of Melbourne|0 Comments

Cannabis Use Can Be Prevented, Reduced or Delayed
Cannabis Use Can Be Prevented, Reduced or Delayed

Drugs & Alcohol

Cannabis Use Can Be Prevented, Reduced or Delayed

Responding to rapidly shifting legal and cultural environments, researchers at the University of Montreal and CHU Sainte-Justine Children's Hospital have found a way to prevent, reduce or delay cannabis use amongst some at-risk youth. Cannabis users are at risk of neurocognitive deficits, reduced educational and occupational attainment, motor vehicle accidents, exacerbation of psychiatric symptoms, and [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2020-10-30T17:42:48+11:00June 4th, 2015|Categories: Drugs & Alcohol|Tags: cannabis, education, marijuana, sensation seekers, students, study, substance abuse, Teenagers|0 Comments

Neediest Students Denied Funding Amid Education Fraud Allegations

Victoria's neediest students are being denied proper education due to the "gross underfunding" of the juvenile justice teaching program, which is also facing allegations of inappropriate spending by senior officials. Leaked Education Department memos detail concerns about the misuse of taxpayer funds and conflicts of interest by bureaucrats who previously managed aspects of Victoria's juvenile [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-05-24T13:04:42+10:00May 24th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: education, Education Department, funding, money, students, taxpayer funds, Victoria|0 Comments

Busy Students Turning to Prescription Drugs
Busy Students Turning to Prescription Drugs

Drugs & Alcohol, Society & Culture

Busy Students Turning to Prescription Drugs

When university student Jen* faced a seven-hour shift at work after a night of socialising, she turned away from coffee to help her stay awake and picked up a little white pill. The Charles Sturt University student took a Ritalin pill just before midnight and when she got home, she was able to study, tidy [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2020-10-30T17:42:12+11:00May 18th, 2015|Categories: Drugs & Alcohol, Society & Culture|Tags: adhd, drugs, ehavioural disorders, prescription drugs, Ritalin pill, social pressure, stimulant misuse, students, university|0 Comments

American Frat Houses under Fire over Blizzard of Sexual Assault and Racism Allegations

For the fraternity system – a network of more than 6000 chapters on 800 campuses nationwide – the new year has been tough. A spate of public relations catastrophes has led to renewed calls for what is known as the Greek system to be either scrapped or massively reformed. - Nick O'Malley via American frat houses [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-05-18T12:41:22+10:00May 18th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture, Technology|Tags: American Frat Houses, fraternity system, Greek system, racism, sexual assault, students, universities|0 Comments

Lessons from Knox

We were sitting on the grass at the side of Knox Grammar School's main oval in 1987; it must have been in my final few weeks of school. The memory of an awkward moment saying uncomplimentary things about Mr Fotis the religion teacher, while he was sitting behind me popped back into my mind when I saw [...]

By Shridevi|2015-03-10T13:27:50+11:00March 9th, 2015|Categories: Society & Culture|Tags: Boys, bullying, Knox Grammar School, Parents, sexual abuse, students, teachers|5 Comments

Do Sleepy Teens Need Later School Start Times?

If you thought trying to get a groggy teenager out of bed in time for school each morning was your own private struggle, you thought wrong. The American Academy of Pediatrics declared the chronic sleepiness of our nation's teenagers a public health issue in a policy statement Monday. And to help fix the problem, the [...]

By Dr Ramesh Manocha|2015-03-01T23:04:29+11:00March 1st, 2015|Categories: Mental Health & Wellbeing, Science & Research|Tags: adolescents, school, school hours, sleep, sleep loss, Sleep Medicine, students, Teens|0 Comments