we're waiting for the new schedule to replace it.
hahahaha
and anywayy.....
And here are the articles that i found, to support the things that will go on soon.
Driving for the school run can add £52 to annual fuel bill
As a new school year begins parents are being reminded of the costs associated with driving their children to school.
Using the car for the school run could cost more than you think Photo: ALAMY
6:30AM BST 06 Sep 2012
2 Comments
The school run is already stressful enough for most parents, and it can add
£52 to the average family's annual fuel bill.
A combination of congested roads, cold starts and short journeys that don't
allow a car's engine to warm up all contributed to poor fuel economy in
tests carried out by What Car? on four popular family cars.
It discovered that the Nissan Qashqai 1.6 diesel returned 29.8mpg from a cold
start rather than its 51.4mpg official Urban figure. The petrol-powered
Hyundai i20 and 2.0-litre diesel Seat Alhambra both managed 26.5mpg, rather
than 46.3mpg and 38.7mpg respectively, while VW's Golf Bluemotion returned
41.5mpg - some way short of the 60.1mpg Urban figure it achieves in EU tests.
Chas Hallett, What Car? editor-in-chief, said: "Engines take at
least 10 minutes to warm up, so on short, traffic-clogged runs to school
they're running a lot less efficiently. On the majority of school runs, cars
deliver on average 15 per cent fewer miles per gallon than their official
urban figures suggest, and emit 20 per cent more CO2.
"When shopping for your next school run vehicle, go for a car that works
best in town. That way it'll still deliver good economy even when it's
running less efficiently."
School bags become back-breaking for children
Singapore Homeopathy - Effective Treatment For Variety Of Diseases. Reasonable Charges. satguruhomeopathy.com
Doctors link them to spine problems, postural defects and back pain
Burdensome: Children are forced to slouch due to their heavy bags. - A file photo
School bags are a major source for injuries among children. And yet, on
most occasions, parents tend to overlook this factor. Sometimes, parents
justify by saying that they too had carried heavy school bags when they
were young and nothing happened to them. Many parents also simply fail
to notice the pain and fatigue, which are common among children who are
burdened by heavy school bags.
In recent times, however, spine specialists and
orthopaedic doctors have started linking heavy bags with problems of
spine, postural defects and back pain among children. Many also maintain
that parents should not allow children to carry bags that are heavier
than 10 per cent of their body weight.
This means that if a child weighs 30 kilograms, then
parents must make sure that the child does not carry a school bag
weighing more than three kilograms. If the load is more, then children
tend to devise their own methods to carry heavy bags.
“Children unintentionally arch their backs and lean
forward to carry the heavy load. Unwittingly, this leads to poor posture
like slouching when they grow up. When they reach their adolescent
stage, many youngsters are unable to maintain the right posture,” says
spine surgeon, Dr. G. P. V. Subbaiah of Global Hospitals.
Doctors also suggest that children, including teenagers,
should avoid wearing heavy bag only on one shoulder. “Such a habit
makes youngsters lean towards one side to compensate for the extra
weight. This leads to asymmetrical spine, back pain and strained neck
and shoulders,” doctors point out.
Sometimes, children tend to bend forward while carrying
heavy backs. Doctors maintain that this posture will force children to
work harder to breath and in turn put a lot of pressure on lungs. “Some
back pains can be treated by medication. But it is always is better to
take preventive measures,” Dr. Subbaiah said.
