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Fat Chance in the end.

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Sometimes I teach people with a promising future sometimes I teach people doomed with no future because they have chosen not to learn anything or not behave properly. They have chosen the road to hell. Parents don´t care and our community doesn´t worry about them while they are at school. When they are over 18 then there are schools for adults. Spain is a strange country where students take a course/ grade and repeat and repeat without a good reason. Some of those students blame  the teachers  and accused them of being bad teachers or bad entertainers because they get bored during lessons but in their same classes the hard-working students thrive and get "top marks" and distinctions so teachers cannot be that "bad". Being at school longer than necessary by "repeating" for those who don´t study, don´t do homework, don´t respect their classmates, don´t respect their teachers´work because they are not working hard enough though they

Calorie burner: How much better is standing up than sitting?

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    Studies have claimed major health benefits for standing for much of the day as opposed to sitting. The difference is marked, explains Michael Mosley. Guess how many hours a day you spend sitting? Fewer than eight? More than 10? A recent survey found that many of us spend up to 12 hours a day sitting on our bottoms looking at computers or watching television. If you throw in the seven hours we spend sleeping then that adds up to a remarkable 19 hours a day being sedentary. Sitting down as much as this is clearly bad for us and some studies suggest that those who sit all day live around two years less than those who are more active. Most of us are guilty of excess sitting. We sit at work, in the car and at home, moving only to shift from one seat to another. Even if you exercise on a regular basis that may not be enough. There is mounting evidence that exercise will not undo the damage done by prolonged sitting. Our technology has made us the most sedent