School bans Facebook for a week: five lessons students learned

3. Oh right, homework

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Doing homework? How quaint!

When they were encouraged to take a break during the blackout, 21 percent of students used the time to do homework. About a quarter of students said they concentrated better in class and found lectures more interesting. Ten percent spent more time reading online news. Six percent ate better and exercised more.

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