February 2011 A Summary of "Sleep Debt and Mortgaged Mind." William Dement and Christopher Vaughn in “Sleep Debt and the Mortgaged Mind‚” relates sleep debt to a loan. The authors tried to stress the importance of understanding the serious if not fatal consequences of sleep deprivation. We must not only learn to recognize the dangers of sleep debt‚ but how we should manage it as well. The Authors in this well written article went into details of how we should pay back or sleep debt‚ and learn from
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comes to mind about college is the student dues. Being a broke and in debt college student seems inescapable. Another huge factor of the student debt is the lack of financial knowledge and management. Indiana University’s Bloomington campus has a group of students that help with financial counseling called “Money Smarts Team.” To address the problem students have‚ they had to create the team‚ re-structure communication between the universities to students‚ and reduce loan debt. Generally‚ these financial
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1 name Professor English date To Debt or Not to Debt: Why College is Worth the Investment When most people think about college they generally have the same mind set. You are taught from a young age that college is the only way to go but is that true? With recent tuition risings and the “American dream” seeming to vanish‚ college doesn’t seem to be worth its value anymore. Others believe that its college or you will be working at a fast food joint for the rest of your life. Most people in-between
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It has always been said in more recent times that college tuition metaphorically costs an arm and a leg‚ but never specifically how much it is on average; “By 2011 the average student debt was $23‚300.” (Kiener). The statistic gives an idea on how much of an impact debt leaves on an average college student‚ graduating or not‚ and why it is always brought up whenever anyone discusses education beyond high school. With the “sticker prices” of an average public university appearing increasingly intimidating
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Sleep and How it Affects College Students William P. Wilkerson Vanguard University of Southern California Professor Szala 5-6-15 Statement of the Problem Sleep has been a topic of great scrutiny for many years. People believe many things about sleep‚ some of it is rooted in religion‚ superstition‚ or tradition. With the spread of technology‚ bright little screens have become a major part of everyone’s lives‚ making it harder to relax and wind down for sleep. Research Questions
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Understanding Sleep Debt In Sleep Debt and the Mortgaged Mind‚ William Dement discusses how to recognize the signs of dangerous sleepiness and urges the importance of education on sleep debt. Generally people need to sleep one hour for every two hours awake‚ and we need eight hours. The brain keeps an exact account of how much sleep it is owed. The brain tries to hit this mark‚ and the further you get from this number of hours the harder the brain tries to force you to go to sleep. We use the
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know that famous people napped? If you don’t get enough sleep you will get into sleep debt. According to sources #1‚ one effect of sleep debt is that people have trouble remembering things. Most people are in sleep debt. Although there are claims that a person cannot offset the effects of sleep debt‚ they are untrue. The first reason naps are generally shipshape for people is they help people know what they are doing. Source 1 discusses how naps give a brief increase in people’s brain abilities
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today‚ a college degree and education is no longer considered an option for further education‚ but rather a necessity for a supposedly a superior job. College is investment of funds and time. College causes student loan debt and many college graduates become employed in professions that do not require a degree. In the 1980’s‚ bachelor’s degrees earnings and the earnings of high school graduates were nearly equivalent‚ likely causing the pressure families put on their children to go to college. According
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Sleep Deprivation of college students It is 11:30 in the morning and the lecture started half an hour ago. The classroom is still half empty. Although half of the class is here‚ they don’t look like awake. Most of them look like zombies. The above scenario is a common condition taken place in colleges. A research done by Tsui‚YY‚ et al (2009) shows that two thirds of the participating students reported sleep deprivation. The poor sleep quality results in their zombie looks and poor attendants
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College is a daunting subject for students everywhere. From the moment middle schoolers move on into high school‚ graduating is the sole widespread focus‚ and the question of “what will you do afterwards?” begins to be asked. Though many may take a gap year‚ others will begin to work or continue to work their high school jobs‚ almost all students will have the same debate: whether they will go to college or not. This has been an ongoing topic for generations‚ and the variance of opinions regarding
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