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“Sleep deprivation is the most common brain impairment‚” a premier sleep scientist‚ William Dement said. Sleep deprivation is the condition of suffering from a lack of sleep. More than 90% of high school teens are sleep deprived due to the start time of school (Gregoire‚ 2015). School start times need to change to at least one hour later. Later start times would result in a dramatically better student health‚ performance‚ and attendance. First and foremost‚ the health of students would increase if
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once said‚ “A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”…but what if you have insomnia‚ or in other terms‚ you just can’t sleep? People are losing sleep daily‚ in such a fashion that most trouble staying awake during school‚ work‚ or even driving. I’m certain somebody in this audience has had or is going through insomnia right now‚ because according to MedPageToday.com‚ 25% of teens suffer from Insomnia every night. So look around at your peers‚ 5 students are sleep deprived. There are plenty of methods to
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having. Including‚ stress‚ sleep deprivation‚ mood swings‚ harmful behavior‚ and academic skills. In a report it says‚ ¨ Delaying school start times by one hour improves standardized test scores by at least two percentile‚ one in math and the other in reading.¨(“ Do Schools begin too early”). Research shows that kids who get more sleep on school nights automatically improve in all their classes. Even though‚ it may not seem like kids can improve in just one night‚ sleep can heal anything‚ kids that
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http://www.studentpilot.com/articles/medical_articles/article.php?medical_id=27 Caldwell‚ J. A.‚ Hall‚ K. K.‚ & Erickson‚ B. S. (2002). EEG Data Collected From Helicopter Pilots in Flight Are Sufficiently Sensitive to Detect Increased Fatigue From Sleep Deprivation. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AVIATION PSYCHOLOGY 12:1 ‚ 19-32. Council‚ N. R. (2011). The Effects of Commuting on Pilot Fatigue. Washington‚DC: National Academies Press. Federal Aviation Administration. (2010). AC 120-100 Basics of Aviation
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The Dangers of Technology Addiction In modern society‚ technology is almost unavoidable; but what are the costs of becoming addicted to technology? Dr. Mark Tremblay voices his scholarly opinion on the dangers of excessive technology usage when he states‚ “the intrusive seduction of convenience technology provides is controlling our lives and killing us” (Morris 19). Technology addiction will more often than not end negatively for humans. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Victor becomes so obsessed
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Sleeping problems and disorders When you sleep‚ you pass through five stages of sleep‚ stages 1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 4 and REM sleep. Stage one is the lightest sleep. During this stage you can be awaked easily. Muscle activity slows during this stage. Stage 2 is where the eye movement stops and the brain waves are slower. In stage 3 slow brain waves called delta waves begin to appear‚ with smaller yet faster waves. By stage 4 these waves appear more often‚ and it is quite difficult to wake someone during this
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Cause and Effect Essay Topics A cause and effect essay aims at explaining the reasons and results of an event or situation. • It is one the most popular essay types in the academic world. • It is beneficial for a student to write a cause and effect essay because it propels him to think of the situation in depth to come up with the reasons for the birth of that situation and its eventual impact on everything it affects. • It encourages the mind to think analytically and investigate a situation
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will also decrease‚ and their overall health will improve. Starting the school day later will improve the student’s academic and health overall. It will give students time to get their eight hours of sleep. Some students won’t be able to reach the eight hours of sleep for two reasons‚ 1. Sleep deprivation/soporific 2. They are in sports‚ clubs‚ or staying after-school to get homework done. This is why school should start later than the usual time‚ it should be pushed back another hour or hour and a
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Importance of Self-Care for Caregivers Michelle C. Hudson‚ MA‚ Psychology Intern Caregiving and Loss of Self Focus • Sacrifice own physical and emotional needs o Sleep deprivation‚ poor eating habits‚ failure to exercise‚ failure to rest when ill‚ postponement of own medical appointments o Feelings of anger‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ isolation‚ exhaustion‚ guilt Health Impacts • Chronic Health Problems (Hyperlipidemia‚ hypertension‚ obesity) & Earlier Death • Caregiving spouses
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