"Negative stimuli get processed by the amygdala; positive or neutral memories get processed by the hippocampus. Sleep deprivation hits the hippocampus harder than the amygdala" (Bronson and Merryman 35).
"When Westchester schools declined an initiative to start high schools later, then-superintendent Dr. Karen McCarthy opined, 'There's still something that doesn't click for me'" (Bronson and Merryman 37). I honestly wanted to start screaming at her. Clearly, she would rather cater to the whims of the working parents and bus companies than actually allow her students to succeed.
"Eventually, they convinced the [Wilton, Connecticut] district to move the high school's start time to 8:20" (Bronson and Merryman 38). Honestly, I doubt this would solve the probably. The schedule would simply shift; school would end later, and teens would stay up later.
"Several scholars have noted that many hallmark traits of modern adolescence--moodiness, impulsiveness, disengagement--are also symptoms of chronic sleep deprivation" (Bronson and Merryman 38).
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"[Dr. Judith] Owens quckly learned that [the fifteen-year-old's] daily routine was a brutal grind; after flute lessons, bassoon lessons, dance classes, and the homework from honors classes, she was able to get only five hours sleep a night before waking every morning at 4:30 to tromp off to the gym. The father wanted to know if a lack of sleep could be causing her headaches. [...] He would let her her cut back, but only if Owens could prove, in advance, that sacrificing an activity would stop the headaches. Sure, he knew that sleep was important, but was it more important than Honors French? Was it more important than getting into a great college?" (Bronson and Merryman 43).
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