1. Firstly, you will have missed out on one of the
biggest benefits of sleep – feeling fresh in the
morning!
Secondly, sleep is vital for healthy
physical, mental and emotional processing. When
we go without sleep, or have insufficient sleep, our
bodies struggle to perform to their full potential and,
as a consequence, we can expect impairments to
our next-day physical and mental performance.
What happens to the body if you don't get
enough sleep?
Due to a close link between certain hormones and
sleep, not sleeping has the potential to cause
imbalances in hormone activity. Human Growth
Hormone, for example, peaks during sleep meaning
that insufficient sleep may affect growth and cellrepair throughout the body.
In addition to growth, your metabolism may be
affected as well. Studies in which healthy individuals
have been sleep restricted have shown that there
are alterations to hormones involved in the

2. regulation of appetite and an accompanying
increase in seeking out food, as well as glucose
metabolism.
What happens in the brain when you don't
sleep?
Overall, research has suggested that normal
functioning is likely to be hindered by loss of sleep.
Repercussions such as reduced energy levels with
bursts of euphoria, unstable moods and excessive
sleepiness during the day have all been observed in
people who haven't slept.
Excessive sleepiness can be especially hindering
and even dangerous as it tends to be preceded by
frequent lapses in focus before individuals fall into a
short episodes of sleep, also known as
'microsleeps'. These episodes are a known
contributing factor to traffic accidents with drowsy
drivers falling asleep at the wheel (Boyle et al.
2008).
Whilst we can recover from not sleeping very

3. quickly, it can have negative long-term
consequences for our health. Chronic poor and
restricted sleep are known, for example, to be
associated with the development of illness,
notablycardiovascular disease, diabetes,
hypertension and certain types of cancers.
Research on sleep deprivation
The most well known experiment on total
sleep deprivation involved a teenager called Randy
Gardner, who managed to maintain wakefulness for
11 days. During this period, he experienced
problems with his working memory, speech and
eventually hallucinations.
It is safe to say that keeping yourself awake long
after feeling the pressure to sleep is unwise.
Sleeping is not something humans can whether or
not to do – it is essential for facilitating normal
functioning.

4. Fastly growing people between 13 and
well up until their twenties need more
sleep, is what I have heard, and are
generally night owls.. It is actually the
society that needs to change their
schedules one hour forward to make
everything go smoother. I don’t know,
I’m still up late, but if I fall to sleep in
midnight I may need 7 hours, but well
onto 4, I’ve had enough sleep 6 hours
later. I think it would be interesting to
hear about how the night owl people’s
psyches motivates them to stay up late
and how it correlates or writes over our
biological clock, when we’ve had the
heavy early sleep after a hard days
work in darkness for so long ? or can it
be a thing of plasticity, with artificial

5. light and distraction? perhaps your trait
is an alternative biological clock?
Emulate These
Characteristics of a River:
Always Flow. Rivers are never
stagnant, never stop, and never sit
still. Rivers move forward, forgetting
the challenges and negativity of their
path and carrying on with the full
belief that they will eventually reach
their goal. Flow allows rivers to
traverse time and space, becoming
a self-cleaning, self-sustaining entity
that is capable of supporting many
others in many ways. Keep moving
forward, shed those things that
reduce your ability to flow, embrace
both the journey and the destination.

6. Cultivate Tributaries. Rivers are
made up of many
smaller component parts, each of
which add a unique element to the
river’s overall characteristics.
Perhaps some of the river’s water is
from a melted glacier, ensuring that
the river is always cool and
refreshing. Perhaps some tributaries
house salmon runs, so the river
provides a bounty of life and
nutrition. Perhaps some tributaries
contain precious metals like gold,
adding another element of a more
modern “sustenance.” Just like this
river, you, too, should expose
yourself to many inputs. Read more,
talk more, listen more. Seek out
challenges as tributaries. Engage
ideas and people outside of your
comfort zone and routine.

7. Contribute To Something Greater.
Very few rivers simply “end.” Some
do just go underground (lost rivers),
and there are the occasional
terminations. But, by and large,
rivers flow into a body of water much
greater than themselves. Indeed,
this seems to be one of
their core purposes. This should be
one of your core purposes, as well.
Find those things that are larger
than yourself, that you find worthy
of contribution, then direct energy
towards them. This could mean
writing a check, volunteering,
starting an organization (group, club,
or company). Indeed, it will mean
something different for each of you,
but it’s important that you are
making active contributions to

8. something larger than yourself –
whatever that may be.
Embrace Oxbows. An oxbow is a
U-shaped bend in a river, that often
results in redefining an area of land
that the river flows around,
occasionally leaving it surrounded
by water on all sides. Oxbows in
your own life should be embraced.
Sometimes, a U-shaped change
is necessary, and sometimes it
means cutting of something that was
once integrally connected to you. In
nature, there are certain
geographies that tend to encourage
the formation of oxbows. You will
find this to be true in your own
geography as well – and that these
type of U-shaped decisions clump
together. This is to be expected, and
embraced.

9. Become a Conduit. Rivers are a
conduit for many things – plants,
animals, transportation, and even
mythology. They help encourage the
transfer of “things” from one place to
another, but it is not their sole
purpose. These “things” travel as the
river travels, embarking where it
makes sense and disembarking
where it makes sense. Just like the
river, you should strive to carry with
you (physically and metaphorically)
the things that make sense at the
time. When they no longer make
sense, jettison them. Rivers, like
people, can get jammed up when
faced with too large of a payload.
Expect Seasonal Rises and Falls.
There are high times and low times
for a river. There are times when
things are moving so fast, it’s

10. downright dangerous to try to cross
it. There are times when its level is
so low that it is impossible to float
down it. But, most of the time is
spent somewhere in-between these
two extremes. People are the same
way, with high times, low times, and
the bulk of times spent moving
steadily. By acknowledging and
accepting these fluctuations, and
making decisions according to the
context that we find ourselves in, we
can avoid many of the small
problems that start here and often
snowball into
something unnecessarily bigger.
When the high time is upon you, do
your best to minimize inputs and
keep the massive flow moving.
When the low time hits, understand
that it’s a phase that will pass, and

11. do what you can to encourage flow
in the meantime. Be aware of the
status of others, and contribute what
you can when appropriate
There are many advantages and
disadvantages of owning a computer.
The main advantage is that you can
now communicate instantly with friends,
family, and co-workers. You no longer
need to send them a letter that will take
3 days to get there and then wait for a
reply. You have all of the information
that you could possibly need at your
fingertips. The disadvantages to
computers is that when
electricity is out you can't seem to get
any information. Businesses become
paralyzed when their mainframes aren't

12. functioning properly. You also don't
have an excuse that you're waiting for a
reply or research. For more info about
computers you can
visit www.indianchild.com.
A car will let you drive places that are too
far to walk. And you can sell it on craigslist
when you are done to amke all your
money back. Sometimes they break down
though and repairs are necessary. Walking
sucks then. So don't get too used to them
cause you'll be spoiled.
I've had one before and it was nice.
Friends would come by for rides and we
had a lot of fun. Roadtrips are the best in a
car. You get to see new lands and be the
pilot of your own destiny. You can even tint
the windows to better sleep inside and to

13. make sure you are undercover on your
trips. Keeps the groceries cooler too in the
summer if you have those. They are
convenient and reliable for the most part
but create pollution. I think motor vehicles
can make the long route possible but it
may harm the environment.
All education should be free.
In my state its illegal not to have an
education. Some people have bean
reported as child abusers because they
didn't send their child to school. Some of
those people just don't have the money to
send their child to school. Please,
education for EVERYONE should be free!
For college, poor people don't have the

14. money to survive. They need a job that
pays them a fair amount of money. Most
of those jobs require that person to go to
college. A lot of those jobs require them to
go to college for years. People don't have
that kind of money. Sarah Lawrence
College has people paying $53,166 per
year spent their! That's CRAZY! I'm 12
years old andeven I know that this college
is a huge rip of
The real question is how it will effect our
economy. Yes, I agree education is a vital
key in survival but to learn, you need to
have someone teach you or the books.
Morally, of course, everyone has a right to
know the endless possibilities of our world
but economically its next to impossible.
Yes,all education should be free to
everyone.This is because a more educated

15. citizen is a better citizen because in the
end they know how to take better care of
themselves,their families and their
communities and they will know how to be
a better advocate to those in need in the
long run.
5. Isolation.
How many people want to go on
vacation to a beautiful jungle mountain
paradise? 3,256,977.
How many people want to live in a
beautiful jungle mountain paradise? 3.
Unless I include people under 18 or
over 65, there are only 3 of us. You
need to own your own business and/or
work wirelessly if you want to live in a

16. jungle paradise. You also need a car so
you can come down from the mountain
and mingle with city folk… unless you
are cool with the bus, which you can’t
be because you won’t have time for
your business if you are waiting on the
bus all day.
This works in reverse, too. You have to
have a car or a lot of time to come visit
me in my perfect little mountain town.
4. Spiders or Bugs.
You have to choose one. I highly
recommend spiders because they eat
almost all the bugs. My housekeeper
cleaned all the spider webs in my

17. house one time and the following two
weeks wereBugdemic: Shock and
Terror. It was a bug invasion of
massive proportions. I felt like I was
camping in the Florida Everglades
without a tent. Ugh. The only negative
to chilling with spiders is that they leave
dead bug carcasses all over the place.
Not ideal, but soooooo much better
than bug invasion.
1. Birds.
The *#)@(*% birds wake up before the
sun at 4am. If the chirping doesn’t wake
you up, the repetitive full-speed body
slams into the windows will. If you

18. somehow manage to sleep through that
(alcohol), then the incessant pecking at
the glass will most definitely arouse you
from your slumber and rocket you in to
a hate-filled rage that results in the
purchase of a pellet gun on Earth Day.
Subject:career
I think they should
I think they should because in some
cases studentsmay take a required course
but the course actual does nothing for
them in the future. So they should be able
to decide so they can start to learn about
what the career or future they decide that
they want to do

19. Children will change with environment and
emotions, they must develop in a natural
way. Giving them
a chance to blossom into something great.
Don't get me wrong do not think a child
should come into school an decide from
one day to the next i will do this today as i
believe children need some structure. I
think they should have options

20. You can't be offside if:
You receive the ball directly from a goal kick,
a throw-in or a corner
You are in your own half of the pitch
You are level with the second last or last two
opponents
You are level with or behind the ball
You are not actively involved in play, as
explained above
For any offside offence, the referee awards an
indirect free-kick to the opposing team, to be
taken from the place where the infringement
occurred.

21. Like most things in football, the
offside rule is pretty simple - but
there are a few situations that
can make the calmest of
managers blow their top.
The 'active' ruling for example.
Players can be in an offside position
but not be offside. It doesn't quite
make sense at first, but let's stick to
the basics first.
A player is in an offside position if,
when the ball is played by a teammate, they are nearer to the
opposition's goal line than both the
ball and the second last opponent