Chewing gum in school JANUARY 2013
FEATURE ARTICLE
MAYA THE AWESOME
Chewing gum should be allowed in school!
Why we should chew gum in school “I got in trouble for chewing
For example, Scientists say
away stress and make you feel more
gum in school more than once,” Moet, a
that chewing gum helps your memory. In
don’t get it. Why can’t we chew gum in
showed that brain activity in the
allowed to chew gum in school, Ira, a
memory, increases while people chew -
annoying when there is gum under the
student at ASIJ told me, “But I still school?” Lots of other students are saying the same thing. Many students are chewing gum in class and getting in trouble. Sophie, a sixth grader at Coledale public school in Toronto, Canada says, “We shouldn’t get in trouble! There shouldn’t be a rule about chewing gum! It isn’t fair.” Rachel, a fifth
but it is not clear why. They experimented to see if this was true by splitting people up into two groups and giving one group gum to chew. They gave both groups that same test and the group that was chewing gum while doing the test got higher scores. "The findings are intriguing, although it is clear that
adds, “I think we
says Kim Graham of the Medical
should chew gum in school. Chewing gum isn’t a big deal And she is right. We should be allowed to chew gum. There are so many reasons why.
hippocampus, an area important for
grader in Mr. Steven’s class
or anything.”
March 2000, Japanese researchers
questions remain to be addressed," Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge, UK. "In particular: what is the mechanism by which chewing improves memory?" In addition, if you chew gum during a test it can help you to be more
relaxed. When asked if we should be student at ASIJ says, “Yes, but it's cafeteria table.” But if we were able to chew
“Students everywhere are complaining that they should chew gum in school but nobody is doing a thing about it.” gum that would never happen. This is why: under tables and desks at school you often find gum stuck to the bottom. That is because students secretly chew gum in school and when they are done, they are...(continued on second page)
alert and focused. It helps you take
Here is an article about chewing gum that I wrote because I did some M A Y A research on it and found out a lot T H E A W E S O M E about chewing gum and why it is good.
My Feature Article I am the awesome Maya and I think that we should chew gum in school. That it why I wrote this.
Chewing gum (continued...)
Why we should chew gum in school...
afraid that if they throw it in
the trash someone will see them, so
they put it under their desk or under a
following meals can help prevent tooth decay.
In a study it shows that 65%
table. And most teachers say no
of Olympic athletes like to chew gum
it under the desks or tables. But really,
nerves. If it helps a competition, it
chewing gum because they don’t want that rule is the reason that gum is under the tables and desks.
Chewing gum after meals helps
your digestion and your teeth. When
you chew gum you swallow frequently and that helps your digestion. Sweets and hard candy rot your teeth.
However, gum does the opposite. It
cleans your teeth and takes the food
stuck between your teeth out. Â Clinical studies have shown that chewing sugarless gum for 20 minutes
before a big competition to calm their could help a math test too.
All of these show why we
should be able to chew gum in school. It helps your memory, improves your concentration, makes school tables and desks cleaner, helps your
digestion, cleans your teeth, calms
your nerves and takes away stress.
Schools everywhere should allow their students to chew gum in school.