Gum Should Be Allowed In School Essay

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Should Gum chewing be allowed in class? Does it really help students or is it a messy distraction?Gum Has been scientifically proven to help kids focus and to help them improve their memory.Gum Chewing also Helps you relieve stress and helps you relax when working on homework or classwork.Some people become more attentive and feel more alert when they chew gum. Chewing can take away sleepiness.

Gum Has been scientifically proven to help kids focus and to help them improve their memory.
According to Kate Morgan ¨Chewing gum can help you stay focused for longer on tasks that require continuous monitoring. Previous research has shown that chewing gum can improve concentration in visual memory tasks.¨The research involved 38 being split into two groups. Both groups completed a 30 minute audio task that involved listening to a list of numbers from 1-9 being read out in a random manner. Participants
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you wouldn’t want to drink that water.According to ¨heeducatorsroom.com¨ gum is a huge distraction and it il destryo the classroom.

Some people become more attentive and feel more alert when they chew gum. Chewing can take away sleepiness.According to community.brightstar-learning.coma study shows that gum can make you more alert ¨participants in this study were asked to perform several activities involving multi-tasking skills. ¨Chewing gum was found to bring the participants to a higher level of alertness.¨ The Gum chewers were more alert than the non-gum chews The gum-chewers were almost 19% more alert during mild stress and 8% more alert while in moderate stress.

In conclusion gum helps you in many ways especially during tests and quizzes,gum helps you relax and relieve stress,gum helps you concentrate and stay focused,and gum helps you stay alert so you don't fall asleep during

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