Should Chewing Gum Be Allowed In School

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Students study hard for a test. The day of the test comes, and they just blank out. Well, gum can help. Chewing gum can help memory, can reduce stress, and can make a student do better in school.

According to The Huffington Post, chewing gum can help memory by making people happier, it boosts the cognition process and some studies show that when people are chewing gum it makes them it make them enjoy learning.

According to Bottom Line Inc, chewing gum can help the blood flow to the brain they got that information from a study from the Northwestern University, studies show that gum reduces stress and stress helps people learn.

According to WebMD, On April 23rd, 2009 some studies showed that chewing sugarless gum during class and while doing homework may improve academic performance of students. Also, the studies showed that there was a 3% increase in math grades.
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According to Chariot Learning, chewing gum gives you more energy, also it helps you have pay attention better in class.

That is all the reasons why chewing gum makes people smarter all my sources that proved me

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