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• Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners,
  contempt for authority they show disrespect for
  their elders and love chatter in the place of
  exercise they no longer rise when elders enter
  the room room they contradict their parents,
  chatter before company, gobble up their food and
  tyrannize teachers.

-Socrates, Fifth Century BC
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It is difficult to put a wise head on young
shoulders. -Irish Proverb
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CELL BODY
Synapses
Dendrites
Nucleus
Myelin sheath
AXON
Schwann cell
Node of Ranvier
Synaptic terminals
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The Brains Growth Spurts

• The neurons that fire together wire together.
• Use it or lose it.
• Blossoming - Pruning Sequence
• Window of Opportunity
• Window of Sensitivity

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Exploring the Prefrontal Cortex
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Prefrontal Cortex

• Hair Trigger-the link between emotion and
  behavior is stronger than the link between
  thought and behavior.
• The story of Phineas Gage
• Adolescence and the prefrontal cortex.

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The CEO of the Brain,The Prefrontal Cortex is
Responsible for

• Planning
• Considering consequences
• Reflection
• Impulse Control
• Stop, look, listen

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When the Prefrontal Cortex isnt fully wired

• Impulse control
• Risk Taking
• Disorganization
• Distractibility
• Negative
• Conflict Seeking

My problem is my lips move when I think.
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Acceleration

• Hormone uproar

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The Importance of No So kids can say no to
themselves.
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Spheres of Influence
Society
Community
Family
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Revolution--something that is such a big deal
that it changes the world.
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The Pace of the Revolution(e.g. video games)

• 1999 350,000 polygons/ second
• September, 1999 3 million polygons/ second
• October, 2000 38 million polygons/ second
• November, 2001 125 million polygons/ second
• 2008 1 billion polygons/ second

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Choices and Consequences

• Cellphones
• Texting
• Sexting
• Cyberbullying
• Video Game Addiction