Monday night we went to a presentation at the middle school instead of having class. It was interesting because this presentation was geared toward parents and middle school students...not really college students. Karen Williams presented a great presentation with an amazing amount of information, the presentation itself was also really interesting. She talked about how the brain is affected by different things and also the development of it. I thought it was really interesting to find out that the brain is not fully developed until after age 25. I found the information about how alcohol affects the brain at certain ages really different that what I ever expected. I felt it was crazy to find out the effects it has on kids who drink, and the out come of it. It ends up not just being about kids drinking and driving its about the things it does to your brain. The development is slowed down and the rate at which it is affected is surprising. Not just the affects of alcohol but also the affects of being hit in the head such as during football or at high impact. I thought it was really interesting that it is not until days later that the affects are generated in the brain.
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