INVEST IN TODAY'S STUDENTS… THEY ARE TOMORROW'S LEADERS"There is nothing more powerful than an idea the time has come.” Transcendental meditation is much more than an idea: it is a powerful, proven technology for deploying our most precious natural resource: the human mind. This is a technology whose time has come. Society as a whole is already better off and the future will only be better.” - Robert Roth We live in a society where students are taunted by technology and manipulated by the media, but they are expected to concentrate, stay still, concentrate and pay attention at the same time. Stress in the classroom creates problems in education, including poor academic performance, anxiety, depression and violence. In the book Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers, Robert M. Sapolsky, a psychology professor at Stanford University, listed the many ways in which brain function deteriorates when subjected to chronic stress: "The neurons of the hippocampus no longer work as well”, “the neuronal neurons no longer work as well”. networks are disconnected”, “the birth of new neurons is inhibited” and “hippocampal neurons are threatened”. Translation: Brains under chronic stress will have difficulty learning new things and memorizing new material ("Stress and your child's brain"). Often, because stress is so common, it can be neglected, neglecting stress and anxiety. This is what causes many problems in classrooms today. Researchers have found that a specific meditation called Transcendental Meditation (TM) reduces stress and anxiety in students. Studies show that if the Transcendental Meditation technique is implemented into the American public school curriculum, stress and anxiety decrease. anxiety levels among students will decrease and with...... middle of paper ......4361a, 1976. Works Cited "9 Reasons Why Meditation Should Be Allowed in Public Schools." The Daily Heal (2006): 1. Print.Cranson, Robert W., Jayne Gackenbach, Michael C. Dillbeck, Christopher H. Jones, Charles N. Alexander, and David W. Orme-Johnson "Transcendental Meditation and Improved Performance on Intelligence-Related Measures: A Longitudinal Study." " Personality and Individual Differences 12.10 (1991): 1105-116. www.sciencedirect.com. Internet. March 20, 2012. Roth, Robert. Introduction. Transcendental meditation. New York: DI Fine, 1987. 5-63. Print « The stress and your child’s brain. Grandes écoles. March 20, 2012. “The Transcendental Meditation Program.”. 2012. .