TORRANCE TRIBUNE July 5, 2012 Page 11 A Student’s Perspective Society’s Addiction to Busy and Ignorance of Rest By Glen Abalayan, because of their lack of sleep. The number Torrance High SChool Student of truck drivers experiencing near misses is Society has bred a generation of workahol- small compared to train operators, with 18 work and rest. Today, people are working risk with a stunning 20 percent. Directory of our Advertiserspercent, and airline pilots, who are at most ics. It has changed people’s attitudes about too hard and resting too little. For 200 years, Along with people not getting enough society and personal lifestyles have changed sleep, another reason for society’s lack of Please support our advertisers. Shop locally. man’s definition of the word rest and skewered sleep is how people spend their time away 1440 bistro & bar 310-640-1070 it from a refuge from daily life into an activ- from work. 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