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Dreams (English Department – Morning Assembly Speech)
A very good morning to the Principal of SMK Undang Rembau, the Senior Assistant of
Administration, the Senior Assistant of Students Affair, the Senior Assistant of Co
curriculum, all the teachers and all the schoolmate.I am Syafiqah Redzwan and I am
Nurhassniza Izzaty from Class 5 Zuhrah. Today, we going to share with you something
about dreams.
Do you know what is dream exactly? Dreams are sequence of images, sounds and
feelings experienced while sleeping. They are strongly associated with rapid eye movement
sleep. The contents and biological purposes of dreams are not fully understood, though they
have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history. The scientific
study of dreams is known as oneirology.
Why do we dream? There are many hypotheses about the function of dreams. For
example, during the night, there may be many external stimuli irritating the senses, but the
mind interprets the stimulus and makes it a part of a dream in order to ensure continued
sleep. However, the mind will awake the people if they are in danger or if trained to respond
to certain sounds, such as a baby crying. Some said dreams are like the cleaning-up
operations of computers when they are off-line, removing parasitic nodes and other "junk"
from the mind during sleep. Dreams also create new ideas through the generation of random
thought mutations. Some of these may be rejected by the mind as useless, while others may
be seen as valuable and retained. But, I believe that, what you think will lead to what you
dream. Isn’t it?
How dream can occur? Dreams mainly occur in the rapid-eye movement (REM) stage
of sleep—when brain activity is high and resembles that of being awake. REM sleep is
revealed by continuous movements of the eyes during sleep. At times, dreams may occur
during other stages of sleep. However, these dreams tend to be much less vivid or
memorable.Dreams can last for a few seconds, or as long as twenty minutes. People are
more likely to remember the dream if they are awakened during the REM phase. The
average person has about 3 to 5 dreams per night, but some may have up to 7 dreams in one
night. The dreams tend to last longer as the night progresses. During a full 8-hour night
sleep, two hours of it is spent dreaming.
In the past, dreams were historically used for healing as well as for guidance or divine
inspiration. Some Native American tribes used vision quests as a rite of passage, fasting and
praying until an anticipated guiding dream was received, to be shared with the rest of the
tribe upon their return. Nowadays, some psychologists use a method called ‘hypnogenesis’
to make people dream and to help them from suffering mental disorder.
Although there has been many studies investigating dreams, we only know little about
it. So, try to dream tonight and know more about dreams. Thank you!