ABSTRACT
Cameron's young childhood was cruelly beset with crippling seizures that attacked her brain. The video of her online having one of these debilitating fits is harrowing. At only three years old, her rare condition-Rasmussen's syndrome-quickly destroyed her fledgling brain with each seizure. The frankly terrifying solution was for surgeons to remove half of little Cameron's brain. The limbic system, the complex region of the brain that governs emotion, instinct and mood-actually rewards risky behavior during the teenage years. Organisations like The Sutton Trust exist to support students who don't have strong social ties to support them and who are therefore prone to having little confidence that they fit in academically. The power of the teacher as role model is something most of us experienced at school. Many teachers will readily account for a teacher who inspired them at school.
