Damar Purnell Larry Blasco English 101 November 29th 2010 Should Cheerleading be Considered a Sport? A sport is defined as “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” (Dictionary.com). Someone can’t roll out of bed and be an amazing cheerleader. Cheerleading is an activity that takes massive amounts of skill and physical prowess‚ but on July 22nd of 2010 Connecticut Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled competitive cheerleading as not being a sport
Premium Cheerleading Dance Cheering
America the drinking age is twenty one years old. Many people want to know why the age limit is not eighteen if it is the age of adulthood in the United States. If a person can vote at eighteen and change the president of the country‚ then he/she should be able to pick up a drink at the age of 18 (adulthood) when he/she wants to. If the age for drinking cannot be eighteen then why does it have to be twenty one? Who said twenty one year old people are mature enough? Since the age of adulthood is eighteen
Premium Drinking culture United States National Minimum Drinking Age Act
participated in his first assisted suicide on June 4‚ 1990 (Patashnik). Dr. Kevorkian is known all over the world for his famous and fearless acts in assisted suicide‚ or euthanasia. Euthanasia should be legalized for three reasons: pain relief‚ letting people make their own decisions about death‚ and people should not be forced to stay alive if their lives are impossible and do not bring happiness. Debate continues over the issue of euthanasia long after the court decision of a guilty plea to the cases
Premium Euthanasia Voluntary euthanasia Death
way to pass time. It’s always a sensible subject when someone starts talking about what they believe is and what isn’t a sport because no one wants to work so hard for something and have others take that away from them because what they’re doing is not a “sport”. Although it seems easy to differentiate between what is and what isn’t a sport‚ there are many arguments today trying to decide if certain activities should be classified as a sport or not. The Merriam-Webster definition of a sport is “a
Premium Video game Game Video game controversy
people should start doing Parkour. Parkour is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. The question we are all wondering is if Parkour should be considered a sport at the same level of other individual sports? In this essay‚ I will argue that Parkour is a sport such as any individual sport for multiple reasons. For me‚ I also consider it a form of art because it’s very fluid and done in the city while learning the culture. First‚ Parkour should be known
Premium Football Leadership High school
Should esports be considered as real sports? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Box01YzekaQ http://youtu.be/kMh2b_n7cKw?t=12m32s A new kind of competition has sprung up in recent years‚ inciting passion and fervour as sports have for centuries. However these competitions take place not on a court or on a field but inside the world of video games. So called esports are growing rapidly and powerfully: the current dota 2 tournament offers a large prize‚ a huge audience‚ and plenty of glory for the winners
Premium Sport
Should Video Games be Considered a Sport? I think they should.Here are some of the reasons I think video games should be considered a sport. 1.Video games are more popular than actual sports‚ 2. There can be physical movement in the games‚ 3. handicap/obese teens can do a sport‚ 4. Stretches the mind’s ability to create tactics. First‚ over 40‚000 people piled into a soccer stadium to watch the tournament on league of legends‚ and over 27 million people watched this tournament worldwide! That’s
Premium
When a person turns eighteen he or she is considered an adult. The individual is able to move out their parent house‚ buy cigarettes and even join the army‚ but what cannot happen is for him or her to buy alcohol. Buying alcohol and drinking alcohol has been a huge controversy for many years among adults and young adults. Drinking has always had its problems with adults such as the health effects as well the mental capability‚ but when it comes to young adults and teenagers the thought of drinking
Premium Drinking culture United States Wine
are passing away due to car accidents is steadily increasing‚ which is a very bad thing. Driving is a big hazard as it is. Therefore‚ their should be a cut off age that states when people no longer have the eligibility to drive. Many people would agree that there should be a law for the cut off age of driving. Adults should be restricted from driving after the age of 60‚ and shouldn’t be able to get there license renewed for the safety of others. To begin with‚ many may argue that the elderly will
Premium Driving Driver's license Driver's education
A person is defined by the past events and people in his or her life. My personality has been shaped by the experiences I’ve had and the individuals involved with my life. Certain events in my life‚ such as my parents’ divorce‚ and the move that followed have helped me develop certain personality traits that I may not have acquired otherwise. When my parents divorced‚ I felt helpless and everything came falling down. My grades started to suffer substantially‚ I began to see a therapist‚ and it was
Premium Divorce Psychology Mother