Each year‚ approximately 1.6 to 3.8 billion Americans receive concussions from sports and recreational activities . Many of the people suffering from concussions are involved in competitive sports‚ especially high school sport teams (The Center for Disease Control and Prevention). While participating in a high school sport is normal‚ the players would not want to miss a game if they did not have to‚ and many of the players assume that if they go to the athletic trainer as soon as the game is over
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The night before the game I couldn’t sleep because I was excited and nervous. When I woke up I was so excited because the game is going to start in the next few hours. My dad and I left for the game around 9:30‚ we were in a rush to the stadium to keep from getting lost in the millions of fans. The car was moving as fast as a cheetah. The cold November air breezing through the air‚ swish‚ swoosh. Seeing the block O on the fifty yard line gave me goosebumps‚ seeing my own breath made me nervous. The
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of high school‚ just kind of shuffling along‚ whining and complaining and wishing that it was all over. But it’s that moment at the very end that makes you contemplative‚ makes you wish we could hold on to the familiar forever. It’s this moment that makes you go‚ damn‚ those WERE the best four years of my life. I can’t believe that we’re all graduating just next week. It’s tremendously surreal. This is the moment that defines that we‚ the class of 2012 of Evergreen Valley High School‚ as a whole
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The school board should not extend the school day because it cost more money for the school‚ it interferes with after school activities‚ and you also have to go home later. The reason why it would cost more money is because it’s more electricity. Another reason it would cost more money is because it’s more food they have to pay for. The last reason is is they have to pay more workers. The second reason i think we shouldn’t have extra time in school is it interferes with after school activities
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disagreeing about whether after school sports should be banned. In some schools‚ grades have changed when sports have been cut off by the district because without the extra distractions‚ students can study more. Therefore‚ school sports should be banned to save money‚ have grades improve‚ and have more academic classes. Many people know that school sports involves a huge amount of money that should be used for academic purposes. According to an article by Amanda Ripley a school in Premont‚ Texas‚ spent
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Are school sports the cause of many students failing academically? Some schools prefer to not have sports because they believe that sports are a cause of academic failure. Many believe that schools are putting too much attention to sports than they should be. Should sports be excluded from schools and no longer have in-school sports? School sports are not essential in-school‚ but they do help students achieve goals in themselves throughout the school year. In‚(“High- School Sports Aren’t Killing
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Against High Sports‚” Amanda Ripley outlines the flaw of the United States education system as prioritizing athletic sports over academics. The article is a well thought out argument that has supporting evidence‚ a strong thesis‚ and a counterargument that can be disapproved. Looking over the article and various other sources‚ I have come to support Amanda Ripley’s central claim: “as states and districts continue to slash education budgets‚ as more kids play on traveling teams outside of school‚ and as
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Schools around the United States are arguing whether to cut‚ or keep sports for a variety of reasons. Several districts have cut sports and it has made a big difference for student’s grades. Therefore‚ sports should not be allowed in schools to lower the academic failure rate‚ allow students more time to study‚ and save money. With sports gone students have a longer time to get homework done and prepare for tests. “That first semester‚ 80 percent of students passed their classes compared
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Sports are one of the most interesting subject for high school students among the age of 16-18s. In some high schools in the United States seems to be emphasis to much on sport by spending most of the time and money to focus on the sports subject. It is true that sports are important but it may affect to United States high school student’s academic progress in some ways. As I read on the two article and some experience that I have been through‚ I think American should put less emphasis on sports
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the Study It is believed that the history of sports had begun from the primitive society. The primitive man used to play knowingly or unknowingly. They used to perform various physical activities for their own distinct purposes: Later on their physical activities developed as the sports and games. Sports and physical education are correlated each other. Without one existence we even cannot imagine about other existence. Physical education and sports activities help individual of any age group or
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