A 5 ’7”‚ junior in high school‚ taking three AP classes‚ class president‚ all league soccer player‚ who is hospitalized due to high blood pressure and seizures. The senior quarterback‚ with tons of friends‚ granted a full ride scholarship to USC‚ and has to decline and quit football because of four F’s in his classes. A sophomore basketball player‚ who’s already being scouted by Division 1 schools‚ taking six challenging classes‚ and on crutches for the whole season because she continued to play
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High School Sports: An Unhealthy Alternative to a Fit Life According to the Center of Diseases Control and Prevention‚ the American people should exercise for at least thirty minutes a day. Most adolescents obtain that physical activity by participating in high school athletics; on average‚ 73.8 percent of high school students compete in such events (Ball‚ Bice‚ and Parry). These activities are not always the best practices for physical fitness; fitness can be obtained in other‚ safer forms
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High school sports are a thing people tend to associate with a lot of other things. Some of them are good‚ some of them are bad. Their association with these things make people wonder if we should have them in our schools‚ and the answer is‚ rather obviously‚ no. While sports have some benefits‚ they are more harm than good because of the injuries they cause‚ the scholarships they don’t provide and the funding it takes from other extracurricular activities. Perhaps the biggest problem youth sports
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middle school sports are important‚ but I’ve come to realize that‚ that is simply not true‚ for middle school sports keep you active‚ and if you have bad grades you can’t play your game‚ so it also motivates you to work hard in school. Sports also give you a hobby if you have a lot of time on your hands that you don’t know with. Middle school sports also are a learning experience if you have never played the sport and would like to learn how to play. They are great for practicing for high school and
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“High School Confidential” As a student in High School‚ there are many things that influence my learning and my ability to learn. Sports have the highest amount of influence on how I do in school. How much homework I am able to get done and whether or not I finish assignments on time is dependent on sports games and practice times. That would be the downside of sports influential power on school. The positive influence sports have on my high school grades and learning process include keeping my
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perspective: Sports & Concussions Concussions in High School Sports: Are They Worth the Risk? Should School Football Be Banned? by Bran L. Mahaffey‚ MD The risk of serious injury or accidental death to our youth is much higher than football participation while riding their bicycles‚ swimming in home pools‚ walking or riding to school or living in homes where alcohol‚ prescription drugs and household poisons and toxins are stored. Editor’s Preface Following the suicide death
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Once upon a time two young bunnies got on a bus at their stop. They walked down the bus aisle and sat at the back‚ trying to be ‘cool.’ A group of highschoolers got on the bus at the next stop. A highschool kitten pulls out a bag of “brownies.” They began eating the brownies when one of them had a not so great idea. “Hey dudes‚ wouldn’t it be funny if we gave those bunnies some “brownies?” “Sure. Why not?” says another. One of the high schoolers asks one of the younger rabbits if they want some
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Josh dragged his feet and shambled his way reluctantly to school‚ after donning sloppily into his school uniform‚ his hair uncombed. The school stood inhumanly and uninvitingly every morning‚ much to Josh’s abhorrence and distastefulness. Josh‚ along with thousands of other like-minded students‚ regarded going to school as a painful and repetitive routine. Obligated‚ he finally entered Hell. The restless‚ unkempt soul fumbled his way to assemble in the congregation of students‚ all engaged in
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competition and popularity of the sports below the professional level and leave most of the pressure on the professional teams. Another positive of this would be less time spent on the television by youth. That is a growing problem as technology becomes more prevalent in culture today. The fact is that everyone could benefit from catching a break from electronics and with college and high school sports not televised as regularly‚ it would be easier to take a break for sports fans. The cons of this is that
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Migrating to PowerPoint 2010 Microsoft® from PowerPoint 2003 In This Guide Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 looks very different from PowerPoint 2003‚ so we created this guide to help you minimize the learning curve. Read on to learn key parts of the new interface‚ discover free PowerPoint 2010 training‚ find features such as Print Preview or the Options dialog box‚ understand how to exchange presentation files with people who don’t yet have PowerPoint 2010‚ and find out how to get access to macros
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