the purpose of a helmet (i.e. why do people wear helmets)? (2): The purpose of a helmet is in an uncontrolled environment it acts as safety gear that can minimize and prevent injury to the head. People wear helmets to “protect [themselves] from head injuries that can kill you” (Consumer Report‚ 2016)‚ such as bleeding inside the skull or brain and skull fractures; with the decision to wear a helmet separating the difference of injury and disaster (Consumer Report‚ 2016). Helmets can also be purposeful
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Skiing or Snowboarding? It is a commonly debated question. Everyone has their different opinions on this matter‚ but mine is that snowboarding will always be the best. Because it’s easy to learn‚ how it’s more convenient‚ you look cool while doing it‚ and fewer injuries are some of the reasons I think that snowboarding will always come first. The first reason is that it is all I am acquainted with. It was hard to learn at first‚ but once I got the hang of things I was ripping it up like a professional
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Bibliography 11/10/13 Should Baseball Pitchers be Required To Wear Helmets? Proposal Sports now days are starting to look into safer and better equipment for athletes to reduce the amount of injuries. A big topic going around in sports today are whether or not pitchers should have to wear helmets. This has come to the attention of many sports officials‚ because of the amount of pitchers that have been hit in the head recently. Batters wear helmets; catchers wear helmets; should pitchers do the same? The
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catholic schools should be required to wear school uniforms because there are many good things to them. There have been studies shown that the schools that require school uniforms have a greater graduation rate and a lower bullying rate. Uniforms also lower the cost of outfits for families‚ and lower class performance and the amount of bullying that happens in public and catholic schools. The education of a student is very important to the future and important to the students lives to. So why don’t we require
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#2 Skiing and snowboarding are both very popular sports with many similarities and differences. The sport of skiing dates back to 5000 BC‚ while snowboarding is a relatively new sport‚ developed in the early 1900’s. Both sports are very popular in the U.S.‚ where there are 481 different ski/snowboarding resorts and approximately 60 million Americans who partake in the sports each year. Americans make up more than half of the 110 million who ski or board worldwide. Skiing first dates
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Should kids be required to wear uniforms in school? Uniforms do not help kids in any academic way. Uniforms take away freedom from kids to dress how they want. They are not allowed to wear whatever they want and show their personalities. Also some families may not be able to afford uniforms for their kids. Kids should not be required to wear uniforms in school because some families may not be able to afford uniforms and kids are not allowed to show their creativity and freedom in school when they
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many countries with a minimum drinking age of 18” (18 Interesting Pro…). So why does the United States keep the age that you can have libations at 21? There has been a debate going on whether the drinking age should be 21 or 18. People have brought up statistics on the amount of wrecks and the amount of money going back into the economy. So the United States needs to change the drinking age‚ the drinking age should be 18 because a person is legally an adult at 18‚ there’s less risky behaviors‚ and
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If age 18 is legally considered an adult‚ why can’t they drink alcohol? In 1984 the drinking law was changed from 18 to 21(Procon.org)‚ since then there has been a 13% rise in car accidents due to under age drinking ‚ 300 deaths and 2‚100 homicides per year due to under age drinking. Therefore I believe the age to consume alcohol should be lowered to a younger age. At age 18 you are legally considered an adult‚ you are able to join the military‚ get married and even start taking classes to run
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Wearing a helmet helps to protect our vital organs - the brain. We should wear helmets every time we are cycling‚ as well as kids. Even if a child thinks this is uncool and he looks funny‚ you should tell him that‚ it looks way less cool to have face all scarred up from sliding on the concrete or dirt. Research shows that half of the injuries received by cyclists are to the face and head and about 75% of all bicyclist deaths each year result from head injuries (“Do You Need a Bike Helmet”.) Helmets are
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People use alcohol for numerous reasons; peer pressure‚ celebration‚ anxiety‚ sadness‚ boredom‚ rebellion and insomnia are just a few. Teens fall under the category of “people”. The legal drinking age is currently twenty-one‚ but illegally drinking age is as low as zero. Why? Is the main question asked. I can assure you the under age drinking age percentage would drop if the age is lowered. Few reasons for teens drinking are: peer pressure‚ enjoyment‚ etc. But the main reason for doing so is “breaking
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