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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In It to Win It In the essay‚ “The Joy of Graduating” by Kate Stone Lombardi‚ describes the traditional high school valedictorian competition with the most prestigious students. The fight for the position of valedictorian has intensified over the years. Danielle Gorman‚ an elected valedictorian at Moorestown High School in New Jersey‚ was quoted by Lombardi of the qualifications and standards it took to become valedictorian. The traits Gorman describes common to valedictorians were taking on too
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1020 12 October 2011 High-School Starting Time Is waking up an hour later really worth it in high school? In the article High-School Starting Time‚ Jeff Varley‚ the author is trying to convince his audience of the troubles that high school students are going through by being forced to wake up early every morning for school. Varley wrote this essay his freshman year in college. The writer hopes to convince people that the best choice for high school students is for school to open later. In my opinion
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Hannah Alford English 3-4 Bachor January 3‚ 2013 High School Partying The ever growing problem of underage partying including drinking and drug use is a topic that has been pushed aside and deemed as a “teen phase” in todays world. Parties in high school is downplayed as a normal part of being a teenager‚ “everyone does it”(Fidel‚Steve). Teenagers do not realize the harm that partying can do to both their health and their reputation. The alcohol and drugs that get slipped into parties isn’t
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Columbine High School‚ is home to students who dare to reach the beyond and succeed. However‚ behind the walls of Columbine High School something far more alarming was occurring. Two students caused Columbine High School to become known for something that was way beyond the understanding of Americans across the Nation. Columbine High School would be the home of the worst high school shooting in U.S history. The “Columbine Massacre” could have been restrained if the students‚ parents and school had taken
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I plan to accomplish my goals and will be successful in high school. To do this I will need goals to accomplish. My main goals will help with my succeed because I laid out them all out for high school. My essay will be about my own goals and goals my group and I came up with. My group’s goal are about school and what we are doing and what we sill need to do. If I want to be successful‚ I need to do well in high school and my goals will help me. The goals are to ask questions‚ start to using quizlet
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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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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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English 101 January 16‚ 2012 Argumentative Essay “Condoms in High Schools” Condoms should be handed out to high school students. There are situations in which many people have different opinions‚ however it is my belief that condom distribution in high schools allows children to open up and ask questions regarding sex‚ it accounts for a tremendous decrease in teen pregnancies‚ abortions and diseases‚ as well as a decrease in the amount of money spent on supporting unwanted teen pregnancies
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Importance of High School Marching Band A month before the start of the school year‚ over 100 high school students show up early in the morning for 8 hours of practice every day. I’m not talking about the football team. I’m talking about the high school marching band. Each member will be at the school getting in shape‚ learning how to march‚ and practicing music for weeks‚ working to perfect an 8-minute show to perform in front of thousands of people. As a member of the Clear Falls High School band‚
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