They spend an average of 43.3 hours a week on their sport alone. Most full time jobs are based on a 40 hour work week. This is just the sport but now let’s add the school hours "If a student has 10 hours of class each week and puts in the recommended four hours of study for each hour of class‚ then athletes spend 50 hours each week studying and attending mandatory classes and study halls." (Listland) that adds up to 90 hours of school and sports a week‚ the equivalent to having two full time jobs
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THE DURHAM REPORT ESSAY “The Durham Report was a racist document that has had a lasting effect on the country of Canada”. This report was bias and written by a British person ‘Lord Durham’ who wrote statement which made French look inferior to the English. This report was in a total favour towards British. To start with‚ the first main recommendation was to unite the Lower and the Upper Canada into one province called ‘Canada’. This recommendation would give British Canadians an advantage in population
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It was a sunny day in Ardeche. The temperature was about 16 degrees celsius. Tuesday September 12th might seem like a lovely day to you‚ but if you knew what was going to happen later today that day‚ you would not exactly describe it as lovely. Today was the day I was going to spend on the river. I got into my yellow and green fresh looking canoe with a guy called Even. I changed partners many times‚ as we practiced doing a couple of different things with the canoe including 360s and speed paddling
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go on. However‚ after hearing about the proposal to eliminate sports from our high school‚ I came to a heartbreaking realization that these magnificent memories and future memories of mine and for many could be wiped away completely. As tradition at the beginning of varsity football games‚ we begin with an “I believe that we will win” cheer‚ but it is more than just the idea of winning that draws so many fans to the stands for every sport. It is the live experience and ability to show pride to your
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Cheerleading can be a dangerous sport if you don’t follow the proper rules and it is important to know what you are doing someone gets injured. If you try to do a stunt that is difficult you need to have the proper practice and training. Cheerleading can be a safe sport only if you have done it correctly. Some of the stunt in cheerleading can be dangerous if you do not perform them correctly like the shoulder sit. A shoulder sit is when the front spot reaches up and back and joins hands with the
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Electronic Sports: Really a “Sport”? When “sports” is heard the first thing thought of‚ big athletes‚ open fields‚ and probably a lot of sweat. However‚ that is not the case these days. Within the last ten to twenty years a radical thing that probably would not have been thought to exist is coming into fruition‚ and boy is it blooming. Electronic Sports‚ eSports for short‚ is the act of playing video games competitively for not just proving who’s better‚ but also for a very large chunk of money
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taken in the doses required to get the desired effect (narconon.org). In professional sports‚ drug abuse is extremely common‚ as players are paid based off of how frequently they win‚ which is greatly increased with the use of banned substances that increase performance‚ such as Amphetamines. The Sport where Amphetamines are “most
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Cheerleading‚ if you’re not associated with the sport‚ then you probably have a different perspective on cheer. Cheer is nowhere near the stereotypical image of the mean girls in movies‚ who are ambitious to be popular and bully their classmates. When in reality it’s the complete opposite‚ cheerleaders are known to represent their school and have an outgoing personality with a confident attitude. Every cheerleader has to be physically in shape to enjoy the activity with a sociable smile that stands
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dancers are spinning and tossing six foot flags‚ wooden rifles‚ and metal sabers in a sport called colorguard. I am part of the colorguard‚ as I have been for my entire middle school and high school life. With the qualities this activity teaches me and with the opportunities this activity gives me‚ colorguard became the most important activity to represent who I am and what my future can be. Colorguard is a sport that requires leadership‚ diligence‚ and self-discipline. Although not many people
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Sport is all forms of competitive physical activity which‚ through casual or organised participation‚ aim to use‚ maintain or improve physical ability and provide entertainment to participants.[ Hundreds of sports exist‚ from those requiring only two participants‚ through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants‚ either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity‚ with the largest major
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