child to make sure everything is fine and how to prevent or take more care of them while playing the football or any other sport. According to Kim Gorgens in Ted Talk‚ she mentions that “ more than four million people sustain a concussion each year” and “high schoolers playing contact sports are three times more likely to have a serious concussion.” Football holds the highest percentage of
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Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Fantasy Setting: North America Plot: After winning the 74th annual Hunger Games‚ Katniss and Peeta is not living in Victors Village peacefully until an unexpected visitor arrives. President Snow appears and talks to Katniss about how she attempted to commit suicide with Peeta with the poisonous berries. President Snow threatens Katniss telling her to find a way to stop all the rebellions in the Districts or her family and friends will pay
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defined how a soldier should act in modern day. From Greek mythology’s Hercules to Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Middle East‚ men have been given prime examples of strength‚ heart‚ and a passion for defending their country. In the novel‚ Gates of Fire‚ author Steven Pressfield shows an unseen viewpoint of the Battle of Thermopylae. In this novel we see the Spartan army‚ unlike any other of its time‚ leading a prime example in strength in individual characters‚ heavy training and passion for their
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Dangers of Living Near Volcanoes Volcanoes provide beautiful background scenery‚ causing people to commonly settle around the area of volcanoes around the world. While active volcanoes provide many jobs for workers in the energy and tourism industries‚ is it worth having your life threatened constantly? Volcanoes are known to have destructive eruptions which destroy everything in the area. Is it truly worth risking the life of yourself and your loved ones just for a pretty view? Shield Volcanoes
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The Dangers of Social Media Network on Teenagers Human beings are social animals. The urge to meet new people is in our genetic code‚ and nowhere is it stronger than among teens. Especially for today’s generation‚ social networking sites have replaced the shopping mall as the preferred place to meet up. As we all know‚ it is easier than ever to connect and share information online in social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. This means a teen’s most intimate musings or digital snapshots
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Dangers of Barbie Girl Toys started out as children’s entertainment‚ but have toys always just been for entertainment? Or can they affect the way a child develops‚ or interprets the world around them? The toys you play with as a child send messages that can influence your idea of what is socially acceptable. Toys teach you how to become who you are because of the roles they play. Media plays a major role in that‚ if you have a certain toy that comes out in a TV series‚ you play with the toy the
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interests‚ dating and job searching. The list can go on and on. The possibilities are truly remarkable and practically endless. However‚ a question that each person needs to ask themselves is‚ are they truly aware of the risks and potential dangers they are putting not only themselves in‚ but their family and friends in‚ day in and day out. The reality is that social networking is destroying lives daily. This may seem extreme to some but it is a reality. Unfortunately for many‚ by the time
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The Dangers of Self-Driving Cars Can you imagine getting your life taken away from a glitch? Today’s technology‚ like self-driving cars‚ is bad because they are too expensive. The car is a waste of money because it’s a car that could glitch out or get hacked. Also it will not obey a short term stop sign. This is dangerous because it could cause accidents. It also obeys the street laws‚ but I’ll talk about it later. Self-driving cars are bad because they are too expensive. A regular car would
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HOW TO PLAY SOCCER KAREN RODRIGUEZ Period 4 03/03/10 Playing Soccer Soccer‚ or Football as many people may call it‚ is one of the most popular sports around the world today. Most people that play this wonderful and thrilling sport have many techniques in doing so. Every person has a unique style of playing. There are also different tactics and dribbling methods involved when playing soccer. Here are some ways of playing soccer and becoming better at it while practicing hard and developing
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April 4‚ 2014 PLAYING VIDEO GAMES & ITS PERKS Please Use Responsibly Technology is all around us in the year 2014‚ electronic media is part of everyday life from infancy to adulthood‚ is this a good or a bad thing‚ it is all a matter of getting the facts straight then putting it into perspective. Media tools available for productivity and entertainment purposes are common culprits of publicly known negative outcomes of video game enthusiasts as well as obesity in recent headlines concerning the
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