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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10 New Year Resolutions for High School Students The New Year is a great time to reflect on the changes we want to or need to make. If you’re a student looking at ways to improve yourself and make the transition to college easier‚ International College Counselors offers a few more resolutions you might want to add to your list. 1. Stop procrastinating. How often have you underestimated how much time it will take to get something done? Then‚ how sad are you when you don’t have the time to do your
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Dear St. Amant middle School Football Team‚ Football is a very fun sport that invalves tackling‚ pushing‚ and hitting. Most of the time football is fun just from playing ruff (tackling‚ pushing‚ hitting). Kids who play football are always to play games like bull in the ring and oklahoma drills which are very contact drills‚ and so is football. Now‚ coaches are thinking about having a limited number of hits in practice. But most players disagree with that statement because football is all about
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Many people have argued that‚ “Should we ban high school football?” One of the main reason’s why we should outlaw the sport is due to head injuries‚ or injuries in general. Now granted‚ we cannot protect kids 24/7. Injuries in sports are just common things that occur. We can only do our best to prevent children from hurting themselves. 60% of head trauma actually comes from football. This head trauma is commonly known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. Though CTE’s symptoms are not
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Diagnostic essay To school‚ or not to school; that is the question. At least it was for me four months ago as I was looking for a leg up in this economy. Having a high school diploma and a can do attitude no longer opens doors in the working world. Now days‚ having at least your Associates degree and 2 yrs of experience are required before employers will even look at your resume. Since I already had the experience‚ school seemed like the best option to help me
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In youth and high school football‚ many injuries are suffered every year. Some injuries are just painful spots on the body‚ such as contusions‚ breaks‚ and sprains. Other injuries may be catastrophic and sometimes even deadly. State laws in WV now require players to take concussion tests yearly before seasonal play begins‚ but the question some may ask is‚ is just one test a year enough? Personally‚ I am a strong supporter of children playing any sport that is offered. With that being said‚ young
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It wasn’t too long before I realized that high school was not just a walk in the park as I anticipated and to be extra serious than what I was. Sophomore year is when I figured this all out and in my Junior year is when I flipped the script. Now I’m striving‚ working‚ and improving on my learning to graduate. In my sophomore I wasn’t doing so sound‚ in I would say the majority of my classes I did fail 2 of my classes when honestly it shouldn’t have happened. The two classes I didn’t pass were English
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happy. They make more friends in a bigger city and bigger school‚ they have many more things to do on weekends (getting teenagers out of trouble many times) and they also develop the relationships needed to feel whole inside in the big city. The big city also helps prepare a child for their future by preparing their education‚ their
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against various diseases‚ including polio and measles‚ as a prerequisite to enrolling them in public schools (Ciolli‚ 2008). Enrollment in public school requires up to date vaccinations in order to protect the children and even the adults from contracting and spreading a disease‚ possibly causing an epidemic. Although all public schools require immunizations‚ there are still children in the schools whose religion exempts the use of vaccinations. The goal of this paper is to further explain
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Which raises the question‚ Should condoms be available to teens in Texas high schools? Some parents and educators suggest that providing condoms in Texas high schools is condoning sexual behavior. Others believe that teens should have access to condoms to help protect their sexual health and an unwanted pregnancy. After considering both sides of the issues I strongly suggest that condoms be available for teens in Texas high schools so they are properly equipped to have safe sex and to decrease the rates
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