would it have any real value to the award? Participation trophies are being handed out to every young athlete without any true meaning‚ which is sending the wrong message to these young athletes. If every young athlete gets a trophy‚ the less meaning each trophy will show. Which also leads to the false belief behind each participation award. Many might disagree with me and think rewarding young athletes with participation trophies is beneficial to improving on skills‚ which can be correct but is it really
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There is no greater support system in the United States than a universities athletic department. With records to be broken‚ championships to be won and legacies to be created‚ college athletes are given special priorities. No college athlete is given more special treatment than college football players. They are given special buildings and receive thousands of dollars in scholarships and equipment and are treated as celebrities when they walk around campus. At universities across the country‚ coaches
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children should not get paid to do chores. I don’t think children should get paid to do chores. Children should not get paid to do chores for many reasons. The rest of this essay will give reasons children should not get paid to do chores. Your parents do not get paid to do the dishes or take out the trash. They don’t get paid to do laundry and other chores. Chores are just apart of family life. Doing chores is not the same as a paying job. Some people think that kids should get paid to do chores
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College Athletes Should Not Be Exempt from Normal Class-Attendance Thesis Statement: College athletes should not be exempt from normal class-attendance because it is their responsibility to handle their work-load‚ in all aspects‚ just like everyone else. College’s main purpose and goal is to graduate and receive a degree. Everything else comes second. Student athletes who believe they should be exempt from normal class-attendance are ignorant and lazy individuals who do not deserve the privilege
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it be a Professional Athlete or a high school track runner‚ drugs are common within their members. The term drugs loosely correlates with three meanings: those that enhance performance (amphetamines‚ ephedrine‚ and cocaine)‚ beta-blockers used to slow heart rate and reduce tremor‚ and the ones used in bodybuilding (human growth hormones‚ anabolic-steroids‚ and diuretics). The use of drugs in athletics reaches far beyond the professional leagues‚ many high school athletes get into the use of the drugs
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Athletes are getting faster every year. It’s a fact. It might be because of the type of training‚ enhancement drugs‚ flat‚ track surfers‚ or just the will to run faster. Athletes train and compete all over the word to break top recours and push the bounds of speed further and further. In 1954 the first four minute mile was achieved. Roger Bannister ran the mile in 3:59.4 smashing the four minute barrier. Befor this the four minute mile seemed impossible but yet it had been done. Then only a few years
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Women are being paid unjustly for the equal work they are doing. Ever since women entered the workforce‚ there has always been a wage gap. In 1963 an Equal Pay Act was signed‚ saying that it is unlawful for women to be paid less than men for their work. There should not be a wage gap between women and men who work the same hours‚ the different ages of workers‚ and need to provide for their families. A man and women who went to school for the same amount of years‚ should be paid the same amount.
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The tuition is not the only thing that makes college expensive. Coming from high school where I walked to school and was given free lunch‚ I find myself now spending money daily. During the peak heat of the summer is when I make most of my money due to my jobs being seasonal and I am able to coast through the winter without working‚ but that is only because I live cheaply in the winter months. Now that I am spending more I will have to pay more attention to my money and create a budget. It is important
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Are Professional Athletes being Paid too Much? An Editorial on the Overlooked Salary Difference Matt Crandall SHS Junior Walking through the halls of Sally High one day‚ my ear caught the words of two young individuals debating over an interesting topic. It was a discussion on the large pay difference between what they thought were hard working Americans and jobs of the entertainment market. As I continued to think more in depth about this current discussion that had just been overheard
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that each life value should be based on the individual’s income/job. People earn their own money and the amount should stay the same when they die. The amount would stay the same so the families can carry on with their normal lives. Some say each life should be valued equally. But‚ a person who went to college and worked hard for their money shouldn’t be paid the same as someone that works at burger king. For example‚ every person earns their own money/income so should be paid the same after death
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