AOW 14: After a concussion, when can teens return to the football field?

This weeks article is about concussions from football especially in teenagers. I honestly do not think people realize how serious a concussion can be, it is nothing to be messing around with. I think that parents, kids, and coaches do not take it serious enough, I feel as if they think it is just a minor injury. What they do not realize is that a concussion is a traumatic brain injury that could cause severe brain damage such as memory loss if not taken seriously. I think it is absolutely ridiculous that they send the students back on the field within 7-10 days with still having a concussion. They are supposed to out a minimum of six weeks. All the coaches care about is winning the game not their players safety. I do not think minors should be playing football because their brains are still maturing unlike adults. “Nearly 1,500 high school football players in Missouri suffered concussion in 2012, and most of them returned to action within two weeks, according to Missouri high school officials” (Kansas City Star 1). If Missouri has that many football players with concussions than why do they take it so lightly? They only keep their players off the field 24 hours, how crazy is that? You should never send a player back on the field until they are cleared. If they go back on the field too soon, the player has a higher risk of getting a second concussion. The second concussion is always more dangerous, how would Missouri coaches feel if they put them back on the field too soon and they would die or have permanent brain damage from a second concussion. I think that it is a good idea that they are starting to take concussions more seriously and are starting to do testings.

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AOW #13: What Students Really Need to Hear

The article I read this week was really inspiring to me. I have always felt like not many of the teachers cared about their students until after reading this article written by a teacher who really showed his emotions and stressed his feelings about how he feels about his students. Thanks to him I have changed my perspective view about some teachers, but no matter what some still will never care. Being a high school student tends to get very stressful especially as you began to start your senior year, so it is always nice to know that the teachers care about us and want us to succeed in life. I definitely agree that we should be taught more everyday life skills in school instead of the pointless math, spanish, and other curriculums that we will never use after high school, i mean unless you are going to be living in a foreign country or something.

Honestly, why should teachers worry themselves like crazy about students who do not care enough about themselves to try to do their work and be successful in school. If they think not doing their work or even trying matters then let them be failures and worry about the students that do care and try. I always try to push myself to do the very best I can do in school with my work, but sometimes I do tend to give up to easy. School is very stressful and there are times I could use some encouragement to pick myself back up and continue to keep trying.

As the article said “Life will let you die alone, depressed, and poor if you can’t man or woman up enough to deal with hardship” (Mielke 2). This could not of been said any better, If one can’t own up to his or her mistakes and be able to continue to try harder to be successful than you’re going to live a miserable life without anything to show for.

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AOW #12: The Nerd Science of Campaigning

So apparently there is a “nerd” science campaigning now where they go through data. analyze behavior, and pretty much just persuade us people to cast ballots and vote. I did not even know there was such a campaign until I read this article. I guess this science campaign is how we get all of our popular votes. This campaigning is how all of our presidents has won their elections, especially Obamas campaign in 2012.

“With advanced analytics and targeting, the Obama team in 2012 narrow casted its message to persuadable voters-- on facebook, on television, on Pandora, on well-placed billboards, on doorsteps, wherever-- and tilted swing state electorates in their favor” (Hamby 1). Oh really? I never once remember seeing any kind of campaign advertisements on social media or pandora with any Obama campaigns nor did he even try or care enough to come to door steps and deliver campaign signs. He did waste money on television campaign ads because I remember seeing them.

As much as technology has advanced nowadays, most of campaigning is done through the internet especially social media and believe it or not it has caught young people between the ages of 18-35 to start voting in the elections. They target the younger generation because they know advertising on social media and such is going to get our attention so we’ll go vote. It honestly has, we are the reason most of these idiots get elected.

What I did not know is there is a business that is getting paid millions of dollars to help all these presidents and such campaign for the elections and to persuade people to change their minds about a president so us people will vote for them. This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard of. Why would some company get paid that much to help campaign and advertise on the internet for presidents? In my opinion, this election stuff has always been irrational.

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AOW #11: Rise Of Machines

Today’s technology has advanced so much that it’s starting to take over the world. The first computer ever made was over a thousand pounds and was not movable, now we have computers that you can fit in your pocket and are way smarter than the first computer. I think computers are already smarter than humans they just don’t have emotions or senses. If you realize it when humans need help with something they go straight to computers for help, and it usually solves their problems. Now they have gaming systems such as xbox 360, xbox one, ps3, and ps4’s that have so much quality to them that its almost real. If the government would do anything about this they need to only let them go so far on advancing computers so they don’t take over the world. At this day and age technology is already the center of the world we use it for our satellites in space and even have it on the moon. If they start creating robots and advancing them to be like humans they could malfunction and destroy the world without being able to stop them. Computers are already lying to people and creating catastrophes such as social medias, about 90% of the things you see on social medias is a lie and people believe it. “Computers superintelligence could be a boon for the human race, curing diseases like cancer and AIDS, solving problems that overwhelms humans, and performing work that would create new wealth and provide more leisure time” (The Week 1). I don’t see computers curing diseases across the world that is something that humans have to use their brain on and think about what parts of the periodic table has to go into place to create this cure. Humans rely too much on technology and we don’t realize it, but humans have social problems because of technology. They tend to ignore what's around them and focus on what's in their hands.

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