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This document argues that skateboarding should be added as an extracurricular activity at schools. It notes that while skateboarding has a reputation as being dangerous, it is an important activity for many students. Providing organized skateboarding at schools would give students a safe place to participate and could attract those not otherwise involved in extracurriculars. It also claims that students involved in extracurriculars miss less school and that skateboarding injuries would be reduced in a supervised skate park environment compared to unsupervised street skating. The document dismisses concerns about safety, noting risks are no higher than other sports like football that are accepted. In conclusion, it argues skateboarding should be officially added to benefit students

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Skate Boarding-File

This document argues that skateboarding should be added as an extracurricular activity at schools. It notes that while skateboarding has a reputation as being dangerous, it is an important activity for many students. Providing organized skateboarding at schools would give students a safe place to participate and could attract those not otherwise involved in extracurriculars. It also claims that students involved in extracurriculars miss less school and that skateboarding injuries would be reduced in a supervised skate park environment compared to unsupervised street skating. The document dismisses concerns about safety, noting risks are no higher than other sports like football that are accepted. In conclusion, it argues skateboarding should be officially added to benefit students

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Skateboarding has gotten a bad

reputation. For some reason, lots of


people don't approve of the activity.
Perhaps they think it's too
dangerous. For many skaters,
though, skateboarding an important
part of their lives. Their boards
provide transportation as well as a
way to spend free time and improve
their skills. Adding competitive
skateboarding to a school's offered
options of sports a great idea
because it will benefit students and
the public. It will provide a safe,
organized place for skateboarding,
and it Will attract a group of
students who might not otherwise
get involved.
Consider, for a moment, the kids
you know who skateboard. Most of
them are not involved in
extracurricular activities at school,
there's nothing for them to do. They
want to skate! Providing them with
an organized skate program will
help these students in more ways
than one. According to Passage 2,
"Students who are involved in
extracurricular activities are less
likely to miss school than students
who are not involved in
extracurricular activities." That,
alone, should be a strong enough
reason to have skateboarding in
schools. If adding this after-school
activity to students' options means
more students Will spend more in
school, then a win-win situation.
Not only will students who
skateboard become more involved,
but they will also be in a safe
environment.
Organized skating is safer. Many
people who skateboard have
nowhere to practice their skills,
Other than on the streets,
sidewalks, and Steps where the
public is walking. This dangerous
for the people walking and for the
skateboarders. The author of
Passage I States that "Most
skateboarding injuries occur
outside of skate parks, often on
steps and railings." This shows that
an organized sport held on and
around a skate park would
definitely safer for skateboarders.
Since skaters would be Off the
streets, it would be safer for the
public, too.
There are lots of people who think
skateboarding still too dangerous to
be an after-school sport. True, there
is risk involved, that's no different
from other athletics. As included in
Passage I, "More students are
injured playing football than in any
Other sport. Head are the most
frequent and the most serious."
Despite this, there isn’t much talk
of taking the football team away.
Skateboarding isn't a contact sport,
no one is hitting another
purposefully, and the injury risk
goes way down in an organized
skate park environment. Compared
to some other sports, skateboarding
doesn't seem too bad.
Skateboarding should become an
official sport because it Will help
people. There's no solid reason not
to add it to the list of options. It's a
good way to get students involved,
and it can improve the safety for
skateboarders and the public alike.
If it were up to me, skateboarding
would definitely make the Cut.
Topic: Argue whether
skateboarding should be
added to your school’s
extracurricular activities

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