Current Connection: 1.1

the future that lies ahead

Although it has been found that the rate of teen pregnancy has been decreasing, it is still a major issue affecting our youth. Throughout my four years of high school and even my eighth grade year I have been witnessing teen pregnancies. Yes some of these girls seem happy when announcing their pregnancy but do they know the consequences that will affect them in the long run? It has been found that teenage girls who become pregnant are more likely not to go off to college and they also get a slow start on their career life. Moreover, teenage pregnancy leads to more birth complications and emotional stress that could be overwhelming for most teenagers. In the article that i read(pregnant teens) it brought my attention to the fact that pregnant girls in our school is on the rise ,there have been at least 3-4 girls in my grade alone that have gotten pregnant since 9th grade and i think at least 2 of them dropped out and the others missed so much school that there grades dropped majorly. I don't have a different opinion of these girls but they need to realize the road ahead of them is going to be 10 times harder than if they would not have been so careless. 

My knee!!

"Your knee is the largest joint in the body and one of the most complex, thus making it more vulnerable to injury.". Last year more than 600,000 Americans had knee surgery last year more than half where sports related. The first game of the year last year I caught a pass and took a hard hit to the knee. After being checked by the trainers they said i was "good to go" the next game did the same thing but this time i wasn't even able to make it off the field alone. All through the season I was on the sidelines because of my inability to run at full speed. The school doctor/trainer was more worried about sprained ankles than checking my knee. Last week was my first time seeing a doctor and he immediately said that my knee was seriously injured and that surgery was a possible need. luckily they developed a new medicine that heals it to where it reduces the possibility of surgery.If people would just make every thing a priority than just the easy stuff stupid occurrences such as mine could be prevented.The article by the AAOS tells how clearly if precautions and immediate actions are taken that half of the sports injuries could be prevented. some injuries are so server that people aren't able to walk with out assistance or even walk at all.

caught red handed


The mentality of todays world is "I have to have that".
in todays world people want the biggest, flashyest, most exspenisive and nice thing on the market and they will do whatever it takes to get it.Take black friday for example, people die every year because people are so selfish that they will run right over you just to be the first one in line. What has our society came to when we dont care if we are killing a person just because we want to get the first 52' tv, and what have we come to when we dont careabout steeling anymore just because its easy to access and no one will do anything about it. In New York groups of kids are raiding stores in numbers of 30 or higher most theives strategicaly plann there robberys but now people have gotten to the point to where they are to lazy to even do that because they "have to have it"