He rushes into the house, throws his backpack on the floor, grabs some left over .
junk food from the refrigerator, jumps onto the couch, turns on the television, falls asleep, and this becomes the daily routine for many teenagers. Something is definitely wrong with this picture -valuable time is wasted, the student isn't learning anything meaningful towards his or her future, and the student is only gaining malevolent ideas from the media. If we take a deeper look into the awful situation, the answer is right in front of our eyes -the public school officials. They always preach their students about using free time constructively and not to cause trouble, yet at the same time, these public school officials are the ones that are taking away the opportunity for students to enjoy a healthy, beneficial activities. Students are starting to wander off in the wrong directions these days - they turn to drugs, sex, alcohol, suicide, murder, and many other horrendous things adults are trying to make teenagers and young adults avoid at all times. If only there were other choices of activities to turn to like roller hockey.
School officials" activity decisions are influenced mostly on the image of the school and their own protection from the fear of getting sued or getting into any trouble. If they were to make their school activity decisions based on the students" importance of learning and living a prosperous future, then I can assure all parents that their sons or daughters will not only use his or her time wisely, but their life will become much more exciting and they wouldn't turn to the wrong things. If only the school officials allowed students to play roller hockey on school grounds, then maybe those five kids snorting cocaine in the corner of the school building would have a chance to try out a worthwhile activity. .
For the past year, a small group of students including myself started to play roller hockey on the school's outdoor basketball court as a part time recreation.