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.

In all the years I've played hockey with my friends, the worst injuries I've seen are just cuts and bruises, As for property damage, the worst has been the wheel marks we left behind on the concrete surface. With that said, I believe that by prohibiting students from using the school courts to play hockey is a big mistake. Unlike Canada, where there are plenty of places to play hockey, Moraga is a small town with limited empty spaces. The school court would be the only reasonable place to play without causing trouble for other citizens in the neighborhood.

Those three reasons to prohibit hockey on school ground is the wrong way to solve the problem, and would lead to trouble rather than a solution. I am quite aware of the fact that roller hockey players are looked down upon as troublemakers, but that's just an age-old stereotype set from various TV shows and movies. It is the same as saying that all people who eat at fast food restaurants are fat. The fact of the

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