skateboards to and from school, it will make getting to school much harder. They will have to wake up earlier for school, which will make them more tired and less able to concentrate in their classes. For example, take my friend Barry. His parents leave before
the sunrises to go to work, which is way before the school opens. He relies on his skateboard to get him to and from school everyday. The school claims skateboarding is dangerous. However, it is actually a fairly safe activity according to a 2010 article in
Medical Trauma Magazine. They found that skateboarders had 9 injuries per 1,000 skateboarders. The article also notes that there are 12 injuries per 1,000 bicyclers. Football has over double the amount of injuries as skateboarding.
In comparison, skateboarding is much safer yet, we have a football team at school and have many kids who ride bikes to school. Please do not ban skateboards in our school district. Sincerely,
Marko DeSpeer, 7th grade
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