Stairway to Heaven? “The only thing that’s standing between me and my education are these stairs.” This was a remark made by a student as she started her walk up the staircase by the Smith Field House. I’m sure most students have felt this same way as they approach what seems to be the longest staircase in the world. Everybody who has walked up these stairs knows that the climb to the top is no easy task. BYU should invest in a shuttle that will transport students to the top of campus so they can get to where they need to go without having to walk up 106 steep, laborious steps. This specific staircase is causing students to miss out on opportunities to get a better education. A student at BYU recently dropped a class that was held in the RB, just so she wouldn’t have to climb up those stairs twice a week. She …show more content…
College students are very busy with school, jobs, and a social life. There’s a lot going on and it’s hard to balance it all. Finding time to exercise can be very difficult and the stairs are a convenient way to get in a workout. When you take the stairs you are able to get a little bit of physical exercise in but it doesn’t interfere or take away from your schedule. I agree that the stairs are a good way to get in exercise, but the stairs are right next to the student athlete building. All of these students have already done their workout for the day and are very exhausted. Sometimes the athletes are required to walk up the stairs multiple times in one day in order to get to practice, class, the training room and study hall. Some may argue that the shuttle takes longer than the stairs and is bad for the environment. Those who don’t want to wait for the shuttle or want exercise can still take the stairs. The shuttle would be nice so those who have already exercised are not required to take the stairs. It would also be nice to have a warm way of transportation during the cold winter
It has been said that addiction is the plague of the 21st century. In an age of unprecedented life expectancy and medical breakthroughs, people are dying from both disease and overdose that are self inflicted and the cure is currently out of reach. Implementing progressive ideas such as safe injection sites have been a battle, both for caring social workers and front line emergency workers looking to minimize the health risks associated with risk taking behaviors that inevitably occur with intravenous drug use. While the addicted population currently uses considerable government funding by way of shelter services as well as prison and jail time, safe injection sites are a necessary step in the battle against drug abuse as is a major prevention
n Name:Diego Armendariz Date:11 /13/1Period: 2/3 Write a persuasive essay arguing how one group struggles more than the other. Support your claims and counterarguments with logical reasons and relevant evidence. __________________________________________ (Your Creative Title). Introduction Paragraph Cherry Valance once said, ‘Things are rough all over” My quote ties with S.E Hinton’s popular book The Outsiders because in the book the Greasers and Socs are constantly fighting and don’t know why,
The only circumstance where business could not be shifted to the lower level, would be the case of a jury trial. That's because the municipal courtroom only has seating for eight jurors; felony cases require 12 jurors. In that case, anyone unable to use the stairs could be excused from jury duty and arrangements would be made to ensure safe movement of an incarcerated inmate to the
According to biblical texts, in the beginning, God created the first man, Adam and made him a woman, Eve. He gave Adam a woman, not a man, so that the human race can maintain a man/woman relationship. For thousands of years homosexuality has been misconduct or in the church’s case, sin. We are continuously beset with this controversial topic and have since reached a point where homosexuality is more open and more accepted than ever. Now, gay men and women fight for the right to be legally married in the United States. In Christianity, marriage is a lifelong commitment under God and many Christians believe this is a “major sin.” However, no matter the relation of man and woman or man and man, Homosexuals should be allowed to have a lifelong
Eggs came first. Millions of years before mammals, eggs existed, their hard shells unlike her mammalian sister who waddles around, heavily crippled with the burden of her womb. Eggs conferred evolutionary advantage.
Parking legally by the residence halls is almost impossible. Students who live at particular dorms find themselves faced with the problem of having to park on the other side of campus. Students who live in the valleys comment that they are surprised with the numerous tickets that are written every day and how it isn’t always clearly spelled out where they can park. They complain on how some parking spaces involve lengthy walks in the freezing cold weather, and how easily the lots fill up. Whenever I'm riding with someone and they have to park by my hall or any other, they usually park in the 30 min parking and leave their car there for hours, or in the faculty lots to avoid walking from the lot up the hill. These actio...
Janice Lloyd, health reporter for USA Today, states that of the 45.9 million people who reported having a mental illness, only 39.2 percent of those people said they received treatment. With those statistics, it calculates out to be that 27,907,200 people did not receive the proper care that they need. There could be a wide range of reasons why people did not receive treatment, but a large reason is the stigma behind mental illness. It causes the people struggling with a mental illness to be embarrassed of their disorder; sadly, I was one of them. I felt ashamed to admit to my friends and family about my depression because I was deeply afraid of how they might view me differently. After experiencing those type of feelings, it made me realize
America has been the prime example of freedom for many years. It has been the symbol of adventure, self-advancement, and growth. However, American freedom has been stretched to fit into many different categories. There is freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom to plan parenthood, and now, in Colorado and Washington, freedom to buy and sell marijuana. America has fought the war on drugs for decades. Legalizing marijuana is now seen as an “experiment” that may turn out to be beneficial for the nation. Yet, drugs are never something to be experimented with and drugs will never be beneficial. Drugs should never be legalized; they are not healthy for the body, they affect the birth process, they influence youth in a negative manner, and they increase crime and tragedy.
Have you ever wondered how some athletes have gotten so good at a certain sport? Have you ever thought about what they did in order for them to get this good? For some the answer is simple; workout and train. But for others the answer is different; the use of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids. There are some people that argue that steroids should be legalized and allowed in professional sports. Other people argue that steroids should not be allowed. Today I am going to state my opinion and justify my reason. Steroids should not be allowed in professional sports because it can be very dangerous to the athlete’s health, it is a way to gain and un-fair advantage and it can be dangerous in both social and physical aspects.
A majority of us want to live in a safe place that is clean and attractive. A lot of us also need to be around people that we care about and they care about us too. People tend to underestimate how important health is and that includes mental, physical and spiritual well being. El Paso County is located in the south eastern part of Colorado and is about 61 miles away from Denver the capital of Colorado. El Paso County sits at 6,035 feet which sits over one mile above sea level, though some areas of the city are significantly higher. El Paso is also near one of the famous fourteeners of America, Pikes Peak. (Source: http://www.medicinenet.com) Mental health is when the mind is in positive role. Good mental health allows people to participate in activities at work and home,
In 2008, there were more than 1,977,000 deaths that were caused by preventable risk factors. The top 3 causes of death in the United States are diseases of the heart, malignant neoplasms (cancer), and chronic lower respiratory diseases. All these diseases are preventable. People need to start paying more attention to what they’re eating, exercising more, giving up unhealthy behaviors and taking care of our mental health.
Music plays a major role in life for most people. It can soothe and excite, encourage sleep and encourage dancing, we can sing to it and ponder it. There are so many different uses of music and so many mediums through which to play it such as Pandora, Spotify, YouTube, etc. Beyond that, more songs every day there are new songs being written. Statistics show that ninety-five percent of all Americans think that music is a core part of a balanced and well-rounded education. The same study showed that ninety-three percent of Americans thought music belonged in the public schooling system, and seventy-nine percent even suggested that music education should be mandatory for all students. Still, studies show that a staggering twenty percent of high school students choose
High school education is for students to learn the basic information that is needed to prepare them for college. It is critical for students to feel that it isn’t a waste of time for them to wake up and go to high school everyday. Is it right for students to not come to school because they feel high school is a waste of their time? Majority of students has also felt that the courses they are attending aren’t giving them enough information that will be useful beyond high school. Shouldn’t students be in classes that will benefit them in the future? Should students be able to know what might be their strengths, and weaknesses in the courses that are required to be taken for a certain major? High schools should offer useful courses because it
I’ve chosen to become a Music Educator as a career. I feel that music has had such a great impact on my life that I can give back to the future generations by teaching it. I have a great love for education, so this career is for me.
Tuition over the years have made it the struggle for students and their parent to make ends meet. The dorms cost a lot that make it payment really high. Living off campus would make life so much easier for parents and myself because the cost of the school would not cost as much as it does living in the dorms. The school should let students live off campus if they have 2 or more people living with them. If the school did let students live off campus I feel like they should be able to have room checks just like they do in the dorms. If the parents of the students let them live off campus the school should be able to let them do it too. Because really the parents of the students have more authority over the school. I feel that now that a lot of the dorms are getting broken into that it would be way safer to live off campus. That way I know that it is my responsibility if someone was to break into my house. If anything is broking into in our room even if it is locked I don’t think the school pays to get any of the stuff replaced. So living off campus can help students to have responsibility and become a real adult in the college