| It wasn't so long ago that you used to carry your | | | | One of the other things that has changed is the level |
| books with you back and forth from school to home | | | | of competition both mentally and physically. The |
| if you had homework. It was a great opportunity to | | | | number of students applying to get into Ivy League |
| show that chivalry was not dead yet. Carrying a girl's | | | | schools is rising and the competition is fierce. |
| books was often one of the first steps with flirting. | | | | Speaking of stress, what about playing ball or |
| Those days are long gone. For one, a lot of schools | | | | another sport in high school. It's amazing how much |
| don't have lockers in which to put all of your stuff. | | | | pressure is put on these kids. It used to be |
| That would mean that the students would have to | | | | competitive but not like it is today. Again, if you |
| carry all of their books everywhere on every day of | | | | were to visit a facility such as Monee healthcare it |
| the week. That would be quite a burden so they | | | | would be alarming how many injuries due to sports |
| keep a set of books at home. It's bad enough that | | | | and stress our young kids have. |
| they have to carry all of their other stuff | | | | This is not to say that kids haven't always had some |
| everywhere on every day of the week. | | | | level of pressure to excel in school or on the field. It |
| To carry all of this stuff, kids are now carrying | | | | also is impossible to go back to the good old days so |
| backpacks to school. Sure, there are a few who get | | | | this isn't an article about the diminishing values as |
| away with other carrying cases and the over the | | | | today's kids are brighter and the level of sports is |
| shoulder book bag is getting more popular. However, | | | | amazing. It's more about trying to pay attention to |
| no matter what the bag looks like, it is still a lot of | | | | some of the risks involved in being a kid. Now that |
| weight to carry every day. It would be surprising to | | | | those days are gone the next article may be about |
| visit Momence healthcare and see just how many | | | | trying to avoid having to be in a cardiac rehabilitation |
| kids have injuries from carrying so much or injuries | | | | program from all of the stress of being a grown up. |
| related to being off balance due to the weight. | | | | |