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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