Originally Posted By: MarioD
<...snip...> I think a lot of this has to do with the lack of music education in high schools.<...>


And that's a shame because sports damages children. I was reading excerpts from the yearly conference of the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine and the consensus was, "Don't let your child play tackle football unless you don't like him." Why? Most sports involve concussions - especially tackle football. The helmet protects the head, but not the brain slamming the inside of the skull.

People who play football in school have about a 25% greater than average chance of getting Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other brain diseases later in life, and will get them earlier than average.

So if you let your son or daughter play contact sports, you are increasing the odds of dementia when they reach old age.

For pro ball players, it approaches 50%, for pro boxers about 75%.

They called it "sports' dirty little secret".

Music teaches the brain to work better, sports lead to early brain diseases. But sports make more money for the schools.

Makes you not even want to watch the ball game when you know they are damaging their brains.

It's a shame the schools focus on sports instead of the humanities. The humanities build the brain, and isn't that what school is supposed to do?

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