5/17/20 Vol. 1 Iss. 3 Human's Tribune

Human's Tribune

Volume 1

Issue 3

May 17, 2020

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

The world is a mess, and you know that. Hope is the Thing with Feathers is a poem by Emily Dickinson. Hope is important during these trying times, and so are distractions. Here is your distraction. You need to find hope in yourself.

COVID-19 Report

By Antoinette Durand

4,686,682 cases of COVID-19 so far (according to worldometers.info); 310,956 deaths; and 1,496,642 cases of COVID-19 in the United States. The US has the most COVID-19 cases in the world, Spain as a distant second.

The Dark Side of Football

By Antoinette Durand

As of 2017, 982,000 kids that are between the ages of 6 and 12 play football, but more and more Although people may accept the risks, children simply shouldn’t play football. CTE, dimension, and depression has turned my head to football. Sadly, the facts say that sport we love isn’t safe, and we must face the truth: Children shouldn’t play tackle football.

parents are asking the question: Should I let my child play tackle football? Evidence is piling up, and it says children should not play tackle football.

The facts is, football damages kids' brains. In 2002, Bennet Omalu studied Mike Webster’s brain. Webster played 16 seasons total with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs. After his retirement in 1990, he had languished under depression, dementia, and amnesia. After Webster’s death, CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) was found in his brain. CTE is an awful disease. Symptoms are dementia, depression, and possibly suicide. Mike Webster was an adult of the NFL (National Football League), but 982,000 children are playing football. 982,000 6 to 12 year olds, during a crucial time of brain development, are putting their brains at risk.

According to a study done by Boston University researchers who interviewed 214 former high school, college and professional football players. The subjects who started playing tackle football before the age of 12 had more behavioral, mental and emotional problems than those who started playing after they turned 12. I don’t know a single parent who wants their child to suffer mental and emotional problems, do you? Research has also found that repetitive head injuries also triples the possibility of depression.

Despite the danger, some people believe that football is worth the risks because it lowers the possibility of being obese. According to a Times article written on October 13, 2017, 19% of kids are overweight or obese.

Smoking and alcohol have an age where people are allowed to use those products. Football has so many risks that I’m surprised that we don’t have an age on the sport. Kids are not at the age of consent. They cannot make decisions for themselves. If this sport is so dangerous, then why isn’t there an age of consent?

Isolation and Loneliness: Installment Two

By Antoinette Durand

How Isolation Affects Seniors

Social isolation and loneliness are linked to mortality in seniors. Social isolation has been connected to dementia and increased risk of falls. 46% of women who are at least 75 years old live alone.

According to the AARP Foundation, prolonged isolation is as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.

Nancy Donovan, researcher and psychiatrist for the Center for Alzheimer Research and Treatment at Brigham’s and Women’s Hospital in Boston, used statistics from Harvard’s Aging Brain Study to contrast “self reported loneliness with the amount of amyloid levels in the brain.” The outcome was published in JAMA Psychiatry in November of 2016. The results said that 32% of the participants who felt that they were lonely had high amyloid levels- “a warning sign for Alzheimer’s disease.”

Learn Spanish

Estoy bien, gracias.

I’m good, thanks.

Como estas hoy?

How are you today

Book Review: The Hate U Give

By Antoinette Durand

I suggest The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. I read this book because I was a fan of Angie Thomas' The Hate U Give. This isn't a sequel: it takes place a year after Starr witnessed her friend being shot by a police officer. On the Come Up has a similar message: stand up for what you deserve.

Bri lives in the same neighborhood as Starr did, but on the other side of the Garden (name of neighborhood). Her aunt makes her living selling drugs, and Bri's mother, Jay, often has to choose between food and heat. Bri wants to help, desperately, and is an aspiring rap star. Can she make it in the big world?