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"Please Let Us Skate" - College Essays

"Please Let Us Skate"

"Hey you guys! Skating is prohibited in this park. Would you please be
so kind and leave. Thanks for cooperating and have a great day" exclaimed a
security guard who worked for the park.
Apparently the security guard's idea of a great day in the park means
monk-like silence. With an area restricted on roller-blading and skate-boarding,
we are forced to skate elsewhere. "As a security guard for the past year, I want
to keep the park as safe as possible," says the security guard. "Skaters get in
the way. Skaters are crashing into other people who are just here to relax. It
is very dangerous and it is prohibited in this park."
Well, for one thing, roller-blading hasn't been accepted as a ...

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I have
started to skate with a couple of my friends whenever we have the time to. There
has never been a time where we haven't been stopped and kicked out. This has
been very irritating for us and we still don't understand why we're not welcomed
at any parks, other than the answer we always get, "You might hurt someone".
Personally, I think the only people that are going to get hurt are the ones with
the skates, us.
Another big problem we Roller-bladers face here in Hong Kong is the fact
that we are not only rejected by society but also by other skaters, skate-
boarders. There are many places to skate here in Hong Kong and of those, 90
percent are dominated by local skate-boarding cliques. They don't like the idea
of mixing with those have an extra 4 wheels stuck to their feet and usually get
rid of us their way. Skate-boarders and Roller-bladers simply cannot get along.
Personally, I enjoy the fine art of Roller-blading and
mixing in with some of the local skate-boarders in my ...

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Added: 6/7/2005 09:40:11 PM
Category: Social Issues
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