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[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Study Shows 12 Percent Increase in Helmet Usage in 2008/09
More Than Two-Thirds of Kids 14 and Under Wearing Helmets.

LAKEWOOD, Colo., June 3, 2009 - According to the 2008/09 NSAA National Demographic Study, helmet usage among skiers and riders nationwide increased 12 percent over the previous season. Last season, 48 percent of all skiers and riders were wearing a helmet at the time of being interviewed, up from 43 percent during the 2007/08 season. In comparison, only 25 percent of skiers and snowboarders wore helmets during the 2002/03 season. The annual Demographic Study is compiled from more than 130,000 interviews of skiers and riders nationwide. The study also showed that:

* 77 percent of children 9 years old or younger wear ski helmets;
* 66 percent of children between 10 and 14 wear ski helmets;
* 63 percent of adults over the age of 65 wear ski helmets;
* Helmet usage by skiers and boarders aged 18 to 24 is currently 32 percent, representing a 78 percent increase in usage for this age group since the 2002/03 season, when only 18 percent wore helmets.

In addition, overall ski helmet sales (adults and kids) have increased 43 percent over the past two years, dating back to the 2006/07 ski season. Sales of adult ski helmets alone increased 50 percent since the 2006/07 season, according to the SnowSports Industries of America (SIA) annual Retail Audit.

NSAA and its member resorts promote the use of helmets. NSAA views skiing and boarding in a controlled and responsible manner – not helmets only – as the primary safety consideration for all skiers and boarders. This fall, NSAA will be launching a new initiative designed to encourage all kids 14 and under to wear ski helmets. NSAA has set a goal of near-universal helmet usage for all children by 2012.

http://www.nsaa.org/nsaa/press/0809/helmet-usage.asp

Excellent news..but until helmet legislation is put into affact..we are fighting an uphill battle..why should helmet use only be required for kids???

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

Excellent news..but until helmet legislation is put into affact..we are fighting an uphill battle..why should helmet use only be required for kids???

It shouldn't be required by anyone, it should be an individual decision.

Why not require drivers to wear helmets that would save lives? Body armor too.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

What else you want to talk about? Come up with a half way interesting thread topic and I'm in.

 

[2knees]

What else you want to talk about? Come up with a half way interesting thread topic and I'm in.

I'd like to hear your opinion on No Child Left Behind.

seriously.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

I'd like to hear your opinion on No Child Left Behind.

seriously.

I think it’s well intentioned, but doesn’t work in the real world. I teach in a school district where 90% of the students participate in the subsidized meal program. Those of you who have school age kids understand the socio-economic significance of that. As hard as staff tries not every student can overcome the disadvantages they bring from home.

It doesn’t mean we stop trying it just means that some students will be left behind because there home life and parent(s) are not really concerned with their success in school.

I taught GED preparation for 14 years. Some of the things those kids would tell me about their home life was heart breaking.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

[. . .] I teach in a school district where 90% of the students participate in the subsidized meal program. Those of you who have school age kids understand the socio-economic significance of that. As hard as staff tries not every student can overcome the disadvantages they bring from home.

It doesn’t mean we stop trying it just means that some students will be left behind because there home life and parent(s) are not really concerned with their success in school.

[. . .]

so, what you're saying is that poor people are less concerned with the success of their kids at school than more well-off people?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

so, what you're saying is that poor people are less concerned with the success of their kids at school than more well-off people?

Duh..not 100% but more well to do students usually have more involved parents who are educated themselves..

 

[Beetlenut]

Duh..not 100% but more well to do students usually have more involved parents who are educated themselves..

Do you actually believe that? Poor, rich, it's the make-up and values of the parent. A lot of rich parents are too busy working and making money to be involved. A lot of poor parents are very involved with keeping their children in school and away from the easy influences of drug money. Kids from rich parents do have more options, but without guidence, they're just as likely to fail as poor kids. No child left behind = FAIL

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

so, what you're saying is that poor people are less concerned with the success of their kids at school than more well-off people?

When the NYS Education Department evaluates school districts on education achievement the percentage of students on the subsidized meal program is used as part of the criteria for the districts success rate in student academic success.

In other words a school in a well to do suburban school would be expected to score higher then an inner city school of the same size.

You make it sound like I’m putting down poor people. I'm not and I care deeply about my students.

What are some reasons for poverty? For some people it’s lack of education, maybe drug and/or alcohol addiction, being in and out of jail, having a kid when they’re still a kid, etc. When a kid comes from a background like that they often don’t have the support system to have success in school because their parents or guadrians are not as concerned with their child's education as they should be.

I’m not talking about hard working caring parents who are employed in low paying jobs.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

You make it sound like I’m putting down poor people. I'm not and I care deeply about my students.

i figured you weren't. it's just that your first post came off that way.