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  “Did one hit lead to a 13-year old’s suicide?”   My article is about a thirteen-year-old boy that committed suicide after a head injury during football. James Ransom has been playing football every since he was a little kid. His parents quote “‘My son would often go head and head, repeatedly,” Greg says. “Who knows how many times they were hitting each other like that?’” but why would they allow their child to go head and head like that knowing that concussion can cause damage? As James was playing a game him and another kid hit heads hard, no one knew when it happened but Greg (James dad) didn’t know until James told him. James was a perfectionist but his parents took him to the doctor and they noticed that he had obsessive-compulsive disorder (also known as ocd), in school he would say that he was a failure and wouldn’t succeed in life. With this hit to the head he became very violent and irritable. Sometimes he would grab his father from the neck, grind his teeth, t...

Kayla Coghlan Ms. Becker Period 6 September 7, 2018       Ashley was born on a weird holiday called Groundhogs day. Groundhogs day is a weird holiday because if the groundhogs see their shadow it mostly likely indicates that it is not cloudy, and that spring is on its way, because of this she chooses to make this a unique quality about herself.  Despite, Ashley being born on groundhogs day, she loves to read books. her favorite author is Sarah J. Maas, she writes fantasy books and as you may know Ashley loves fantasy books.