NCC Awards Student Winners of Local Essay Contest
For the fifth consecutive year, National College of Chiropractic (NCC) worked with eighth-graders at a local school to support October as "Spinal Health Month." An essay contest was held this year, with the theme "Adding years to your life and life to your years." The winners were announced in a ceremony at NCC on October 29.
Each of this year's winning students received an NCC t-shirt and a certificate honoring their achievements. The first, second and third place winners also received savings bonds for their efforts.
When I graduated from chiropractic college in 1981 and started practice, I heard it all, and very little was positive. “You are a quack; you do not know what a subluxation is; you couldn’t get into a real health care program, so you chose the one that is slightly above a mail-order degree; you have no proof that chiropractic works; Are you really licensed?”, and so much more.
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