The definition of the word "extreme" is going to great lengths that are far above the ordinary or average. Extreme activities involve going beyond the expected or required. As students, you are familiar with grades that have exceeded your teachers' expectations. Hopefully, you have all had an experience in school when you have completed an assignment with more work than what was required to make a perfect score. Your grade on this assignment may have been a 100+ or A++. Whether it was in your gym class or science class, the experience of making an A++ on an assignment or task is a wonderful accomplishment. Another area of extremeness that we experience today is the reality TV shows with themes like Extreme Makeover Home Edition, Extreme Sports Edition, and Extreme Weight Loss Edition. These shows are very popular. Although they are taped over weeks and months of time, we see the results quickly in an atmosphere of excitement. These shows are quite entertaining to watch. However, a few of the real stories behind the scenes of these shows have proven to be physically and financially detrimental to some of the contestants. The truth behind several of these extreme reality shows can be quite sad and devastating. We encourage you, teen reader, to pursue all of your assignments with right intentions. Do not be a part of dares of physical challenges that threaten your life. This is extremely wrong.