Within the reading of chapter four of Our Kids by Robert Putnam one key point of his argument is that it really matters where kids attend school and who they are attending school with. The overall growing class gap is extremely evident within the American school system. However, schools are not responsible for the creation of the opportunity gap because the gap already exists before schools are put into the picture. While this may be true, the schools that kids from affluent families are attending are significantly different than schools that children from poorer families are attending. This could be a product of the fact that affluent and poor families are usually not living in the same areas.
Many school’s require a C average to even participate. So, without sports would those kids who only keep grades up for sports, fall? Or would American kids realize the importance of education instead of sports and put in more effort? Kolbert discusses the distraction side of sports involvement in school and the different views of academics and sports to parents. Although sports offer a number of life skills, it can take away from student study time.
Breanna Torres Staub English 101 B7 07 November 2017 Academics and Athletics Do Not Mix Well A high SAT score or scoring the state winning goal are two major ways to get into a great college, but these academics and athletics do not mesh well together. Many students will get the attention of colleges by scoring well on impacting tests like the SAT or ACT or by being very talented at a sport, proving yourself while playing, and getting your name out for colleges to see. In the article “Why Sports and Elite Academics Do Not Mix” the author, Jonathan R. Cole, gives several different examples on why he believes that sports and academics do not mix and persuades his reasons why in detail.
As a student of the DuBois Area High School, I think I have the motivation and academic accomplishments needed to receive the Big 33 Scholarship. My family is also in a tight budget so they can provide for my sister and me. My father currently works at DuBois Logistics as a laborer while my mother works at a Sheetz as a salesperson. I also work at a Sheetz in order to save money for college in the future and any other financial needs. As a student, I participate in many clubs and extracirricular activities to promote myself as a positive leader or influence to others.
Like sports, the lessons learned are not only applicable to traditional academic courses, but to becoming an educated adult” (Smith 15) This shows how extracurricular activities can also be important. Extracurricular activities are treated as a distraction from one’s education, and a side hobby. It is overlooked that these activities can help students in the classroom.
Instead of having a ‘normal’ college social experience, student-athletes are often found in the weight room, on a travel bus, or at practice. College sports can be compared to a full time job (Valentine, 2022). Therefore, proving that athletes should receive compensation from Esgro 3 their respective school for the time and training they put in to making sure their school has a successful team. Additional benefits that the Universities see as a result of a successful sports program
College-level sports are amateur, and maintained by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), an organization designed to regulate and promote competition between other universities. The NCAA hosts a collegiate basketball tournament, called “March Madness”, through the month of March and ending within the first week of April. March Madness started off as a small and unpopular tournament, but “by the early 1980s the NCAA basketball tournament had become one of the most popular sporting events in the U.S.” (“Paying”). The NCAA tournament generates a lot of revenue for media broadcasts, and the athletic departments of universities yet, because college sports are considered amateur by the NCAA, its athletes are not allowed to receive
This notion is supported by Dr. Daniel Gould, who believes that “Children who participate in sports have increased educational aspirations, closer ties to school and increased occupational aspirations in youth” (1). People against the funding of high school sports think that parents and society are placing more emphasis than ever before and, “[P]ressures athletic personnel to deviate on winning from the athlete- centered educational and personal development mission” (Gould 1). However, athletes strive to do better in class. Michael Lorenc, a high school basketball coach believes that “those who seem to have an overwhelming schedule where they’re playing maybe multiple sports, and high academic schedules, they tend to do better than those who don’t do anything extracurricularly” (Gray). Balancing sports and school makes athletes put more effort into keeping up grades while playing the sport they love.
Study Hall, not a highway were studying is taking place. Adding study hall as an elective at Von would bring more benefits to both students and teachers than loss because there’s a likelihood that grades will go up along with standardized test scores. In the same way, the class is versatile, so students have the option on what they want to do. Not only that, but it creates a safety net for students to complete work. Overall, the advantages of implanting a study hall outweigh the disadvantages of it.
Students become “obsessed with their studies” and nothing else becomes important (Zinsser). This produces an accumulation of students who don’t spend time to do extracurricular activities. The mixture of pressure from peers and from one’s self allows a chain of events that lead to undesirable
Issue #2 Children typically get into trouble when they are bored or have an idle mind. Statistics show this in numbers of different studies that have been conducted over years. States that have more after school programs for children and teens usually have less crime rate as minors and lower dropout rates, but Mississippi is not one of these lucky states to have the necessary available after school programs for students. This lack of programs may be one the causes for Mississippi to be one of the higher dropout rates in country.
About 26 million kids participate in school sports, imagine how much that number would drop if we cut out sports. No more basketball, football, volleyball, track, and more. Let 's just stand here and watch the number drop to 15 million, then 10 million, next 5 million, eventually about 100,000, or less. Why are we gonna take away sports if they have a chance of injuries? Really every sport causes injuries, getting out of bed causes injuries.
To require attendance or not to require attendance. That is the question that every faculty member has to answer. Some choose to have lenient policies that allow multiple absences. Others follow a strict policy of dropping letter grades or percentages for every absence or tardy.
Students need to have social responsibility because it increases the commitment by school leaders, enthusiasm from teachers and challenging work by volunteers and outside consultants. Having social responsibility can make an enormous difference in the school’s culture. In the article, “A school for peace and Justice”, Elliot Seif explains that in a positive school culture students are more actively involved in resolving conflicts, show more tolerance to diversity, demonstrate greater understanding of social justice issue and more frequently participate in service activities. This shows that social responsibility can have a huge positive impact to students. According to Douglas Reeves, in the article, “The Learning Leader/The Extracurricular Advantage”, he states that “I learned that the school has recently achieved dramatic improvements in student achievements on almost every count”(1).
Of course, the effectiveness and the efficiency of athletic programs and activities is depended on the willingness of participated persons, the interaction of social framework and the content of each program. (Johnson, Cen, Gallaher, Palmer, Xiao, Ritt-Olson et al., 2007). Programs of Life skills are vital for students. Life skills are those which give to young persons capabilities living and dealing different situations and environments such as school, home, neighborhood (Danish & Nellen, 1997).
