Amanda Ripley argues in her article, The Case Against High-School Sports, that American high-schools should concentrate less on sports and more on education. One of the main points of the article compares the academic success of American high-schools to that of high-schools in other countries. The other main point of the article compares the academic success of American high-schools affiliated with sports to those that are not. The results of the two studies are both shocking and expected at the same time. America is one of the most affluent and demographically developed countries in the world.
The passages “The Olympics, Then and Now” and “A Great Athlete” support the claim that Olympian James Cleveland Owens embodies and transformed the Olympic athletic ideal from ancient times and early modern era Olympics. Owen embodies the ancient greek athletic ideal that in the past any free man could participate and as an african american, the Olympics didn’t discriminate. Owens represents the early modern Olympic Games because he traveled to another country for the games. In early modern Olympics, games were open to people all around the world. Owen’s transformed the athletic ideal with his achievement of winning four gold medals which no other athlete matched until about fifty years later.
Have high school sports teams brought a negative effect on American School’s education? In the Article “The Case against High School Sports", published by the Atlantic, Amanda Ripley argues the negative effects of high-school sports on a student’s education in America. Also she discusses how today's society make people think that high school sports is more of a necessity to students than getting a good education. However, Amanda fails to persuade the general audience because she used an excess of unneeded interviews by foreign exchange students and had failed to tear down the counterargument that sports teach discipline and social skills, which resulted in the audience feeling unchanged about their opinions toward the subject.
In the book East of Eden, a young girl, Abra Bacon begins as the average girl for the time, a symbol of femininity and pureness in her family. However, as time went on she began to internally rebel, realizing that she didn’t have to conform to that standard and that she could be herself. In heart she is an magnificently kind and beautiful young women on the inside and out. In the book it is written that “It was only after Aron went away to college that abra really gotta know his family.”(ch. 44), to me this shows that she was being confined by her childhood wants and knowledge even though she had gained greater knowledge of the world and of herself since then.
Marching Band is rapidly becoming a sport. Some people believe that marching band is not a sport while some believe it is. Marching band falls under the sports category, according to the Oxford dictionary Marching band is a sport, because a sport is something involving physical exertion where people can compete against others. Some people think that marching band is not a sport because it doesn’t take any physical ability. This way of thinking is reasonable because it doesn’t seem like marching band is difficult.
The IOC requires sports to have administration by an international non-governmental organization, to file a petition, and to “be widely practiced by men in at least 75 countries and on four continents, and
Sports and Brands Today the sports industry is a multi-billion dollar business and everyone knows that with hard work and potential you could walk into a world where your next sponsoring deal is just around the corner, but where does this whole industry have its roots? Throwback to the 19th century: Sports like boxing or rowing had been around for decades. Professional boxing was even seen as a job but sports in general were not seen as serious as they are now. Amateurs and Professionals could take part in rowing championships.
Do you ever wish that your middle school had sports teams? Participating in sports in middle school is very important for numerous reasons. When it comes to teenagers being active and being a part of a team is important. This is why middle schools should have sports teams.
In today’s day and age, many, if not most, people enjoy sports either by playing, coaching or spectating. At a certain point in time, not everyone was able to do these things. During the Civil Rights Movement, sports were turned upside down and sports became accessible to a wider range of people. Many important athletes such as Jackie Robinson came out of the era and opened the public’s eye. Several became activists or coaches and changed sports in a way that hadn’t been done before.
Youth Tackle Football Why the interest in youth football lately? Youth football has been getting a bad rep lately because of concerned parents. Parents of football players are concerned for their child’s safety while playing tackle football. Plenty of cities and towns are banning youth football, because of concussions.
People have overcome many obstacles before becoming great. There were many sports during this decade. Their was baseball, basketball, and soccer. All of the hard work pays off if you stand out from everyone else. There were many political, historical, and social events.
Sports were as popular as ever in the 1950s. Baseball and boxing were huge, while football and golf were growing. The 50s produced its share of remarkable athletes, stellar teams and history making sports events that grabbed everyone’s attention. The 1950s were also a time of comfortable prosperity and the economy was back on track.
Imagine finally having the sport you are most passionate about available for you to participate in, yet not being able to compete in it simply because you are not of the correct gender. Nowadays, this is a fairly common issue. Whether it is because of both gender differences or due to the common belief that “boys are stronger than girls”, coeducation exercise is not exceedingly popular. Although many people believe males are stronger than females and think that coed sports are unfair, this type of athletics can benefit all athletes in multiple ways because it will allow both genders to work together more efficiently, allow the participants and sponsors to pay less, and help create connections with others that would not originally be made.
to college. I don’t have to pick an injury as a result of equipment. So for me it is a question of the quality of the facility and not the proximity of it (19 years) 4.2.3.3 Sports Policies/Programs Responses from participants show that they only participated in sports as a result of their institutional policies. Some of them say though they have now left those institutions they are unable to completely stay away from participation.
Should sports be coed? Many people get asked this question and there are many different opinions on this subject. There are three main reasons why sports should be coed. The three reasons are reducing stereotyping, friendships with the opposite sex, and self improvement.
