Hello! Our names are Cooper Bailey and Andrew Kurdys. We are both seniors at Normal West. Through all these years of being in high school, athletes such as ourselves, have found it hard to really focus on some of our classes and enjoy our time in the classroom. Class options are very limited and there are not very many courses that truly interest us as athletes and high school students. That is why we have thought of the idea of a Sports Language Arts Class. Coming from a first hand perspective of what it is like being a high school athlete, our mind and passion is focused on our sport. So why not bring all that focus and joy straight to the classroom? Student athletes would benefit from this class a lot. Instead of lackadaisically being in class, they could learn about sports history, sports debates, sports finance and management, and sports reading and writing. They could do something that they truly enjoy.
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According to Prep Scholar, the nation’s average English score on the ACT is about a 20.4. Which is the lowest average on any subject. A reason this low score happens is because they are reading things they do not care about. Being high school students, we both had our worst scores on the English portion of the ACT test. We really believe that this class would increase students reading and english knowledge because it is something they truly care about.
Parents would even enjoy this class because students would actually focus on the course and take it seriously. According to Education Counts, students do far better in classes that they enjoy, rather than the ones they do not care about. Students that play sports, enjoy the competition and love the game that they play. Bringing that to the classroom could really make students focus and enjoy the class. Debating on topics could bring the good competitive nature to the