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high school students the pressure of school is usually enough to drive them
crazy. Adding sports on top of school work and family usually is a bad thing
right? This is wrong actually according to a study by North Carolina University
high school and college student athletes had nearly a full point higher GPA
then non student athletes. On top of that study Birmingham Young University had
a survey in 2007 and they determined that females who played a sport in high
school were 41 percent more likely to graduate from college than those who did
not play sports in high school. Sports are teaching kids responsibility and to
play sports you need a certain GPA. Although more time consuming then not
playing sports coaches, parents and teammates hold student athletes to a higher
expectation to manage their time. Coaches seem to get better and better as time
goes on and teach you great lessons. Many coaches treat their players like sons
or daughters and teach them lessons about not only their sport but life. An
example of this is the famous Coach Ken Carter. The move “Coach Carter” was
based off of his coaching career at Richmond High School in Richmond, Virginia,
which at the time was a very underprivileged school. He taught a bunch of close
to high school drop outs about more than just basketball he inspired them in
the class room and kept them out of trouble. Below is a link that shows the
real coach carter on a documentary and how he changed an entire school through
basketball. Also below is the link of the school statistics showing that
student athletes are doing better in the classroom then non student athletes.
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of putting school first sports teach kids responsibility. I can speak from
personal experience that sports have helped shape me into a young man that I am
today and many kids before me. This is why I chose this topic I feel I owe a
lot to all my coaches and teammates that have helped me grow as a person. I
have many close friends that I have made from playing sports. Sports taught me
how to be personable and has helped my social life I am more outgoing because
of sports. I have also been taught leadership and I believe this will help me
with my future plans. Leadership is an asset that helps anyone no matter what
their profession is. Along any sports journey you get taught things that can be
used for life, weather it is time management, leadership, heart, etc. it helps
you become a better person. I’m not saying you are less of an intellectual for
not playing sports, but sports are a good way of expanding your possibilities.
Being an athlete myself I definitely agree with you. High school sports teach you a lot of lessons about being a good student. It makes you work on your time management skills, which are a key to graduating college. The leadership skill that you learn are crucial to being successful in the world outside of high school and college. You're doing some great work here, keep it up.
ReplyDeleteBeing an athlete myself I definitely agree with you. High school sports teach you a lot of lessons about being a good student. It makes you work on your time management skills, which are a key to graduating college. The leadership skill that you learn are crucial to being successful in the world outside of high school and college. You're doing some great work here, keep it up.
ReplyDeleteHenri, i really like your comment, "sports are a good way of expanding your possibilities." I agree with this claim because by playing sports you are putting yourself through many situations that not everyone gets the chance to experience. for example, playing in front of large crowds teaches you how to preform under pressure, and playing against teams that are better than you teaches you how to fight through adversity. these experiences prepare athletes for hurdles that they are to overcome in their future, which opens the door for greater opportunities.
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