Schools across the nation are cutting sports programs, This is caused by low budget and academic worries. Focusing on countries like South Korea and Finland that have higher education standards without sports may look like a logical reason to cut sports out of the normal American routine, but other countries that do not have sports in school are well behind the American average. “There is no reason to believe that the academic success of students in South Korea or Finland has anything to do with the absence of school athletics rather than with some other feature of those countries” (Sports and Education Work Well Together, 2014). Some may think that sports take away from the students ability to study at night or get a proper amount of sleep.
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can be risky for many high school students, as they are often alone and unsupervised.(After-School Programs, 2013)” This can be dangerous considering four hours of a teenagers life are being left without supervision. When enrolled in after school sports all of the Students have a stronger bond with other classmates and help each other get through hard times on and off the field. When students take on sports after classes it gives them less free time and also gives the students an environment that they feel welcomed and appreciated. If students didn’t have this then they could go off after classes and hangout with the wrong people and get into situations they don’t want to be in.”Violent juvenile crimes occur most frequently in the hours immediately following the end of school on school days, according to federal data.”( After-School Programs 2013). With the option of a sport after school it could help kids stay away from things that they normally would that could potentially get them in …show more content…
Athletes get home late from events and practices almost every night. This may cause less study time and in some cases not being able to get homework entirely complete. After all athletes sometimes even miss full days of school for competition. “Athletics succeeded in distracting not just students but entire communities”(Ripley 2013). Even when the athletes are doing good in school some may think that the sport is taking time away from studying and homework. Being part of a school sport might have some downfalls, but they also offer endless possibilities for enhancing the learning
can be risky for many high school students, as they are often alone and unsupervised.(After-School Programs, 2013)” This can be dangerous considering four hours of a teenagers life are being left without supervision. When enrolled in after school sports all of the Students have a stronger bond with other classmates and help each other get through hard times on and off the field. When students take on sports after classes it gives them less free time and also gives the students an environment that they feel welcomed and appreciated. If students didn’t have this then they could go off after classes and hangout with the wrong people and get into situations they don’t want to be in.”Violent juvenile crimes occur most frequently in the hours immediately following the end of school on school days, according to federal data.”( After-School Programs 2013). With the option of a sport after school it could help kids stay away from things that they normally would that could potentially get them in …show more content…
Athletes get home late from events and practices almost every night. This may cause less study time and in some cases not being able to get homework entirely complete. After all athletes sometimes even miss full days of school for competition. “Athletics succeeded in distracting not just students but entire communities”(Ripley 2013). Even when the athletes are doing good in school some may think that the sport is taking time away from studying and homework. Being part of a school sport might have some downfalls, but they also offer endless possibilities for enhancing the learning