Introduction
Students that play sports have dedication and lots of focus to the sport and can help them in school and keep them occupied. ”On-the-field success and high participation in sports is not random--it requires focus and dedication to athletics.” (Bowen and Hitt)
Context
Some people believe that high school sports should not be played because it has a direct relation to students academics. The people who do not believe that students should be allowed to participate is because the thought is if you are dedicated to sports and dedicated to having on-field success, test scores in the classrooms drop. From an athlete who plays a high-school sport, I will say it is not the easiest thing to keep up with everything you have to do in your …show more content…
Every parent wants to see their child do well and everyone student wants to be dedicated. Everyone wants to cheer on their friends and see them do well. So for the people who don’t like high school sports because they think it gets in the way of academics, they clearly do not know the impact they have on students and have not read enough to know that student-athletes take pride in their academics. These people also do not know how sports helps students socially and keeping them in school. There is no reason why sports should hurt students and they do not in anyway. Try to add on and fix this.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/high-school-sports-arent-killing-academics/280155/
Daniel H. Bowen and Colin Hitt. "High-School Sports Aren't Killing Academics." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 02 Oct. 2013. Web. 06 Mar. 2017.
Mathews, Jay. "How sports can help high schools." The Washington Post. WP Company, 18 Sept. 2011. Web. 06 Mar. 2017. .
"Study shows high school athletes perform better in school, persist to graduation more than non-athletes." The University of Kansas. N.p., 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 07 Mar. 2017. .
Barkhorn, Eleanor. "Athletes Are More Likely to Finish High School Than Non-Athletes." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2017.
Students that play sports have dedication and lots of focus to the sport and can help them in school and keep them occupied. ”On-the-field success and high participation in sports is not random--it requires focus and dedication to athletics.” (Bowen and Hitt)
Context
Some people believe that high school sports should not be played because it has a direct relation to students academics. The people who do not believe that students should be allowed to participate is because the thought is if you are dedicated to sports and dedicated to having on-field success, test scores in the classrooms drop. From an athlete who plays a high-school sport, I will say it is not the easiest thing to keep up with everything you have to do in your …show more content…
Every parent wants to see their child do well and everyone student wants to be dedicated. Everyone wants to cheer on their friends and see them do well. So for the people who don’t like high school sports because they think it gets in the way of academics, they clearly do not know the impact they have on students and have not read enough to know that student-athletes take pride in their academics. These people also do not know how sports helps students socially and keeping them in school. There is no reason why sports should hurt students and they do not in anyway. Try to add on and fix this.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/high-school-sports-arent-killing-academics/280155/
Daniel H. Bowen and Colin Hitt. "High-School Sports Aren't Killing Academics." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 02 Oct. 2013. Web. 06 Mar. 2017.
Mathews, Jay. "How sports can help high schools." The Washington Post. WP Company, 18 Sept. 2011. Web. 06 Mar. 2017. .
"Study shows high school athletes perform better in school, persist to graduation more than non-athletes." The University of Kansas. N.p., 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 07 Mar. 2017. .
Barkhorn, Eleanor. "Athletes Are More Likely to Finish High School Than Non-Athletes." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 30 Jan. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2017.