High school sponsored sports is a considerable current debate. One side argues that it distracts the students and becomes the primary reason they go to school: to get ‘good enough’ grades and ‘good enough’ attendance to play. On the flipside, some people believe sports and extracurricular activities help build quality traits that are imperative to life beyond school. Discipline, teamwork skills, as well as the development of character are just three perks of having high school sports programs.
Employers looking to hire recognize that athletes have better discipline when it comes to following commands. Think about it. Athletes have had to follow their supervisor’s (coach) orders all their life, so wouldn’t it make sense that they follow the commands of their work supervisor? Steve Reinemund, former CEO of Pepsico, said that in his “30 years in the business world” he has discovered that “what an …show more content…
Not only do athletes know how to work well with others, they build trust on a team which can be transferred to their working environment. “I can rattle off the many benefits of high school sports: exercise, lessons in sportsmanship and perseverance, school spirit, and just plain fun.” (Ripley) Working well with others is essential to keeping a peaceful workplace. If you can’t put your differences aside and have a little trust and teamwork, nothing will get done.
When on a team, you learn a lot about yourself and develop crucial qualities you might not learn in school. In ‘Do Sports Build Character or Damage It?’ Mark Edmundson says “What I had was a will that was anything but weak.”(Edmundson) He was on a brutal football team but learned to stand strong when everyone around him surrendered. Character plays an important part of everyday manners and general kindness. Through sports you learn perseverance, teamwork, discipline, and many other essential
Employers looking to hire recognize that athletes have better discipline when it comes to following commands. Think about it. Athletes have had to follow their supervisor’s (coach) orders all their life, so wouldn’t it make sense that they follow the commands of their work supervisor? Steve Reinemund, former CEO of Pepsico, said that in his “30 years in the business world” he has discovered that “what an …show more content…
Not only do athletes know how to work well with others, they build trust on a team which can be transferred to their working environment. “I can rattle off the many benefits of high school sports: exercise, lessons in sportsmanship and perseverance, school spirit, and just plain fun.” (Ripley) Working well with others is essential to keeping a peaceful workplace. If you can’t put your differences aside and have a little trust and teamwork, nothing will get done.
When on a team, you learn a lot about yourself and develop crucial qualities you might not learn in school. In ‘Do Sports Build Character or Damage It?’ Mark Edmundson says “What I had was a will that was anything but weak.”(Edmundson) He was on a brutal football team but learned to stand strong when everyone around him surrendered. Character plays an important part of everyday manners and general kindness. Through sports you learn perseverance, teamwork, discipline, and many other essential