Learning Activities Essay

One of the founding pillars of STRIPES is that we are non-judgmental towards our patrons. Briefly explain what being non-judgmental means to you, and why you believe it is essential to our mission. To me, being non-judgmental extends beyond the general definition of not judging on the basis of one’s personal standards or opinions. In its simplest form, non-judgmental is acceptance. It means being accepting of others and their situations without blame and condemnation. In addition, to not judge…

I do disagree with our principal about mandatory extracurricular because I don't know if anyone would like to take it as a opportunity or not. My first reason is that I disagree with of our principal because you have responsibilities you have to take care of. My examples of it are reviewing for quizzes/tests, if you are taking care of your younger siblings, and doing homework as well. Another detriment I disagree with our principal because it is everyone's decision of they decide to do it or…

I have taken part in many extracurricular activities over the past year. If I had to pick the three activities that I have enjoyed the most, however, I would say my involvement playing both chess and football, as well as my time volunteering for the Manitoba NDP. For the past few years, my primary passion has been the game of chess. I began playing in 2014 and soon discovered that I am unusually gifted at the game. I have won the past three consecutive provincial titles and each of these…

rushing you to class, but we don’t always pay attention to what follows after. Announcing congratulations to sports teams, but not mentioning all that deserve recognition, and also stating clubs or activities for students to sign up for, but sometimes not delivering the message clearly. There is many activities and clubs after school offered at Freedom High School, but many students are not aware what these clubs offer. The announcements fail to recognize certain clubs, and the information they…

For the past two years in my high school experience, I’ve been in quite a few extracurricular activities. The first one being in 9th grade by participating and being a member of the school’s yearbook. That meant committing to the school, and become a member of the YBK staff which later came with the responsibility to attend every school event, and we had to take pictures, records videos and interact with the school community for it to be a successful year in the YBK class. The staff that year…

even involved in some type of violent crime. Teenagers want to feel included in some way, and any way they can feel included teenagers tend to follow that path. I have read many articles and essays stating that teenagers involved in after school activities like sports, can lower the chances of them getting in trouble. Sports takes away that extra time that the teenager could be getting into trouble and instead gives them a chance to make lifetime friends, raising their self esteem or focus more…

comes to those who come from underprivileged backgrounds. Schools help with the development of children and give them knowledge of the world. In addition to the basic curriculum, schools give kids the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities, like arts programs and…

Positive Impact of Extra-Curricular Activities Color guard is a part of the marching band and it is just as much a sport as football. Marching band has evolved over the years. In 1956 the VFW (Veteran of Foreign Wars) Post 342 corps became the first recognized competitive drum corps called the Phantom Regiment, with an all-girl color guard called the Phantomettes. By 1970 the group included a 24-person color guard. As color guard continued to evolve, color guards looked for ways to outdo each…

Will Extra Curricular Activities Help Your Future Or Harm? Often, extracurricular activity is seen to have a positive effects on a student’s grade point average and academic success (Wang, Jing, Shiveley, Johathan, n.d ). Extracurricular activities ranging from sports to debate club are seen not only to help the student maintain a higher GPA (grade point average), but also make for a better caliber student and member of their university (Hollrah, Rachel n.d.). Further, studies have shown that…

explain it to you. Young Life is a Christian, non-denominational group that tries to reach out to high school students. They say that their mission is to “meet students where they are.” This means that college leaders go into the schools and to school activities to support members of the group and to recruit new members. There are a lot of stereotypes and negativity surrounding Young Life about the types of people that are involved in this group. I was given a flyer at a Young Life event to go…