Extracurricular activity

interview, “Doing color guard helped me to gain time management and organizational skills. As well as inspired me to get better grades so that I could stay in the program”. By engaging in extracurricular activities, students may be required to maintain good grades in order to meet eligibility to participate in such activities (Francisco). Examples such as competing in a speech contest may help a student gain confidence, and being involved in a youth group or scouting organization may help the…

My childhood began when my mom, sister, and I were homeless for two weeks, and we lived in a hotel for two months. On her last leg of unemployment my mother applied for welfare, in order to sustain a home to live in. She then graduated from UEI and got a job the very next day after. She got an internship that paid twelve plus dollars an hour and when the time came, she got off of welfare and was provided with child and medical care. However, right after, the very next week, my dad went to jail.…

become involved in research this year. I plan to apply to the STARS Scholars Program. I also applied as an undergraduate lab research assistant position for federal work study. I would like to become involved and campus life and join a few extracurricular activities. I intend to join the Blue Diamond Step Team, the Minority Association for Pre-Health Students, and HerCampus Drexel. Panhellenic Recruitment ended last week and I decided not to participate until I am completely acclimated to…

The 2014 US Census report about after-school activities is a detailed account of the kinds of activities and some of the factors that may influence what a child does outside the classroom after school. The most common activity is sports, which is at 35 percent, with participation in clubs (e.g., chess, math, and science) and lessons (like music, dance, and language) each at 29 percent. However, 43 percent did not participate in any after-school activities, with key factors such as living…

opportunities that drive students to excel later in life, including more academic options, a more diverse student body, and more extracurricular activities to choose from. In comparison to junior colleges, universities tend to have a greater range of academic options for students to choose from. Junior…

Word extracurricular comes from the two words; the prefix extra, a Latin word which means “on the outside” and curricular or curriculum meaning “refers to all of the work you do regularly inside the classroom”. Thus, extracurricular is taking activities on the outside of your course or career. It is an integral part of the students’ life. Beside from the performance in the classroom, grades and test score extracurricular enable the students to know who really, they are and what exactly what they…

Life can be a hassle in moments when least expected, lives can make 360 degree turns in a matter of time, and the pursuit of happiness grows with time. Imagine waking up at four in the morning feeling drowsy from yet another sleepless night just to get ready, sometimes grabbing the first thing you see to eat or perhaps nothing at all, then rushing off to catch the bus in the cold, unprepared for the random weather change, or in a rush trying to beat the traffic so you don’t get counted tardy. In…

The principle deciding that all students must participate in one extracurricular activity or more is, in my opinion, a bad decision. -Hook- Forcing students to take an extra curricular activity will do far more negative than it will good, for example it will cost the school more money, and take away time from both the students and teachers. By forcing students to take an extracurricular activity you would be depriving them of much needed time at home. Time that could be used with the…

rely on sports at school to get them the exercise they need. Three experts were interviewed and researched extra curricular activities and concluded that extra curricular activities saved some students who were at risk for dropping out of school (Ray, Lacey, Stevens, & Lisa, 2007, p. 44). Without extra curricular activities, many children may get involved in non-healthy activities outside of school just to keep them busy. Children will get bored if they do not have things to do, and if they…

Growing up with scientist parents, I followed them around the world as they pursued their education and careers in scientific research. I was born in Shanghai, as my parents finished their post-bacs degrees, and moved to Japan at the age of two to accompany them as they obtained their PhDs. When I was seven, my family finally settled down in Seattle. These experiences growing up in the different countries and different cultures have broadened my perspective. Having gone to school in three…