The pressure of meeting everyone’s expectation take a toll on the developing minds of young children. This makes sports feel like a job. The selection methods for these sports is really tough as well that most children at such an early stages of their life should enjoy the game and be carefree of the unnecessary burdens. Of the children don’t even want to grow through with it. The cruel method of selection filter every student expect the one who have already learned the skills. The rest of the potential player are rejected because they might lower the team’s chance of…
In Mark Edmundsons article “do sports build character or damage it?” Edmundson makes a very good case that supports his idea that sports can build character. He also gives good reasons as to why some people think that sports just breed brutality, and are a diversion from the business of education. Sports are a complex issue, and this article proves it is clear that we as a culture are unsure how to think about them. Edmundson goes on to tell about when he was a young man in high school, and his first year playing football. Football is a dangerous sport, and he tells of how many people get injured, whether its from concussions, broken bones, or…
Richard L. Worsnop offers multiple different points about high school sports and athletes. Concerns about the oppression of young athletes and debating if high school athletics “builds character”, are some of the main issues pointed out. Some coaches believe interscholastic sports competitions teach everything about character and teamwork, while others believe overemphasizing a win can teach the growth of negative character traits. Meanwhile, there are no doubts that certain drugs can enhance an athlete’s performance, but this can lead to injury and other harmful effects. High school athletes are sometimes considered, “dumb jocks”, which leads to the question if student athletes should maintain a certain grade-point average. Some players think…
Many kids that play sports play benefit their future by either going to college or…
On a high school level it differs from college and professional because, in high school you have a drive and inspiration to do it. High school athletes do it because they like the game and its fun. Some kids look at it as an opportunity to do something with their life. Basketball wasn’t made for how it is now. High school basketball should be fun…
“School should be about learning, not sports”. Kids now a days love to play sports, but don’t like to learn. Learning, and get an education this is a very important thing in life you need it to have a good job so that you can have a family and support them. So I feel in school you must have good grades in order to play any type of sport, and if you do not then you should not be playing. A couple reasons I feel like this is for starters kids pay more attention to sports then they do in class. This is not how this should be. Kids should love to learn something new every day at school, but in some school that’s not the case. Kids need to learn.…
Sports keep teens well behaved at school and in class. Sports reduce the number of fights, and bad classroom behavior. In order to play any sport in high school, the students must make good grades. If they fail to make the grades, then they are either dismissed from the team, or they must take a study hall before each practice for at least 30 minutes, sometimes even for the whole day until his or her grade comes up to a passing grade. In most high schools, there are problems with attendance from the students. If a player does not come to school, then they may not go to practice or attend the game that…
The NCAA or National Collegiate Athletic Association, will not allow students to play sports unless they meet the required GPA and standardized test score. This is good since an actual association that has to do with college sports, agrees with the fact that student athletes should have to maintain a certain grade point average to participate in sports. Good grades also portray your character, coaches also look for character, whether it’s respectful, responsible, or even having good sportsmanship. Impressing a coach with good grades can be beneficial when trying to get selected into a team because there is a higher chance of being selected. As previously stated, good grades show character, and having good character can also help students be selected into a team. Nonetheless coaches look at everything, although athletic abilities is one of the thing they look at, grades are what matter the…
This means that even though sport could in fact create unethical behavior, it can also be a source of personal development, and moral growth. This is especially true when combined with positive moral guidance from coaches and positive moral upbringings by parents. It is no secret that when young athletes feel safe and have fun playing sports, they will want to improve and develop their talents. By putting in effect these rules to keep the playing environment safe and free of abuse, these athletes will have more fun and will want to develop and increase their…
From past to present, sports have played a widely significant role in our history. Sports bring our communities together and offer fame to the athletes. Professional sports have been looked upon as a place of glory. From prestigious awards to high salaries, being a professional athlete is something most athletes dream of, but only a handful achieve. Growing up, many young children aspire to be professional athletes and strive to play even college sports someday. In recent years, athletics have been looked upon as equally, if not more, important than school itself. Many athletes sacrifice school in order to be successful because the draw, competition, and demand for athletes has dramatically grown. This has lead to a smaller margin of athletes to become professional. It is a mad race of talent, hard work, and perseverance. This has resulted in professional teams draft players in college and sometimes even in high school. Athletes leaving their education early to play sports professionally should not be limited or cut off because of the many benefits of going professional earlier.…
Sports also help prepare kids for life and how to deal with real life situations. Sports gives kids a place to experience the thrill of setting and achieving goals, as well as how to strive for personal bests and gain confidence in themselves. This new found confidence helps them succeed in school, personal relationships, and…
sports, most think it’s caused by playing a sport for too long but it is not…
Not only do Sports allow for teamwork they also teach the student athletes that if you want to succeed you have to work for it. While playing sports they will also meet new people and make new friends which is a major part of High School. Some of the core ues of participating in High School Sports are that they exemplify core values from being hardworking, to having confidence in themselves and others. If they spent their life thinking about what could happen to them they would never be able to accomplish anything("High School Sports…
Sports are full of competition, but this heavy amount of competition may not be so good for a person's body; plus, injuries are a common thing in sports. It wouldn’t be a sport without an injury occurring. Injuries, like concussions, are very common in sports like soccer and football. Those are caused by continuous action to the head. Concussions can have long-term effects on the brain, like memory loss and diseases like Parkinson’s(Nordqvist). Also, the violent plays in today’s sports, are not things children need to be looking up to. Athletes are supposed to be role models to the youth, but they way these athletes play on the field or court show that maybe they are not someone a person should look up to. The violent, dangerous acts, and styles…
Many teens do not respect their teacher which might be because the teacher does not respect them; as the golden rule goes, “treat others the way you would treat yourself”; Ralph Waldo Emerson in “From Education” would probably agree with this quote because he strongly believes that, “the secret of [e]ducation lies in respecting the pupil,” (page 102). Shows that Emerson understood what children are thinking then did something to help them by simply respecting them. Another big issue with education is patience; some people do not have enough patience to guide children to what they are supposed to learn. Emerson also believes that patience is an important part in education, “to regard the young [children, they require] no doubt, rare patience: a patience that nothing but faith in medial forces of the soul can give,” Emerson was trying to say that someone has to really care in order to teach information to children (page 105).…