High School Sports: An Unhealthy Alternative to a Fit Life According to the Center of Diseases Control and Prevention‚ the American people should exercise for at least thirty minutes a day. Most adolescents obtain that physical activity by participating in high school athletics; on average‚ 73.8 percent of high school students compete in such events (Ball‚ Bice‚ and Parry). These activities are not always the best practices for physical fitness; fitness can be obtained in other‚ safer forms
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attending college for a semester and a half‚ I have found that I enjoy being a college student more than being a high school student. In the time that i have been in college‚ I have seen that more freedom is allowed to students in college than in high school. Such choices as the note taking‚ the environment‚ or class selection are a few examples of how college is less restrictive than high school. Because of the educational freedom and having more control over my education‚ I find being a college student
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High school is a time for kids to learn about their future and further their education‚ but it is also about enjoying the last remaining years of their childhood. High school sports are a way for the students to become engaged in their school and enjoy their time there. Some people believe that when a student plays a sport in high school it affects their academics negatively. One student claims that she had to miss three or five of her Algebra II honors class because of soccer and was falling behind
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players to go to college and advance their education to the next level‚ those special individuals whose athletic ability gives them the opportunity to provide for themselves and compete at the highest level should not be denied the opportunity based the current requirement that players must be 19 years old to play for the NBA. High school basketball players should be mature enough to make their own decisions about their career paths‚ so the NBA shouldn’t deny them. Furthermore‚ other sports have employed
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A 5 ’7”‚ junior in high school‚ taking three AP classes‚ class president‚ all league soccer player‚ who is hospitalized due to high blood pressure and seizures. The senior quarterback‚ with tons of friends‚ granted a full ride scholarship to USC‚ and has to decline and quit football because of four F’s in his classes. A sophomore basketball player‚ who’s already being scouted by Division 1 schools‚ taking six challenging classes‚ and on crutches for the whole season because she continued to play
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Introduction Sports have been helping children to become healthy and fit‚ but for years athletics have been taking children’s eyes away from reaching their educational goal. For example‚ the colleges keep increasing for a number of test failures each school has. It is to show that schools have better high school graduation rates without sports. Therefore‚ sports should not be allowed at school to save districts money‚ and improve students‚ grades. One of the major issues in America is the countless
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Aaron Weber Section 1 Nov. 10th‚ 2017 High School Sports Are high school sports helpful or are they harmful to kids? There are many articles that will say that they are bad‚ and there are some that say they are good for kids. The article‚ Are High School Sports Good For Kids? talks about if they are good for kids. My reasoning is that they are good for kids because they can provide physical activity and can get them new friends. People will say that they shouldn’t because they shouldn’t be injured
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High school vs. College School is an important factor in our life. Everyone is required to start off in school and to attend to a high school‚ but college is optional. Most people spend over 15 years in school‚ preparing for their future. High school makes sure one is ready for college‚ while college helps prepare for the career one would want to pursue. High school and college have the same objectives‚ rules‚ athletic sports and both have cafeterias. High school and college both want you to make
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Sport at school should NOT be compulsory. Sports training and PE take up time that could be better spent learning other subjects‚ and PE and Sport are not as important as other subjects like maths‚ science etc. It is also my belief that it students should have the right to choose whether or not we do sport/PE‚ because we are allowed to choose the subjects that are more important‚ so why are we not allowed to choose whether or not we do sport? Every year in PE‚ we do the same sports and the same
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High school sports are a thing people tend to associate with a lot of other things. Some of them are good‚ some of them are bad. Their association with these things make people wonder if we should have them in our schools‚ and the answer is‚ rather obviously‚ no. While sports have some benefits‚ they are more harm than good because of the injuries they cause‚ the scholarships they don’t provide and the funding it takes from other extracurricular activities. Perhaps the biggest problem youth sports
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