leading schools‚ in academics‚ is that school is about learning first. The students from these countries may play sports too; however‚ it is played outside of school or just as fun games on their free time. According to the reading‚ South Korea is ranked 4th in the world on a test of critical thinking in math‚ taken by 15 year olds‚ behind Shanghai‚ Singapore‚ and Hong Kong. To no surprise‚ the United States ranks 31st on this same international math test. Although many may argue that sports should
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British population obsession with talent shows: innocent or damaging? by Christy Phelps In recent years‚ TV talent shows have burst onto our screens with a vengeance. Most showing ordinary members of the public competing for a large monetary prize‚ they are only increasing in popularity. Every year millions of viewers around the UK tune in their TVs to watch ITV’s ’X Factor’‚ ’Britain’s Got Talent’ or the BBC’s ’The Voice’. It seems that talent shows are a never ending entertainment that have
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“High school sports are an integral part of the fabric of Americans society with over 5 million youth participating in any school year” (1). Sports are a huge part of our culture. Many high schoolers participate in them. Even though sports are so popular‚ many people are questioning the safety and productivity of high school sports. They are also questioning if the funding money should be used towards academic classes instead of sports. Although sports have made kids too focused on winning‚ high
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65% of children say they participate in sports to be with their friends (Statistic Brain). Sports were established so that the individual could not only exercise‚ but also to compete against a rival. Just as there are individual sports‚ there are team sports in high school. The idea of a team sport is that every single person on the field or court must work in unison to have the greatest opportunity to win. In addition to the increasing popularity of sports‚ the average child’s age when they join
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The article‚ “The Case Against High School Sports”‚ by Amanda Ripley illustrates that high schools all across America spend way more money on athletics and focus more on sports than academics‚ some schools have even eliminated sports within their schools to focus more on education. To begin with‚ Ripley mentions that sports in America are a bigger deal than anywhere else. Other countries focus more on academics rather than athletics. As a result‚ places like Singapore‚ Shanghai‚ South Korea‚ and
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High Schools Sports in America High school sports and academics affect each other. Amanda Ripley argues that academics are suffering in “The Case Against High School Sports.” However‚ in “High School Sports Aren’t Killing Academics” Daniel Bowen and Colin Hitt argue that Ripley is wrong and sports raise test scores. Athletics distract players from learning‚ and education budgets continue to get smaller. Ripley talks about the emphasis in high school in America being more on sports and less on
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Why should the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) keep funding for sports program? Well what would schools be without the normal sports teams and jocks running around? In my opinion it would just be abnormal‚ competitive sports are a tradition in school that all children should have the choice to experience. I believe OUSD should continue funding for sports programs. Not only because they are a tradition; but because the also improves health‚ teaches teamwork‚ and improves academic performances
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that forbids schools to discriminate in an educational setting based on gender. It was enacted until 1972 considering many women wanting equal rights for participation in school activities including sports (Fields‚ 2003) In this day‚ a person of any gender should have equal rights and protection when participating in k-12 sports and activities. Unfortunately‚ many cases have had to overcome accused discrimination in this area of public activities. If Title IX legally forbids schools to discriminate
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"Famous athletes nowadays are more like entertainers than professionals. Usually they are not just dedicated to achieve sports goals. If an athlete can call the attention of the public‚ she/he would worth more for managers. If the role of athletes in society wasn’t to entertain‚ there would be any millionaire athlete. Being the best athlete to me isn’t being the highest paid player or even the greatest but the greatest athlete to me is being able to look your teammates in the eyes at the end of
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Sports Are an Important Part of High School Life"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves‚ some turn up their noses‚ and some don’t turn up at all." Sam Ewig explains the way many people react to hard work. These habits begin to appear in many of our lives when we are young and introduced to sports such as soccer and football which challenge our physical and mental abilities. Every teenager has a sport that fits him and his personality. For instance‚ if a teen were
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