Caribbean Studies Internal Assesment

Extracurriculars are there for students to enjoy activities other than their academics, but it is also a way to shows that they can focus on education and outside life at the same time. Some students do not take school seriously enough. Coming to school might just be a way for athletes to participate in the sport they want to. Not every students has exceeding academic skills, however, anyone can succeed if they just try. Being able to multitask will behoove the students in the future. Undergraduates tend to separate their school and outside life. Older adults do this as well; but instead of school, it is work they have to worry about. During exam week, students will want to study and it will take away their eating and sleeping time. Eating and studying is a vigorous way to

When students participate in extracurricular activities they learn lessons and concepts of leadership, teamwork, organization, analytical thinking, problem solving, and time management. In high school if a student wants to do a sport or other activity they will pick the activity that they like and enjoy. This is the kind of decision making skill that could help determine the type of career path for a student. By participating in extracurricular activities youth can find something they enjoy learn to use this in a career. “Participating in certain extracurricular activities having to do with the field that the student is interested in could help them find a job. If someone is looking at a resume for a potential employee, and they see they have experience or interest in what they are looking for, they will be more likely to hire that person” (Massoni). Having been apart of a particular extracurricular activity can be a positive influence in a job resume. This will cause students to find a new ambition in a career. Even on college applications these activities will affect if a student will be accepted, and in some circumstances many activities can earn a student thousands of dollars in scholarships (Massoni). Extracurricular activities can benefit students in teaching them long term commitments. When youth participate in

In this article “ Students must do their part to Achieve “ Arkansas Gazette (November 1,1990), Japhet N Makia Explains how Important it is to attend Collage and look for higher education. He also believes that all students should take part in school or college activities. However, he also mentions that the important of being sociable by participates in activity clubs because it adds a flavor of fun and sometimes it help the students to be better leaders.

I conducted an interview with Dr. Martinez, the current principal of Early College High School explained that many of clubs that the school creates have become co-curricular activities or “classes” for two reasons: it easier to fund and to find a coordinator. Up until our interview, I was not aware of this process. However, I have witnessed this first hand as soccer was once an actual school sport, but it eventually became a class. Furthermore, Dr. Martinez noted that it is easier to get an extracurricular activity approved through either CCC or OCC than the school’s own district. Although the students do get to take part in an activity they have some interest in, it is rather considered a class rather than an extracurricular rather than an actual class. This becomes problematic because when students begin to apply for colleges, they are unable to consider as extracurricular because they are taking part in the extracurricular during the school schedule and not outside the classroom. Jeff Brenzel, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions at Yale University, explains in an interview posted by CollegeBoard, he explains that many colleges prefer students that are well rounded such that they are doing well in academics and involved in an organization. However, he explains that they prefer students that are involved in a organization that they are interested regardless of how popular or how bizarre the organization. This then

In the present age of globalization, it is often forgotten that these world-encompassing processes were initiated with European expansion into the Caribbean beginning more than five hundred years ago. We now see the proliferation of overseas factories enabling owners, producers, and consumers of products to be in widely distant locales. It seems to us that in the search for profits, commercial activity has recently spread to every corner of the earth. We observe that the continual movement of humans across borders results in new forms of hybrid and creolized cultures. And, we feel that the world around us is moving faster and faster: the rapid circulation of

As colleges look for students to enroll, not only should they look specifically into the students education, but they should also look at the school the student comes from, as it might change the reason as to why the student is performing the way he or she is. “High school graduation rates and the number of dropouts” is one thing that institutes should be paying more attention to (“Do Standardized Tests” 1). Test scores show more comparisons but other measurements show how well the school is performing. The Room 241 Team is a group created by Portland University, posted their point of view in 2012 onto Portland.edu discussing their idea of other performance measurements. Other than the background of the high school, colleges should give some consideration on if the student is involved with extra curricular activities as well as if the student is enrolled in advanced placement and other college prep courses. These two factors play a colossal role in the education of a student as extra curricular activities show how active a student is involved with his or her community and the enrollment in advanced placement shows that stability level that a student may maintain in his or her study’s. Many people as well as school administrators should may more thought in regards to this problem as students try to better themselves and their future

The Caribbean is a vastly diverse area representing the effects of colonialism, slavery, and the combination of many cultures.

I participate in multiple athletics and activities at Worland High School. Worland High School has a large array of extracurricular activities that they offer. From Key Club, to Football, to Debate, exedra. All these activities offer many opportunities for the students to participate in. There is a considerably large quantity of students at Worland High School who are involved in these extracurricular activities. Extracurricular activities have a lot of benefits. I participate in extracurricular activities for many reasons , the three major ones are, they keep me busy, they are something that I love, and they keep me healthy.

Noises of assent with that statement filled the room. Many students find that being involved in extracurricular organizations or clubs make the college experience more fun, more

I'm coming from a small village, in a small country called Moldova, where people have big dreams but not many are achieved. For someone traveling to a tropical island it may not seem a big deal, but for me it was something that I never thought I would do.

Surrounding the Caribbean islands are Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. The bodies of water that surround it are the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the North Atlantic Sea. One of the best places to visit in the Caribbean is St. Lucia, there they have ivory sandy beaches, crystal blue waters, and beautiful views. Another great place to visit is Aruba, there it is family friendly and there are plenty adventurous activities. There is also Havana, Cuba where you can walk the colourful streets and hear the rhythm of salsa music.

Research on concern about pollution and what is being done by cruise lines to prevent further damage

Extracurricular activities allow students to pursue interests outside of a standardized context (Strate,1996). Extracurricular activities are the activities that caters the students’ voluntary involvement that is situated at the external realm of the academic curriculum of a school or in a university. These activities encourage students to permissively expose themselves with others of the same age with a purpose. However, extracurricular activities are offered to all students but volunteer activities are not always extracurricular activities. Every activity is a students’ initiative in order to help others such as feeding programs, tutorials, etc. On the other hand, extracurricular activities are not only made for the purpose of allowing the students to do social outreach but for them to interact with others and build public relationship that would help them along during their stay in the university. This present study aims to investigate if these extracurricular activities cannot only be defined by the following involvements, but it could serve as an outlet for students from academics.

Living in a “post-colonial” Martinique, still legally a department of the French Republic around forty-two hundred miles away, Édouard Glissant explores the Caribbean identity in the face of invisible modes of domination. While considering the history of Martinique, it is evident that the island is still a colony of France due to economic and cultural domination despite the supposed political equality as a department of France, especially given that this political equality has done little to alter the societal landscape of the island. Glissant asserts through investigation of historical, theoretical, and fictional discourses that in order for Martiniquais to construct an independent identity, one must reject not only the tenets for identity construction in the colonial discourse but also reject the colonial discourse entirely. For Glissant, this rejection of colonial discourse results in creolizations which are grounded in lived experience and cross-cultural exchange, and this discourse promotes a relational identity, one which includes connectivity and unpredictability and challenges universalist conceptions of identity. Glissant frames these ideas in the terms of Opacity and Transparency. Opacity, as Glissant uses this term, serves as an ontological self-defense of particulars against an all-encompassing Sameness, particularly in regard to linguistic, cultural, and identarian processes.

Extracurricular activities are a branch of the educational system that I have a personal connection to and I would hate to see them disappear. I chose to conduct my I-Search paper on the topic of how extracurricular activities affect students’ academic success. I believe that it is my participation in extracurricular activities that led me to be successful in middle school, high school, and college.