Sports. What Good are They? In “The Case Against High School Sports” Amanda Ripley makes the point that schools do better without sports. They benefit in many ways. The schools that do not have sports tend to have more money to spend and students focus more on their studies. She also mentions that sports can be beneficial to students, but in the end what is more important, sports or lifelong health? I can understand the point that Ripley is trying to make, but schools should have sports no matter
*Sports Essay* Schools have been debating if they should get rid of sports in their districts, because they’re wondering if these extracurricular activities have been causing a problem for their students. While some scholars agree with this change most teachers are rejecting this change and want them to stay. Therefore, schools should have sports because they can help students relieve themselves of stress, kids can learn to work as a team, and children of all kinds can have equal opportunities
should be used in sports. Critics feel that the use of Indian related images and names make fun of the Native American Indians. On the other hand, activists for the Indian tribes state that the use of Indian names show honor and respect to their tribes as a symbol of Native American Culture. The purpose of this essay is to determine if schools should stop using Native American images as mascots. The newspaper article called “Controversy over Indian names, mascots in sports” dated June 10, 2009
“Whatever you do, do not name a valedictorian,” remarks Kennedy, a quote in Margaret Talbot’s essay, “Best in Class.” This essay was published in the New Yorker Magazine in June 2005, but it can still be argued today. Talbot uses multiple quotes and sources to persuade her audience that there shouldn’t be any more valedictorians, and I agree. Valedictorians should be eliminated because it creates a division in the school, it’s unfair, and it’s too hard to pick just one student. The path to become valedictorian
sprint to him leaving an man wide open. Russell Wilson reaches back and fires I reach out and snatch it almost dropping it I fall to the ground rolling in excitement my team picking me up.As you can see I am talking about a sport hear and this particular sport is football the sport that fills the night air with emotions on Sunday,Monday,and Thursday dreams our bound to happen.People today that want to be in the spot they were in is out there everyday ,staying after practice knowing that it is almost
with reading it made me a poor writer when I moved into middle school. As I moved into middle school my hatred for reading remained the same. As my poor attitude about reading got worse my writing also became harder to complete. The essays with word counts started to become hard to reach, and began to seem almost impossible at times. The long nights of staring at a seemingly blank piece of paper that was supposed to contain an essay got tiring and repetitive. I dreaded going to English class and
once. They have to survive high school, get good grades, impress in sports, have a social life, and sleep. Something that they claim happens because of this workload they call “burnout”. They say this is common and causes a lack of willingness to do things, and is brought on by mental, physical, and emotional stress. Sounds to me like they are just lazy and do not want to work as hard as the other students in my classes do. It is not like they have to be at school for 7 A.M. practice every single
so unmotivated and tired when they are at school? The main reason for this is because students are expected to finish mounds of homework each night. This causes stress, no free time to live their lives outside of school, and many more issues. Many students' lives can be wasted away if teachers don't compromise and find a solution to make us have little to no homework. With homework, students will have no time to live their personal lives outside of school. This leaves not enough time to spend with
After School Sports and Physical Activity Reduces School-Related Crimes and Delinquency Alexander Ierullo 214388755 Section B Shruti Patelia Tutorial 04 Provisional Essay Outline and Paradigm Statement Monday, October 19th, 2015 2015-2016 KINE1000 6.0 Socio-cultural Perspectives in Kinesiology York University - Thesis: As more youth take part in after school sport and physical activities, the amount of school-related crimes and delinquency significantly reduces. - By kids taking part
Greatest Fear Essay Educational fears are lack of ability, not belonging, and failure. Jonathan Kozol explores these fears in “Still Separate, Still Unequal: America’s Apartheid”. Lack of ability is an example of an educational fear, as Kozol says that about minorities not having prior experience in school, so they don’t have the same ability as other students. Not belonging is another example of an educational fear, Kozol says these minority students feel like they don’t belong, when most of the