Extracurricular activities can teach busy teens necessary social skills and help them manage their time appropriately. It can also lead to scholarships and acquiring the discipline needed to succeed. However most schools require an average “C” grade to be able to participate in activities such as sports and clubs. This creates a lot controversy between the schools and parents. Many students are not being allowed to participate in extracurricular activities for having lower grades. It all depends
High School is one of the most crucial periods of a teenager’s life, it’s where they start transforming into an adult and start to really explore their interests. A lot of the high schools across America offer many afterschool activities that the school presses the students to take part in. Many students believe that they should take part in as many extracurricular activities in order to ensure success for their future; however, this could lead to many negative repercussions. On the other hand
Extra-curriculars are beneficial towards one’s life and future. It has been proven by researchers that extra-curricular activities raise academics, enhance certain life skills, and provide an overall healthier life style, with the addition of it improving college opportunities. Surveys have also demonstrated that participating in these activities can assist you in graduating high school on time. Academics are greatly improved when being involved in these curriculars. A program named “SKATERS” benefits
co-curricular activities revolves around its different feature and characteristics. For the overall development of a child, curriculum is not only the single criteria. The holistic growth as well as to develop the various facets of personality development of children; classroom teaching should be supplemented with co-curricular activities. These out of class activities affect all domains of life such as cognitive (intellectual), emotional, social, moral, cultural and aesthetic. Co-curricular activities meaning
Extracurriculars Lead to Extra Success Noah, an experienced employee, received a manager position at a big construction company after 24 years of working his way up the employment ladder. After receiving the position, he faced many issues such as confrontations with co-workers and issues with job production. As he faced these issues, Noah was able to look back at his many years of wrestling, and remember how he handled confrontations with teammates as well as handling the agony of defeat. Having
Bettering Students’ Lives: Extracurricular Activity Aiding in Positive Development More than half of American teenagers that attend school participate in some sort of organized activity (Gardner, Roth & Brooks-Gunn, 2006). A structured organized activity may include athletic teams, school clubs and organizations like student council or drama club, youth groups, and more. Psychologists are becoming more and more interested in how adolescents are spending their leisure time and how it affects their
significance of the study, research hypothesis and finally, assumptions of the study. 1.0.1. Background of the problem. Many parents and students do not understand the importance of extracurricular activities. Parents hesitate to allow their children participate in extra-curricular activities because they feel that these activities distract their offspring from their academic work. This scenario tends to unfold either when a student is struggling academically or when the student wants to focus totally
The Effect of Extracurricular Activities Mary J. Houser University of Illinois Abstract This research sought to examine and determine the relationship between a student’s involvement in extracurricular activities and their grade point average. The participation of extracurricular activities is defined as being an active participant or member of a club, sport, musical group, or academic group on a student’s education campus. Research was gathered from a multitude of sources and previous research
around eighty percent of students participate in extracurricular activities. Participating in an extracurricular activity involves balance between the activity and academics while gaining positive impacts. Many people do not see or understand the importance of extracurricular activities. Critics might argue that extracurricular activities may harm student academic success, but what they do not realize is the benefits from extracurricular activities. The following argument started when the question
“Are you crazy?! We cut all extracurricular activities and the music and art programs to have enough money to fund all the sports. Is that not what you kids want?” The boy mortified walks out; this is the reality. Schools are funding sports more than they do on extracurricular activities, such as music and art programs. I believe schools should fund competitive sports and other extracurricular programs equally. Some may argue that sports are more popular and bring schools more money so they deserve