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Should High School Put Less Adequate On Sports?

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Why should high school not put less emphasis on sports? In high school, from my experience, there are many students who want to involve with sport, yet not all of them will accept to the team. Student who attends in sports; however, will have to stay after school, do more work than those who not play sports. In addition, students who play sports will receive many awards from school achievement. According to the article, “The Case against High Schools Sports,” Amanda Ripley seems to suggest that American high schools spend too much time and money on high school sports. However, in the article, “Psychological and Social Benefits of Playing True Sport,” USADA claim that high school sports improved academic achievement, higher self-esteem, fewer behavioral problems, and better psychosocial. Therefore, high school should not put less emphasis on …show more content…

Sports psychology research has shown that girls gain confidence and self-esteem through participation in sport and physical activity. (USADA). Girls and young women engaged in sport are less likely to be overweight or obese, depressed, smoke, use illicit drugs, or have unwanted teen pregnancies. For instance, in order to win the game, sport player will discuss with their partner and use their experiences to figure the easy way, so the more they think and discuss, the more they get an idea and experience in life. In the article, “The Case against High Schools Sports,” Ripley says, “When I surveyed about 200 former exchange students last year, in cooperation with an international exchange organization called AFS, nine out of 10 foreign students who had lived in the U.S. said that kids here cared more about sports than their peers back home did.” It is true that students do love sport than any others because sports will make them feel relief and feel better and when they feel good, they will of course do thing faster such as school work. Sports is part of the brain

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