Similarities Between Devon And Princeton University

When a student is in school, the options for what the student can do in their free time can impact them for the rest of their life. The choices to partake in an extracurricular activity, such as a sport could benefit one in many ways. They can create core values inside a person which then impacts other aspects of their life as well. Sports are able to give one a standard for the way their life should be spent. The ways a sport could influence a person are seen in The Other Wes Moore, giving both sides of the spectrum.

In “The Case Against High School Sports,” Amanda Ripley, a journalist for The Atlantic, states that America is spending more money on high school sports rather than on academic purposes. “High School Sports Aren’t Killing Academics, “ written by Daniel Bowen, a postdoctoral scholar at Rice University, and Colin Hitt, an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas, discusses the benefits that come out of sports programs to improve the classroom and the school’s social capital. Co-founder of a sports recruiting social network, Kai Sato’s article “The Case For High School Sports,” focuses on how school does not just involve scoring well on a math test but to educate us to be productive in what lies ahead. Ripley’s article discusses how

Daniel Gould’s non-fiction essay, “Are High School Sports Good For Kids,” explains the benefits of doing sports in high school. He uses examples from research, showing the true benefits of being involved. Than, Gould uses transitions to show both sides of high school sports. Than, he uses other sources to back his argument up. Gould uses his persuasive ways to pull in teens and adults. His purposeful tone explains all the beneficial aspects of sports in high school and how teens can gain educational and personal benefits.

“Shrewsbury High School was an extension of my parents and family. My teachers, coaches and friends had very high standards and expectations

Danielson’s framework and the High Schools That Work (HSTW) have countless interesting factors in common. If put together, I am confident we could create a framework that would definitely revitalize, our educational system. These two frameworks both have interesting points to add and by putting them both together, we could create a new framework that focuses on the key aspects of teaching and which will have a positive impact in our educational system.

At Hazelwood High School, they do things differently than at my school. At Hazelwood, most of the people worry about themselves and nobody else. Most of the school doesn’t get good grades and the school does not do anything about it. One day in English class Andy walked out when they were reading Macbeth because it was too emotional for Andy to handle. His friends were concerned and told the school counselor. They said, “But… but… it seems like… like… he needs help or somethin’.” Then the counselor said, “Well, I probably shouldn’t tell you boys this, but he is getting some outside counseling… So you boys can relax and be assured that he is getting whatever help he needs”(100). At Harrisburg High School, if someone had an issue like that, the counselors and teachers would be concerned, even if the person was getting outside help. Another thing about education that is different than mine is the school. In Ronda’s English homework, she wrote, “Our school building must have been built about a million years ago, because it was brown and tall and raggedy-looking, but it fit right in with the rest of the day”(16). At my high school, we are very fortunate to have a very new building to learn inside of. At Hazelwood High, they were not fortunate enough to have a new high school be built. Culture and education are very important pieces of people’s

Some schools with strong sporting traditions reinforce participation in sport. The sports that students are encouraged to participate in can depend on the school’s history and traditions, the facilities and equipment available, and the expertise of the teachers.

Amanda Ripley, in an article for The Atlantic, “The Case Against High-School Sports” (2013 by The Atlantic Monthly Group), claims that high-school athletics are encroaching upon students’ education, questions the effect that the sports have on academic progress in the United States, and “wonder[s] about the trade-offs we make.” Ripley supports her thesis with multiple points of argument, including international academic ranking statistics that reveal the United States’ inadequacies, relevant stories and history illustrating athletics’ effect on students, and a paragraph in which she implores the reader to “[i]magine, for a moment, if Americans transferred our obsessive intensity about high-school sports...to high school academics.” The author’s

On page 338 “Lennon...out,” Farrey is speaking with Kevin Lennon a representative at the NCAA, who shares with him that when he was speaking with his daughter gymnastics coach, to try and lessen the 20 hours a week time commitment, in order for their family to have more time together, their coach was not amicable and replied either “you’re all in or all out.” This was a very surprising especially since his daughter was in fourth grade and the reason for the decrease in the time commitment was plausible. This shows that our outlook on youth athletics is somewhat flawed if children's families no longer take precedence over sports. On page 338 “His...abuse,” Farrey uses situational irony to emphasize the idea that parents competitiveness and actions towards officials are so abrasive that not even adult referees want to face that. Farrey claims the source of this behavior from parents, stems from the $1.5 billion dollars that is at stake in terms of scholarship money. To me this shows that we need to change how valuable parents of especially young children, view the importance of college scholarships. It can be assumed that parents are suppose to one’s encouraging fair play and fun in sports but in many cases they are the one's taking that away. On page 345, Farrey says that the benefit of travel teams for kids is to eliminate future competition. This reveals the mindset that we as a society have adopted, which has a very individualistic and non inclusive. Farrey used this to show how youth athletics is depriving children the right to play sports, especially if they are eliminated in grades as low as middle school. This contrasts the idea that athletics is a human right because it implies that not everyone will make it, only the

They view participation in sport as an aspect that goes along with one’s studies. This mindset is symbolic of collegiate authorities from the late 19th century who strongly worked towards maintaining the academic integrity of the institution that they were a part of. One of the things that makes this topic so special is the fact that millions of dollars are made every second off of collegiate competitions and days continue to pass where a solution is not found to make this fair for everyone.

The argument of sports in our high schools will not go away, as kids go to high school and experience the American obsession with high school sports. High schools are supposed to be a place of learning, so we must ask ourselves what are they really? As posed by Ripley, “If sports were not central to the mission of American high schools, then what would be?” (1). I feel that the focus of our high schools should be academics, not how good you are at a sport, because we come to high school for learning and

Across the nation, these sponsors uniformly regarded sport as an educational and developmental undertaking (Hearn, Thomas K.). The main premier sports for men are football, basketball, and baseball. These sports help teach teamwork and let people interact with others. This change in the culture of sport is destructive of the aims of athletics as part of the mission of the university (Hearn, Thomas K.). Sports weren’t this advanced when they first started the game.

During the 20th century, football was one of the most popular games in the U.S. The coaches became the P.E. instructors. As the result of injuries, the Athletic Association was created to regulate athletics, later becoming the NCAA. Football, develops character, strengthened the values in males and their masculinity. However, interscholastic sports in schools is not as beneficial for the average person because people don’t train as hard or continue the same physical activities later in life. Athletics is too “narrow,” argued Plato, because the a person’s gain or loss of value is exactly balanced by the gains or losses. From 1917 through 2000, sports and physical education was an important component in American schools. P.E. is important because

The passage “Sports Build Character?” concludes that contemporary sports do not build character and do not teach important life lessons. On the other hand amateur sports do build character and teach important life lessons. The author presents the reader with four arguments in support for the conclusion. 1. Exemplary Characteristics Argument •

Sports programs have been an integral part of all schools. They support the academics of the school and therefore foster success in life. These programs are educational and help produce productive citizenship. They help students experience and build skills that may help them in their future, like interpersonal and time management skills. Education may kindle the light of knowledge, but sports help to maintain the proper physique. Sports are also an important means of entertainment and a use for energy after long hours of study. Sports increase a student’s performance not only in the classroom but also in their life.