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Unschooling is different from traditional grade-level structural education in every aspect of its design, rather than placing a child in a classroom of four walls and teaching what the government has constructed it allows the child to determine their syllabus. The controversy about unschooling is the freedom that the students receive. The teachers sole purpose is to provide an environment to nurture the students interest, in the students own way while providing what’s needed to follow those interest (Morrison, 2016). This system of homeschooling allows an extraordinary amount of play for students under the philosophy that through play will arouse learning within the student and most importantly the student will entertain learning while progressing on their own terms. The end goal that parents seek is to embrace and nurture their child’s desire to become life-long learners that seek

In “The Case Against High School Sports,” Amanda Ripley tries to argue her point that sports should not be a part of high school. She claims that sports take away from education, and that they are too expensive (Ripley 1-2). Throughout her article, she often switches her topic. She shifts her focus from all high schools to one specific high school, and then to one specific college. Ripley presents an abundance of points, but lacks evidence to support them. Although Ripley makes relevant claims, she tries to support them with logical fallacies and irrelevant evidence.

The impact of preserving sports in high schools has been surrounded by much controversy as people suspect that it is the reason behind the poor academic achievement of students. Opponents to high school sports feel that allowing athletics to be a part of schools sidetracks the focus of the student body, which goes completely against the main purpose of schools. Indeed, this assertion is completely true and based upon plentiful evidence. High school sports undoubtedly come at the expense of student academic achievement since they divert the attention of students away from academics and they come with far too many financial costs, both of which incur negative impacts on the academics within a school. The bottomline is that sports are harming the education of students, so a school must make the decision between composing quality sports teams or providing high level academics; both of these choices simply cannot occur simultaneously.

Most parents that let their kids play public school sports are unaware that their kids have a chance to get a scholarship. If the public school would tell the parents of the homeschoolers that their kids have a better chance to get a scholarship and accomplish their dreams, then maybe more homeschool kids would be able to play public school sports. Not only do they get a chance to get college scholarships they also get the chance to get social interactions and help them get better with talking to people such as, scouts from college and thing like that. The main reason that parents don’t allow their kids to play on sports teams is that they are afraid that they will get injured and don’t want that to happen to their kids. If parents would let their kids play public school sports they would allow their kids to get into shape and get the experience of playing on a team and see if they like it or not. If parents let their kids play sports they would learn a lot of things that would help them out later on down the road they also would let their kids be able to get into shape. Most kids that play sports and like them will stick to them and put hard work and dedication into the sports they play. The kids that put hard work and dedication into sports are the ones that pay off in the long run and get to play for college teams and get scholarships. In order to get

And just saying guys, college loves when students get in all these activities, this means that kids really pride in something that they love so much. But, if you take this away from them, then they won’t get into the college that they want to. Kids need to do sports to be healthy, have fun, and follow their dreams. Don’t say I am wrong because I know the pros and cons of playing a sport. Yes, sports are easy and hard, you can get hurt while playing it, but if you love it and dedicate for yourself and others then you should do it. No mayor and school board should take this away from you and others. They want us to have a good education than to do something we love to do. They want us to worry more about school work then to worry about what we have to do outside of school. Kids need the sports to know that they have a talent in something and know that it's something that they love to do. Kids need education in sport right? Yes, yes they do. Kids should be able to go to a college for any activity that they are interested with and know that they love. In conclusion, no mayor or school board should take away a sport knowing that is what you want to do in life and

"The Case against High-School Sports." The Atlantic Oct. 2013: 72+. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 19 Feb. 2016.

With a regular schedule for all these students, everyone is expected to simply do the work at home, and come back to school to turn it in and receive more and do the same process over and over. But when there are other activities a child can be involved in, it makes routines have a slight change. Especially if these certain “activities” are being a requirement and not just an option because there are always students who never try new activities and miss out on opportunities. Therefore, students should be offered extracurricular activities in their schools because it gains skills and builds pride to be successful academically in Anaheim. In the documentary, “Mad Hot Ballroom” the director, Marilyn Agrelo, states that “the kids that are

Amanda Ripley argues in her essay “The Case Against High School Sports,” that high school sports should be removed in favor of a higher focus on education. Ripley presents her argument why removing high school sports would help “America’s mediocrity in education” (1). Ripley draws the comparison between the educational capabilities of South Korea and the United States. Ripley presents the story of one Texas high school, an area considered the heart and soul of American football from movies such as “Friday Night Lights.” While Ripley presents multiple arguments against high school sports, there are some other arguments that can still be made, such as the heavy financial burden on our schools and the potential injuries to our students.

When choosing to homeschool, the parent and child give up their rights to all the activities a public school has to offer. “This is an issue of choice,’ says Mott of New York State’s athletic association. “Parents make choices. And with these choices come consequences. If I decide to send my child to a private school or keep them home to teach, then I must accept the results of that action. I may have to pay tuition. My child probably won’t have the benefit of playing on the school team. Parents and children have to weigh these pros and cons, make their choice and live with it” (Laffe). The parents and students are aware of the consequences if they choose to homeschool. “While proponents of homeschoolers participation on interscholastic sports teams argue that home-school families pay taxes that fund the public schools just like parents of public school students, opponents believe that participation in interscholastic athletics is a privilege, not a right, and that homeschool families have forfeited the right of free public education and, thus, the privilege of playing interscholastic sports” (Sieck). Playing sports is a part of going to high school and keeping your grades up. Homeschooled children are choosing not to be a part of the competitive public school setting and therefore should not be able to play sports with the students who did compete to get

Are schools the right place for sports? This is a question that educators and experts everywhere are asking themselves, as more and more schools are faced with budget cuts and low academic scores. No one is debating the health benefits of exercise one receives from sports, but does the exercise benefit outweigh the expense, risk, and impact on academic grades? Amanda Ripley, the author of The Smartest Kids in the World, thinks club organizations, not schools, should provide sports programming (“Should schools eliminate sports” 1). Earl Smith, author of “Race, Sport and the American Dream,” along with Ripley believes sports are given priority in some schools, drawing attention away from education (“Should schools eliminate sports” 1). During an interview with the New York Times, Smith stated “high schools should not have competitive sports teams. And especially not in the under-resourced intercity high schools where academic programs are often sacrificed to finance sports teams” (“Making Sports an After-School Activity” 1). He went on to say “even the student bodies in many high schools have developed cultures that glorify sports at the expense of the scholar.”

Titled “The Academic Rights of Students,” this essay of mine voiced my support for publicly funding athletics equally as a high school would fund various other extracurricular activities. I reasoned my argument using an appeal to ethos. I revealed my position as captain of the varsity lacrosse team while serving as an active member of numerous academic clubs. Though not all will agree with my stand on this issue, I presented a compelling argument that voiced the concerns of a high school student. As a result, I won first place in the Junior Achievement Essay Contest.

Steve Jeffries student essay titiled "Play Ball! Why Homeschoolers Should Be Allowed to Play on Public School Teams" suggests homeschooled students should have as much opportunity to engage in exctracuricular school activites as public school students . Jeffries uses a talented athlete from Florida as an example to indicate that if a professional football player was homeschooled then other homeschoolers shouldnt be neglected a chance to show talent they may have. Jeffries includes points of reasonings against homeschoolers playing public school sports however, informs the reader that homeschoolers are just as driven to excel and would benefit any team or group they join. Steve Jeffries provides a argument for an ideal system of equality to

The topic of public domain is becoming increasingly important in the modern day. Legislation once enacted to protect the intellectual property of the individual seems to have been flipped on its head to do the exact opposite. Copyright was originally created to inspire original works by individual authors, inventors and scientists for a relatively finite amount of time. In the modern era, we see big corporate interests pushing for the extension of these deadlines while buying and hoarding copyrights, using lawyers as guard dogs. Doing so infringes on the consumer's right to choose. Such actions prevents fair competition in terms of price, quality, and service for an obscene amount of time. Many famous icons all the way from Uncle Sam to Santa

The recent Great Recession has caused many lower and middle income families to have problems with their children graduating and having academic achievement. More funding is going towards academic achievement in lower income schools rather than dividing it up among extracurricular activities like clubs, art programs, and all athletic programs. With more and more pressure going towards test scores and graduation rates, athletic funding is dwindling at rates higher than ever seen before as the funding is going towards improvement in the classroom (“Elliot”). Extracurriculars are beneficial to the student as they keep them out of trouble and students are able to form new friendships while demonstrating their passion or ability (“Smith”).

Sports have become extremely important in public schools throughout America. Children are being pushed by parents, coaches, peers, and in some cases, teachers to excel in sports. Hours upon hours a week are spent practicing for some form of competition. Years ago, all this time was spent with family, at church, or a combination of both. For example, how many times in the past few decades has a student said, ?Sorry coach, I can?t go to a game or practice because I have church?. Schools used to not schedule events on Sundays or Wednesdays