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    Athletes Yes or No There has been many occasions where high school teachers have to make a hard decision when an athlete is failing, what should they do. I believe that no high school athlete deserves any help from their teachers in order to play. They should be able to complete the circumstances needed in school if they truly wanted to play the sport these athletes are in. If this idea was allowed in high school what will happen to these kids later on in life like in college, will they be able

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    if the athlete works hard at preparing himself to excel at his grades he should be granted the opportunity to play sports. High school athletes should be required to acquire a certain GPA in order to participate in sports for a multitude of reasons, including: First, having higher grades would teach the players to work hard in order to participate in activities they enjoy. Second, after the student graduates from high school, colleges are going to look at their GPA in order for the athletes to qualify

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    believe that high school student athletes who do poorly in their academic courses should still be able to participate in athletic programs, I do not agree. It allows students who are capable of performing well in the classroom environment to feel as if it is not necessary to do so, for most athletes, high school sports will be as far as they will go, and furthermore the idea that sports are an extra-curricular rather than a privilege has been lost. The stereotype that all athletes, specifically

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    High school is all about having good grades and making sure that all the sporting teams make it to state. Highs school sports have been around since the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Since then, students, teachers, and other parts of the community have made sports a priority over academics. Some parents, administrators, and even teachers are wanting to get high school sports taken away. They say it takes up too much time, cost too much money, and too dangerous. Even though these things

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    participate in high school athletics in the United States. More than 460,000 compete as NCAA athletes, and just a select few within each sport move on to compete at the professional or Olympic level” (“Estimated Probability”). Everyone agrees that Americans have to improve academic achievement in schools today; however, it is hard to do so with a barrage of athletic activities. Students are focusing more on sports then academics, and this diversion seems to be costly. In order to fix this, high school athletes

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    testing high schools athletes could benefit them and their community in many ways. It will keep the kids healthier and make them pick a priority and help them mature. Drug testing is a great way to insure that the kids stay safe and out of trouble.High school athletes need to set up a good future for themselves, without drugs hindering them from their goals. The amount of homicides have increased by 7.4 percent in the past few year all of them were drug related. Drug testing High school athletes is a

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    Professional High School Athletes Today's athletes are bigger, stronger, and faster than ever. A man can run 325 feet in less than ten seconds. A man can jump fifty inches vertically off his flat feet. There is an instinct in everyone that makes him or her wonder, "how do they do that?" or "I want to be like that!" These athletes are breaking boundaries every year, setting new standards and higher bars. These athletes are also getting younger… much younger. This causes much debate

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    How I identify as a high school athlete I identify myself though the actions I have made in my life. The social identity theory states that people who keep motivated and active tend to behave in ways that maintain and keep their social cliques. No matter the wins and losses I have had over the past four years in my high school career as an athlete, group identification helps boost my awareness of the role leadership within my social clique. Through sports, I have learned to hone in on the important

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    Purpose: to connect high school athletes with the colleges that will give them the best chnce to succeed athleticlly as and academically. Problem: each year thousands of high school atheletes end up having to except the fact that they wont be earning a scholarship to ply the sport they love due to lack of exposure , grades,or just not targeting the right school fits for themselves. because of this alot of really talented athletes end up either at schools they dont wanna be at or school that dont have

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    I am winding down my senior year at College Park High School in The Woodlands, Texas. I will graduate on June 1, 2017 and am looking forward to starting college this August. I have been accepted to the College of Charleston in Charleston in South Carolina. CofC is a NCAA Level I school and my dream is to participate on their track team. I hold the record for high jump at my high school; however, to be on the team at CofC, I have to jump 5’5 or more. My highest jump thus far is 5’4”, so I must clear

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