Athletics of all kinds have started to consume students and the educational system. Football, soccer, track, basketball, baseball, and many other sports are being introduced to students during high school, and this leads to the goals of academic system being placed on the back burner. Funding that could be used to improve learning situations is wasted, the safe environment promoted by many schools is put at risk, and a separation between the students and responsibility is created when sports becomes the priority over academics. Although sports can provide an outlet for many students, “Mixing sports and academics can give kids the wrong idea about what’s needed to succeed” (Ripley) With education being second place to sports, high schools lose the opportunity to take advantage of their funding and resources. Schools spends thousands of dollars and resources every year on jerseys, fields, equipment, games, practices, and coaches for each sport in high school. While teachers use books that are falling apart and students sit in worn desk, the sports teams find their new uniforms and equipment to be in pristine condition. For example, Premont school spends about “$1,300 a player” on the other hand, “Math, by contrast, cost just $618 a student” (Ripley). Premont school is a perfect example of how misplaced funding is for education. Putting the sports teams’ wants over the students needs proves that many high schools find sports to be more important than a child’s education.
Amanda Ripley, the author of “The Case Against High-School Sports”, made many good points that can create much controversy when it comes to high-school sports, due to the cost and the academic problems it may be creating amongst the students. She interviewed many people who have experiences banning high-school in order to save money for their school district and the school itself. Ripley wants to bring into attention all the money that is used on high-school sports when districts tend to use a minimal amount on academics. I have come to an agreement with her point-of-views due to several reasons: sports are the main focus of any high-school that may have sports, the tax money being provided to the school district has been used on sports than
The poem “Slam, Dunk, & Hook,” has inspired me to take action in my town to raise awareness on the fact that we need more funding for sports. First of all, these are some benefits that come along with participating in a school sport or simply playing sports in your free time. Students who are active in sports, are more likely to have a positive body image and a satisfactory self-esteem. Another benefit is that physical activities are a marvelous way to relieve stress and reduce depression. “When Sonny Boy’s mama died he played nonstop all day, so hard our backboard splintered.”
According to " The Case Against High-School Sports" (2013), sports could create some study, health, and time management problems for schools and students. In this post, Amanda Ripley initially shows the benefits when involving in the high-school sports: exercise, sportsmanship lessons, some positive personalities, more fun and staying away from vices. She also writes some tales to inform readers that in the US, students are interested and enjoy in sports more than other peers in other countries. However, she claims that the high-school sports have negative effects on schools and students. Next, she gave some schools ' examples to show the problems when schools and students spent too much time and money in high-school sports.
In the first article written by Laura Pappano, she discusses why college sports have been hurting the college education system. This is because the school spends too much of its resources on sports and not enough on
For many years has football has been considered the utmost dangerous sport in high school, but recently many new studies have been made to prove the exact opposite. High school football gives money to the school and improves the school. In high school sports when a team wins the championship the school gets money that can be used towards hiring new teachers, providing scholarships for students, buying new books, and overall improving the school itself. When a high school football team wins the championship the team's school gets $400,000 that can be spent on the school in many different forms.
This notion is supported by Dr. Daniel Gould, who believes that “Children who participate in sports have increased educational aspirations, closer ties to school and increased occupational aspirations in youth” (1). People against the funding of high school sports think that parents and society are placing more emphasis than ever before and, “[P]ressures athletic personnel to deviate on winning from the athlete- centered educational and personal development mission” (Gould 1). However, athletes strive to do better in class. Michael Lorenc, a high school basketball coach believes that “those who seem to have an overwhelming schedule where they’re playing maybe multiple sports, and high academic schedules, they tend to do better than those who don’t do anything extracurricularly” (Gray). Balancing sports and school makes athletes put more effort into keeping up grades while playing the sport they love.
However, the downside is that student-athletes may find themselves in academically challenging environments without having demonstrated the same academic capabilities as their non-athlete counterparts. Instances abound wherein student-athletes have either graduated with rudimentary reading skills or failed to graduate altogether due to the lack of guidance toward a specific degree path. These situations treat student-athletes unfairly and cast a disheartening shadow on the overall integrity of higher education. To impartial observers, the predicament faced by student-athletes is deeply troubling. Despite the prevailing emphasis on education in American society, numerous institutions of higher learning, ostensibly established with the primary goal of delivering education, have instead prioritized athletics over academics.
Did you know that depending on the sport, students who play sports in college most likely have less than a 2% chance of becoming professional athletes? At middle schools, high schools and colleges across the country, everyone is arguing over whether or not students with failing grades should be allowed to play sports. In my opinion, a good education is so very important for our country’s youth, especially the athletes. Not a lot of kids are good enough to play in the top college sports programs in the country. But even those who are, still have an astonishingly low chance at making the professional leagues.
Why are sports offered in middle and high school, but not elementary school? One may think that sports in elementary school sports would be pointless, but when examined in depth, there are many benefits to introducing sports earlier in a child’s life. School sports should be introduced in elementary school because they can prevent obesity, build social skills, and provide a positive use of time. First and foremost, participation in school sports can help to prevent obesity. When one participates in physical activity, it is obviously well known to burn fat.
If you have ever been in sports or school athletics, act fast! Schools are getting rid of their sports and we need to stop it. “Being a student is harder than ever. You are being held to tougher academic standards-and so is your school.
In the informative short story “Are High School Sports Good For Kids?” illustrated by Daniel Gould, Ph.D. Director, Institute for the Study of Youth Sports Daniel Gould explains to readers, the importance of high school sports for kids and their education. He accomplishes this through the use of logos. Goulds directed audience is kids attending school and any parent or guardian with a child who is also attending school. He explains his logic through the first person point of view so the reader knows where he stands.
Amanda Ripley, author of “The Case Against High-School Sports,” gives an interesting thought to not only how important high-school sports are, but how much money is spent. Her stance on it tends to be that sports are more of a distraction than they are good for. Through the use of examples and relevant data, she was able to effectively establish her stance on high-school sports. However, there were oftentimes organizational and evidence based errors. By looking at the organization, audience awareness, and examples it can be seen that the article is effective but could use some major improvements.
Are High School sports a good idea for kids? There may be a few downsides to high school sports, but the sports are also beneficial in many different ways for the students playing them. Playing a sport can be the greatest thing a student does in High School. The sports can help the students academically, health wise, and even with friendships. A study in Michigan revealed that students who play sports are tied closer to school.
Millions of dollars are being spent on high school programs. Booster clubs, school boards, and private sponsors are paying all of this money for coaches, facilities, travel fees, and equipment and excusing it as perfectly acceptable because it supposedly helps the community and other school sports. The author struggles to justify spending that much money on high school sports when educational resources are shrinking. High school sports are also being professionalized more, and athletes are often exploited as a result. High school coaches are recruiting eighth graders, and making empty promises.
Instead the districts are not bold enough to cut out sports. The schools are supplying money that literacy students are in need of! Students are abusing the equipment that the schools are