Should School Sports Be Required To Learn In The Classroom?
Do you know who is in the Superbowl this year? Or do you know who wrote Moby Dick? Most will probably say the Falcons and Patriots are in the big football game this year. Everyone knows and loves sports, because they are a fun way to get exercise and learn valuable life lessons. Yet today, many kids and teens are being kicked off of their sports teams because they do not have passing grades. But for many of these student athletes, grades are not all their fault, yet they are the ones suffering. For one thing, sports teach valuable life lessons that students will not learn in a classroom. Not only so, but students use sports as a motivation and source of commitment, and taking that away will also strip away their passion for everything
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Students must maintain a certain GPA, or else they will be evicted from their school’s sports team until the following year. For kids today, being the best is very pressuring, and sports are a way for students to calm themselves. Yet they are not allowed to play school sports if they do not have passing grades, which just puts more pressure on the child. Sports help kids and teens thrive, gain knowledge, and achieve success in their everyday lives, therefore passing grades should not be a requirement for students to play sports in school. One reason why this requirement should not be a rule is because sports teach students many life lessons and skills that they will never learn in a classroom. For example, sports teach kids responsibility, commitment, teamwork, and the importance of hard work. As Keith Wilson states in his blog, momsTeam, “Playing on a competitive team, and the commitments it requires, teach a child valuable life lessons, not just about winning. Among other benefits, a child learns the importance and value of teamwork, new physical skills, the rewards of hard work, [and] to be self confident. But she will enjoy these benefits only if she remains committed to, and a part of, the team” (1). Kids and teens will need to know how to work well with people
Students must maintain a certain GPA, or else they will be evicted from their school’s sports team until the following year. For kids today, being the best is very pressuring, and sports are a way for students to calm themselves. Yet they are not allowed to play school sports if they do not have passing grades, which just puts more pressure on the child. Sports help kids and teens thrive, gain knowledge, and achieve success in their everyday lives, therefore passing grades should not be a requirement for students to play sports in school. One reason why this requirement should not be a rule is because sports teach students many life lessons and skills that they will never learn in a classroom. For example, sports teach kids responsibility, commitment, teamwork, and the importance of hard work. As Keith Wilson states in his blog, momsTeam, “Playing on a competitive team, and the commitments it requires, teach a child valuable life lessons, not just about winning. Among other benefits, a child learns the importance and value of teamwork, new physical skills, the rewards of hard work, [and] to be self confident. But she will enjoy these benefits only if she remains committed to, and a part of, the team” (1). Kids and teens will need to know how to work well with people