...The Issues Surrounding “Pay-to-Play” and its Effect on Students in the United States Outline Science, Technology and Human Values Topic: Pay-to-Play I. Introduction A. About Pay-to-Play 1. “Pay-to-Play” is a policy implemented by school districts to help cover the cost of extra-curricular activities, such as sports, clubs, cheer and dance, and even some honor programs. It dates back to the 1970’s although it became more popular in the late 1990’s and early 2000’s. The fees range from $850 to play football at Oakfield High School in Massachusetts, $350 to participate in band at Fairfield High School in Michigan, to $30 per year total, no matter how many extra-curricular activities the student participates in, at Holton High School in Kansas. The fees vary by state, by school district, and there are some schools who don’t charge a fee at all. In 1984, California passed a law that no school district will charge fees for extra-curricular activities. Stealth versions of pay-to-play exist at many high schools around the country. Sometimes they are clothed as transportation fees, equipment fees or donations. Some schools blanket their fees by asking students to donate $150.00 to their booster club, such as Lakeside High School in Atlanta. Therefore, it is a considered a donation, and not a fee. (Brady) 2. There isn’t a current policy in the United States for pay-to-play in schools. It isn’t governed, nor is it required or uncommon for districts to charge some...
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...Students choice to play sports Some schools require each student to participate in a sport, because they feel like it’s part of the education experience,others argued that it shouldn’t be required ,and students should be able to choose whether or not if they want to participate in any sports. Playing sports is a physical educational learning activity in a manner relating to the body as apposed to the mind,However not all kids are fit to play sports that’s why there are rules require for safety reasons. Not all kids are the same . Different kids are born with different physical abilities: therefor kids should be free to decide whether or not they should wish to participate in organized school sports. Requiring students to play sports is very...
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...Athletes vs. Non-Athletes A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others. Many high school students across the U.S. participate in some kind of organized sports team. Is it morally right to let kids play sports and encourage them to become student-athletes? Many people believe that athletics can make a person change their personality, or it takes too much time away from them performing to their maximum strength, academics. Some even question, what the purpose of playing a sport? The purpose of this essay is to explain why it is morally justifiable for parents to let their kids be engaged and play sports. Playing sports can help you become a better person for the future and can help students become motivated about academics. I will explain how a student-athlete builds character and the aspects that they learn on and off the field. Being a student-athlete does not only mean you only know how to play a sport or sports but you know how to compose yourself around others, and how playing a sport in high school can help you become a better person in the long run. Participating in team sports helps to develop good character. One of the major characters you learn by participating in athletics is that you learn how to become responsible. Being a student-athlete you must know your priority, and that is that you are a student first, then an athlete. There are many things you must know to being eligible to...
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...How Sports Evolved Recreation Programming Professor Newton 05/10/2013 Whether you have engage in sports in your leisure time, watch as a spectator or played on a professional level sports are major source of entertainment in the world. The earliest historical account of sports date all the way backs to BC time. A sport is defined as an activity involving physical or mental exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another. The ten most popular sports in the world are Football/ Soccer, cricket, tennis, hockey, baseball, table tennis, volleyball, rugby, and golf. In the United States motor sports, pro- wrestling, and martial arts are also popular. Sports are usually governed by rules and regulations to ensure fair competition and ensure the adjudication of a winner though fairness was not always a common practice especially in the ancient world. The history of sport can teach us about the social changes with society. In ancient times it was not uncommon for humans to die during sport events. For at least seven hundred years entire villages participated in violent combat sports such as fencing and jousting. The Romans were especially known for this with the gladiatorial games and chariot racing. These types of sports would almost always leave an opponent seriously or fatally injured. In ancient Greece most sports took place during the funeral games during the Mycenaean period. Such games have been described in Greek mythology like the Iliad and Odyssey...
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...Beneficial Sport Activities There are numerous benefits that you can obtained as a child or adult through the involvement of sport activities. These benefits are a significant characteristic and representation of our choices, responsibilities, and actions. Every skill you learned while in sports can be used to build positive structure and character. Sport activities involve physical benefits, personal benefits, and social benefits. These featured benefits apply to both sexes and people of all ages. Although an assistant professor of sociology, at Wittenburg University in Ohio, states, “Participating in athletics helps students perform well in academically during high school more than any other extracurricular activity.” According to an article on the America.gov Webitse, she explains, “They benefit developmentally in terms of building self-confidence and self- esteem and the ability to problem-solve; they develop socially in that they build relationships with students and teachers and parents that can act as resources for them in terms of their academics.” Being involved in sports as a young child can help build a foundation for cooperative play, teamwork, and good sportsmanship. It is extremely beneficial to participate with sports in your childhood. The article, “The Amazing Benefits of Sports For Kids,” simply expresses that researches indicate that sports help children develop physical skill, get exercise, make friends, have fun, learn to play as a member of a team...
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...baseball stadium, form a new baseball team in Poughkeepsie and also to analyze the market opportunities and economic growth. Ways to approach: 1. Firstly, finalize the contract with recognized firm for best price to complete the construction of stadium. 2. To find the number of options for funding to build the stadium 3. To identify market opportunities by meeting industry experts Product Description: Poughkeepsie Avengers team is the new team formed to participate in newly formed Poughkeepsie minor baseball league along with existing teams around the New York state. Design and facilities: The stadium in Poughkeepsie planned to accommodate 3000 fans for every match including different classes like, Premium seating, guests seating, normal seating, kids seating. In addition, space is allocated to Food courts, retail shops. Most importantly, stadium is designed to organize sports events and live concerts on occasions too. Finally, security team will play key role in safety concerns. Promotional events: In my opinion, Sport market is more than needs and wants of consumer, it is more than likely connecting emotions and building passion. So, focus on baseball hero’s visuals, music, images in stadium while presenting...
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...rule-oriented games include informally organized games as well as formally organized sports, such as little league, club or intramural sports. The former category may be variants on popular sports games, well-known childhood games such as red rover, and invented games that children develop on their own. The principal commonality is that these games have a set of rules and often have multiple roles for players. While informal outdoor play allows children to develop rules and try out multiple scenarios, formal, organized sports allows children to learn rules, appreciate their personal skills, and develop their position on a team. Both types of rule-oriented games are important for developing social competencies and enhanced cognitive capabilities. This milestone develops as children begin to develop more improved motor coordination, a better capacity for information processing, and a heightened social maturity (Berk, 2007, p. 294). The physical skills at play in rule-oriented games include flexibility, balance, agility, and force, reflective of increased muscle strength. All four of these are basic motor capacities which become more refined with the gross motor development of middle childhood. Additionally, children’s enhanced capacity for information processing and gains in reaction time and perspective taking—the ability to understand the motivations and roles of others—enable more sophisticated game play. At this critical juncture school age children’s ability to react to relevant...
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...Head injuries are quite common and occur regularly in all contact sports. Concussions, from brain injuries can cause long term effects and can lead to dementia. Too many concussions occur in high school athletes that participate in contact sports. One may suggest that contact sports should be banned from all high schools. Non contact sports should become a part of the physical education curriculum so that young adults should not have to suffer the consequences from head injuries in contact sports. There are a large number of dangerous contact sports that athletes participate in today. Examples of the most common contact sports include: football, basketball, soccer, wrestling, field hockey, and lacrosse. Research suggests that these sports have the most severe injuries. High school students that participate in contact sports are endangering their health, lives, and future. Contact sports have been a part of school age children’s life for a long time in America. Whether it be football, soccer, lacrosse, wrestling, or the recent addition to American sports, rugby. Millions of children in middle school or high school have worked hard and enjoyed playing. In recent news articles contact sports have been deemed bad for children. Doctors have been studying the statistics and have come to the conclusion that children have been developing physical injuries resulting from certain types of contact sports. One of the new findings from these studies is that once a person especially a child...
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...SCHOOL DISTRICT ACTION PLAN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING AND AFTER THE SCHOOL DAY Goal: Age-appropriate physical activity opportunities, such as recess; before and after school; during lunch; clubs; intramurals; and interscholastic athletics, will be provided to meet the needs and interests of all students, in addition to planned physical education. It is recommended that children and adolescents participate in at least 60 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity most days of the week, preferably daily. Students are more likely to participate in activities that are appropriate to their age and ability level. A variety of options should be available to students during and immediately following the school day and on weekends. School-based physical activities help to focus students on positive behavior and interaction with others, builds self-esteem, establishes personal values and is the basis for the development of lifelong exercise and physical activity. According to www.MyPyramid.gov the benefits of physical activity include: • • • • • • • • Improved self-esteem and feelings of well-being Increased fitness level Helps to build and maintain bones, muscles, and joints Builds endurance and muscle strength Enhances flexibility and posture Helps manage weight Lowers risk of heart disease, colon cancer, and type 2 diabetes Helps control blood pressure Age-appropriate physical activity opportunities (such as recess, before school, after school...
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...The effect of extracurricular activities on employment after the graduation of ISE students. Subject: Seminar- METHODS & DESIGN Full name: Nguyen Thi Ngoc Yen Student ID: 50003 Class: GMA0304 Date of Birth: 21 April 1993 Abstract Vietnam has a population structure is relatively young, this is a huge strength to achieve the objective " industrialization and modernization" based on the advantages and potential of human resources. However, the fact that thequality and labor structure in Vietnam still inadequate. In the current years, although the situaton of education of labour continuously improved, degree system is improved and expanding but the status of thousands of graduates each year only the few who meet the requirements of employer and unemployment still continues.The number of students graduating from universities, colleges in the country without job, or or insufficient capacity to satisfy the skills needed by employers. Most students are very passive, vague understanding about soft skills, role of soft skills for the job. Communication skills, problem solving, questioning skills, teamwork, communication in English ... is still student’s weaknesses. KeyWords Extracurricular activities Soft Skill Employment Contents Abstract 1 Contents 3 Chapter I. Introduction 5 Chapter II. Literature Review 6 1. What are extracurricular ? 6 2. Why are extracurricular importace ? 7 Chapter III. Proposed methodology 8 3.1. Research Design 8 3.2...
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...is an epidemic of parents who are too tired or lazy to engage their children, and have begun relying on the T.V., computers, or video games to occupy and entertain them. Also, the evolution of new technology has children involved with a screen of some sort, whether it’s a T.V., video game, cell phone, computer, etc, hence researchers have coined the term, “screen time.” This behavior of instant gratification has created an environment of sedentary behavior, as well as fostering a lack of personal interaction with others. The increase in screen time has become a normal way for parents to occupy their children while they are busy doing tasks of their own or resting after a long day at work. This paper will show that as a society, everyone should be proactive, take responsibility, and offer support and encouragement to promote appropriate physical activity in children. Children must be shown that there are more things to do outside and with others, that there isn’t such a need to be focused on a screen, but instead become interactive with others face to face. From a health perspective it has been shown that “Poor fitness in young adults is associated with the development of cardiovascular disease risk factors, including obesity, but that these risk factors may be modified by improving fitness” (Gidding, et al.,...
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...avenue in athletics, I have coached at every level from 4-5 year olds through high school. My degree from Florida State is in Physical Education and I have minors in both coaching and business. I was also certified by the American Coaches Effectiveness Program when I attended Florida State. I most recently worked with the past 2 Athletic Directors at Robert Toombs Christian Academy in the Vidalia area where my boys attend school. I was an assistant football and baseball coach there in addition to handling all the equipment manager duties and video responsibilities for all sports. I am going to use RTCA as my basis for this project. CURRENT PROGRAM School: Robert Toombs Christian Academy Location: Lyons, GA Grades: 3K thru 12 Enrollment: Approximately 350 – 100 Middle School Students 115 High School Students Athletic Department Budget: Approximately $60,000 Athletic Department Funding: Student Activity fee included in tuition of all students Home game gate Home game Concessions Sports Offered: Junior Varsity (Middle School – 5th graders are eligible to compete on JV teams, 8th graders allowed to compete in varsity level in all sports except football) Boys Girls Football Softball Cross Country Cross Country Basketball Basketball Wrestling Cheerleading (non-competitive) Baseball Soccer Soccer Track & Field Track & Field Varsity (High School) Boys Girls Football Softball Cross Country Cross Country Rifle Rifle ...
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...endurance, and an unbeatable work ethic. So how do you do it? Just follow these steps. Ad Part 1 of 3: Getting Ready 1. 1 Start young. Unfortunately, in most cases, you can't just waltz into your high school on the first day of freshman year and decide to be valedictorian. You'll need to have proved yourself in middle school by taking the most rigorous math and English courses that your middle school had to offer. Some middle schools don't have tracking for their classes, but some do offer Honors courses as early as seventh or eighth grade. Being in these courses will set you on a path to honors courses in high school, so make sure you've laid the groundwork for this. * You can move up in English more easily, but once you're "locked" into a math track, it'll be harder to move ahead. For example, if you're in regular Algebra in 8th grade, you'll have to go to regular Geometry in 9th unless you've really proven yourself. Ad 2. 2 Learn how your school chooses its valedictorian. Some schools rank students with an unweighted GPA, while others award extra points for harder classes. Most schools do offer extra points for taking harder courses so you should aim to take these; and even if your school doesn't offer extra points for harder courses, you should still aim for success; after all, if you want to be valedictorian, then you...
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...Benefits of Youth Sports“Sports do not build character. They reveal it,” said John Wooden, legendary UCLA basketball coach. Playing sports not only provides physical activity, but also other positive benefits. This is especially true for children. A well-structured and organized youth program will provide benefits and positive experiences for young athletes. While children are having fun participating in sports they are also building character, learning to work as a team, and playing fairly. Most people think the only benefits of sports are physical. Sports are more than just developing hand-eye coordination and burning calories, youth sports provide many developmental benefits, physical benefits, and psychological benefits. In addition to improved physical health, sports play a positive role in the development of youth. Studies show that the five “Cs”—competence, confidence, connections, character, and caring—develop positively through the participation in sports at a young age (Luxbacher 2). Each one of the five “Cs” are important components of youth development. The skills that are learned through playing sports, such as the discipline of training, learning teamwork and following the leadership of coaches provide athletes with lifelong skills. Important lifelong skills also include goal setting, time management, the value of planning ahead, honesty, respect, and an appreciation for diversity (Wood 3). At a young age, sports help teach youth how to handle adversity by showing...
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...Introduction Sports by their nature are enjoyable, challenging and absorbing, and require a certain amount of skills and physical condition. In the order of human values conquest in field of sports hold a unique plane. It is the combination of success, victory, triumph and domination of mover other team mates and fiends. The sublimity of competition is in the loser’s acclaim for the winners, which along with the friends and shake acknowledge both defeats and triumphs. Athletes for superior performance in any sports are selected on the basis of physical structure and body size, which has proved to be appropriate for high performance in the given sports. The intramural program is designed for maximum student participation and effective operations. A determined effort will be made to provide a well-organized and supervised program that is responsive to the needs of the students and faculty/staff members, offering them the opportunity to engage in athletic endeavors in individual and team sports. The intramural program is a team of individuals working together to provide high quality organized activities for the students, faculty, and staff. Talented and energetic people were selected to work together to achieve this goal. The game volleyball offers opportunities for the development of strength, endurance, speed, agility, and neuromuscular skills and immediate action with many precise educational outcomes. The game of volleyball requires a conditioning program, which...
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