As you can see there are many people who go out for sports, but there are also many students who are failing some classes and are in sports. Most schools say that if you are failing a class or classes you can not play the sport for a week or two. It just keeps you more focused on your homework and classes, so instead of going to practice after school or games then you go to the teacher you need help from. Our school checks our grades about once a quarter to see if we are failing a class and if we are we can't play sports for a few games. It used to be every Monday that they would check grades then they changed it. Do you think that is better for the students?

 

Lots of research says that students in Harford County Public Schools can fail up to 6 classes in four years of high school and still earn a Maryland diploma. But the local school board voted to adopt the more stringent No Pass/No Play rule, by gradually limiting the number of classes a student could fail and still participate in extracurricular activities. It used to be if you were failing two classes you could but then it was one and then none. Most schools are this way because graduating is more important even though lost of schools want you to go out for sports but they also need you caught up in your classes.

Lots of parents punish their children by grounding them or taking something away from them when they have bad grades or are failing a class. So that gives them a chance to change and focus more on their grades. Sometime it's not the best option to take things away from their child, a lot of kids love sports and that's their way of getting out of the house, letting everything go and just being a kid. Sports can really help a kid develop new things, but it can also take the benefit away from their learning. I think that graduating from high school is more important than playing sports and focusing on them a lot more. If you can’t do sports and have good grades I don’t think its best for you.

 

Kids shouldn't be able to play if they fail a class because it teaches the child that the commitments he or she made when they became a member of a sports team really are not important enough that they can't be broken. It also deprives the child of the chance to learn new skills that may actually improve academic performance.

 

 

 

Have you ever had to sit out of a game or two becasue of your classes? 

 

If you are in a sport do you ever struggle with homeowork/grades and the sport? 

 

If you don't do sports what are your thoughts on this? 

 

 

https://www.momsteam.com/successful-parenting/youth-sports-parenting-basics/parents-role/pulling-a-child-off-a-sports-team-for-poor-grades#:~:text=It%20teaches%20the%20child%20that,may%20actually%20improve%20academic%20performance. 

https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-And-Sports-061.aspx#:~:text=Sports%20help%20children%20develop%20physical,become%20a%20money%2Dmaking%20business. 

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  • Good topic choice Jaylee and well done!! +5 for original topic

  • I do not think that students should have to sit out of sprts because they are failing a sport. On one hand I understand that they would have more time to be passing, but on the other the team should not have to bear the burden of covering for that player. That would be unfair to the entire team as they have been practicing with that student and probably rely on them in some way to compete to their full potential.

  • I personally haven't had to sit out of a sport because I was failing a class. Normally, I do not find myself struggling to keep up with the sport and grades at the same time. I do believe that kids should have to sit out of a sport because they are failing in school. Sports are a privilege and should be taken away when things of higher importance get cut short because of the sport.

  • I have personally never had to sit out of a game because of my grades. And I don't believe that I have ever truely struggled with homework to sports ratio. I do think that there have be occasions where I have been stressed about a game and having to get my homework done, but it always ends up decent.

  • I think that they should be able to play sports if they have an F in one class but get one week to fix it. Because sports and school are totally opposite things and they way they perform in school shouldn't really affect if they can play or not but if they are failing two classes I think they should have to fix their grade before they can play again.

  • I think that they should play sports even if their grade is bad. Because if the student is really good and they don't have them the team will be off. Plus they can increase their grades overtime and not be stressed out.

  • yes, you should be able to play because if sports are the only thing that a kid is good, at why would you take that away from them? If the kid is the best on the team, the team needs them. you shouldn't have to not play because you're failing a class. 

  • I think that kids should be allowed to play there sport no matter how there grade shows. I beleive it is not fair to not be able to play becuase of your grades. Everybody deserves a fair chance at playing. I had to sit out 2 baseball games bc of F's.

  • I think that kids should be able to play sports regardless of their grades. I think that sports help kids take their mind off things and relieve stress. I think that many different things with sports improve kids lives. In conclusion, I think kids should be able to do sports even if they don't do any of their work.

  • I think that if you do have an F you shouldn't be able to play and some people might not like that but if you are failing a class your school work and grades are more important than sports.

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