Throughout the school year, many students constantly feel overwhelmed and stressed when trying to balance a sport and still trying to do well academically. It is a debate about whether it is better to be more committed to sports or more committed to academics. Some feel that sports are overall better for you but others would argue that your schooling takes you farther than sports do. Those who think that academics would take you farther would say that students' time is being wasted while playing sports. They would say that unless you are a D1 athlete who would make it big, then it is a waste to play in high school and not be as dedicated to school. This is because past high school the way to make money would be in a job and not playing sports. Many times, sports keep you up late, have you up early and it is hard for students to do extra studying, homework, and even be refreshed and engaged in class. This causes some fluctuations in grades compared to those who play no sports. Once you get past high school it would be hard for students who dedicated their time to sports but didn’t make it into college sports to make money. Those students may struggle. Sometimes though, students can make it big and make money but only around 7% of high school students go play varsity college sports and only around 1% go to play at NCAA D1 schools.
On the other hand, some would argue that sports in high school tend to be more important than school. The opportunity to join a high school sports team teaches students teamwork, hard work, and dedication. Some would say these lessons aren’t taught in books, it is taught with experience. They would argue that these traits are more important than knowing about math and science. Another fact that was brought up is many times when a person is a dedicated student-athlete it leads to the student steering clear of drugs, alcohol, and more.
Overall, I think that while sports do teach you many good life lessons you are most likely to succeed if you are more efficient in school than in sports. I think that it is still good to stay in a sport and keep the high school sports experience. Although while you’re playing your sport, I also think it is important to stay dedicated to school and continue to work hard to balance sports and school work. As a student-athlete, I find it hard to stay caught up and energized all the time, but at the same time, a lot of my teachers tend to be understanding and allow extra time. In the end, I think it is a small percentage of students who go far enough to make a living with sports, so it is important to stay efficient in school while learning the life lessons that sports bring.
Are you a student-athlete?
Are you stressed trying to balance sports and school?
What do you think is better to be efficient in, sports or academics?
https://www.elkintribune.com/opinion/columns/20178/academics-vs-sports-what-are-the-benefits
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Great topic choice and one that hasn't been done before so +5. Your summary is also well done. Be sure to reply back on three different days.
I do currently participate in sports while trying to balance sports. I think it is very difficult to balance both sports and school. With practices and games after, or even during school sometimes, it can be near impossible to find the time to do homework. I full-heartedly believe that it is more beneficial to excell in academics verses athletics.
As an athlete is very hard and stressful for me to keep up with my academics while still doing my best in sports. I think academics should be the main focus because not everyone who plays a sport is going to an offer from a college to play a sport, so keeping up with academics is very important because academics will almost guarantee that you will go to college if you keep up with it.
As a student athlete, I agree that it can be hard to balance academic and athletic lives. It can be stressful, but I think that balance should be dependent on the person themselves, and how successful they could be at a sport in the future or how much they enjoy the sport. I think it is up to the student to decide which activity takes priority at different times to optimize their future success.
Overall it is probably better to be good in academics but nowadays students want to be a pro athlete which is an easier way to earn millions of dollars than with academic skills. For me sport is more important for me because if you’re college athlete and fail you still get educated and could run your own business one day.
I think that most everyone would rather be more atheltic then be better at academics. Yes, academics can get you many places, but more people are known for their atheltic abilities rather than smarts. For me I think academics are more important.
As a student that is in her first year of doing a sport, I can say that it can get stressful trying to balance school and sports. Not only that, but I do many other time-consuming extracurriculars throughout the year, and it can get bad trying to find time to do homework outside of school. In the long run, I think being efficient in academics rather than sports is better for people. Academics will take you farther in life than sports will.
I think that it is better to be effiecient in academics. Well some people may enjoy their sports, it is nowhere near as important as doing well in school. I am not a student athlete and do not plan to be, for my school life is already too stressful to add trivial activities such as sports.
I think that it is good to do well in both. I am a student athlete and I work hard in both my social life, my school life, my home life, and my sports life. I try to find an equal balance, but I tend to find myself stressing over school because I want to do well in it and go far in life.
I am not a student Athlete, but I think that you should be efficient in both, but when it comes down to it, I feel academics are more important. Personally, I won't be using Track in my line of work, but I would use math. If a teacher is busy coaching, sometimes you can't always learn as well as others. Especially when the sub doesn't even know how to do it.
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