Academics bago Athletics

     Education is important to one's development. Not only as students learning academics in a formal school, but humans growing as people adapting to their environment. We learn about the things around us and how they work, most importantly, our bodies. Physical activity is important to every person for their muscles to develop and to lessen certain health risks. Physical exercise is good but brain exercises are better.

     Extra curricular activities such as sports, especially those in the varsity teams, may lack attention and focus to their studies due to the limited time they have left for studying and doing their homework. If their dismissal is at 4:30 pm, and sports training ends 2 hours later, they won't be home by 7 pm and still have energy to do loads of homework and performance tasks given to them. Most come home from 8 to 10 pm due to the traffic in the city.

     Being in school the whole day alone makes the students tired. What more if they had training after the official school hours? To fully maximize their knowledge, they need rest and proper time management for the avoidance of cramming and rush projects. Some deadlines given by the teachers and student leaders are needed before midnight and there is a possibility these students are able to finish them, but their work won't be of a hundred percent quality of what they have learned and accumulated throughout discussions. More time must be allotted and focused on by students for them to achieve their goals in the future. If sports trainings are giving the students physical pain such as bruises, back pains, and/or muscle pains, it may trigger to the lack of focus and energy they need to be able to accomplish certain tasks. Whats worse is they could be missing out on their academics and prefer to stay home for a day or two to rest. Extra curricular activities, especially those involving competitions, do have their perks in accelerating the student's overall rank and grade for the certain term, but academic activities are more focused on by the school. Time management should be considered as a major factor. Students must be able to adapt and manage their time wisely, especially if many subjects are having the same deadline for their work.

     Academics being given more emphasis would be the better idea. It is best for students to be able to learn, focus, and understand what they do in school rather than having inordinate physical activity. Future is what the students usually have in mind. They have goals which they would like to accomplish and positions they would like to pursue after college. In high school, more students tend to have endless important projects and things they have to accomplish to pass the subject. These pertain to how the school administration would evaluate the student's skills towards their becoming as intellectual and management-practical understanding persons. Having said these, the primary focus of students is to their studies, and to learn and understand how the things around them work.

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Persuasive, Prompt E

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