What is the most important priority for students today? Many of them believe that sports and other clubs come before their academics. Sports and clubs are both equally important but a student's main priority should be academics at all times. Academics are the most important thing in every person'...

I have participated in 3 different sports in my last six years of school. When I entered the 9th grade, things began to change. They weren't the same "go out and have fun" sports; they became "go out and win." This was new to me, but I feel that it has taught me many valuabl...

Sports and Responsibility Responsibility goes hand and hand with sports. If you cannot be a responsible person you will struggle with sports. It many not just from the player side it could very well be from the coaching side. I have had the experience to learn from both the players' side but ...

It is an old saying that a healthy brain needs a healthy body. Why do we need a healthy brain. Every individual tries his best to excel in academics. Right from the day we start schooling, our ambition is to show good results. Initially, this is to please our parents and elders. Then it is to compet...

Should the performing arts receive equal as sports? The performing arts have been proven to increase a child's mind. Yet sports keep the mind and body strong. This is a debate that has being going on for the past 20 years. On whether funding should be used to fund sports or the perfor...

While going up, sports were a big influence in my life. There was not a day that went by that I would have to go outside and throw either the football or baseball around with my dad whenever he got home from work. In my early years all sports were to me was going across the street and gathering a gr...

Express how your high school athletics have prepared you for college and the impact they have had on your life. I believe that participating in high school sports has greatly helped in preparing me for college. If I had not played sports throughout my life I would not be the person that I am to...

As today's society focuses more and more on sports, the educational world is evolving to keep up with the pace. As a result, today's student athletes have even more opportunities and options available to them than they did just a decade ago. In addition to more scholarships in both high school an...

Should High School Athletes be Drug Tested? Many schools feel that the students that play sports are the leaders in their schools and should have to take a drug test to be eligible to play sports. The schools do not want drug users on high school sports teams because in many cases, students on t...

Athletics play an essential role in the growth and development of healthy individuals. Not only do they ensure competition amongst highly vivacious people but also enhance healthy entertainment and contribute to people's energy and spirit. Athletics also operate towards constitutive time ma...

As of right now where im going to be in five years is something that I can not see. I can tell you what i'd like to be doing, but that might not be exactly what is going to happen. I would really like to be able to play in some sort of professional football, but to most athletes that's...

"Sports Dominated World: Through the Eyes of Varsity Blues." Traditionally, sports have been dominated entirely by males, but recently, several attempts have been made to integrate women into this arena. Currently, women are found participating increasingly in sports such as tennis, di...

Play It Smart Most advertisements that you come across in magazines, television, and radio are geared towards one specific age group. The advertisement I have chosen seems to be geared specifically towards students who want to get an education, but also wants to participate in spo...

Schools of higher education have strict admission standards on the academic performance of perspective students. To even be considered as an applicant, students must first complete the SAT or ACT, both of which are standardized tests. The scores from these examinations along with their high sc...

TAAS Writing Dear Editor, Recently while reading the paper, I came across this topic "Do schools place too much importance on sports programs?" Well, being a fellow athlete I understand how some people may think that "star" athletes get special treatment and in some cases they do, but they are g...

There's just something about high sports. I'm not sure if it's the pride, the rush of them, or just the hometown fame you gain. What I will never forget about high school sports is a Powerlifting coach I had my junior and senior year. See high school sports not only allow students...

Utopia Secluded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is a place called Lauropia, a wonderful society. It is always peaceful and nothing bad ever happens on the island. The island's air is always fresh and free of any toxins or pollution. Temperature on the South side of Lauropia is a...

Utopia Secluded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is a place called Lauropia, a wonderful society. It is always peaceful and nothing bad ever happens on the island. The island's air is always fresh and free of any toxins or pollution. Temperature on the South side of Lauropia is a...

Athletes Advantages In every high school there's that talk of students with advantages. Most of the time it's the students who play sports that have the advantages. Though coaches are teachers will not admit the advantages it is very clear that athletes control the school. These advanta...

In chapter 16 unit 5 it talks about education. Education was a loftly goal that was out of reach of most nineteenth-century Americans. However, as the new century began, more and more Americans were able to take advantage of educational opportunities. The school teachers were very restricted of w...

True Heroes-Parents We hear the word hero all of the time. The news media throws the term around as if it is an everyday word. What exactly is a hero? Who, or what, can be classified as a heroic? The correct definition of the word hero is: One invested with heroic qualities in the opinions of other...

The Style In Which I Learned According to an article by Howard Gardner, there are two different ways in which American and Chinese children learn. Gardner says that Chinese children are taught using a more hands on method than American children, who he says are taught by experimenting. After r...

When people think about discrimination, they usually associate it with prejudice and connect it with race and gender. But discrimination can take another form. For example, a person can gain an unfair advantage at a job interview by being attractive or by being able to talk about something that...

Liberal Lunch Hour The pungent smell of grease and bar-b-q sauce stings your nostrils as you longingly stare at the sports car that just pulled up outside your drive-thru window. Your eyes tear up, possibly from the thought that you will never be able to own a car like that working at a fast f...

There are contradicting view points regarding whether or not physical education should be mandatory in high schools. Some believe that, students in high schools should not be force to take physical education class because that will make them feel embarrassed and humiliated. This argument fails to a...