Persuasive Essay On High School Sports

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Pages: 3

Dear,

Mayor, I believe that you should keep funding school sports. I can see why you might think that sports are bad to be in school, because besides who likes school work more than having fun, running, jumping, shooting baskets, and catching a baseball. School is supposed to be benefiting kids with life and creating a successful career. Some people think that when you play sports or you are on a school team you get friends quicker. Even though that might be true it's really not. My dad used to box when he was in high school he never made a lot of friends just because people thought ¨Oh wow he's a boxer, let me be his friend because he can fight¨. There is also a big conflict going on about how some sports teams have more ¨fame¨ and ¨glory¨ than other extracurricular
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In the essay ¨Are High School Sports Good for Kids¨? ¨The local cable television channel repeats both the JV and Varsity football games a half dozen times a week¨. ¨Each Friday before football games, the school is decorated with banners and streamers and mug shots of football players.¨ These are examples of how the sports teams get more glory than the other activities. Why should this matter these kids worked really hard to get to the point they are at, and in the United State's sports is really big, and some of these kids might have a very good chance of becoming professionals, so people might praise these kids so they can perform better and get to the higher levels. ¨Yet only a few weeks ago, 16 MVRHS vocalists and instrumentalists auditioned for the competitive All Cape & Islands music festival. And the judges selected a remarkable 16 of 16. Unheard of success. And yet not a mention in the local papers. Not a word on