In life, there are brains, brawn, looks, and character.
Brains are important, to be sure. But I can tell you after spending over two decades in electronics, that the kind of people you get when you solely focus on brains won’t be there to help you when the chips are down.
Sports are essential to physical and mental toughness, and to character, and to maintaining your corporeal self.
All four are needed for us to fulfill what God had planned for us when He made us.
You tell ‘em, Coach!
If high school sports were abolished, consider the consequences:
* MANY more obese youth (turning into diabetic adults, right?)
* Youth spending another 15-20 hours per week online, texting, watching TV, drinking, and doing drugs
* Youth who do not develop a sense of giving their best effort and coming back to try again the next day
* Youth will lose opportunities to see the results of successful team-building/team-playing
I am sure I have just grazed the surface with these observations.
* everyone cannot be in the drama club
I'd trust the brains of a good mechanic over a academic any day of the week...
No, they are not, especially if one is a girl.
Mens sana in corpore sano.
High schools sports are an integral part of the huge sports industry. In Texas, kids start playing tackle foot fall in elementary schools. In Texas football is the only subject that is uniformly taught and practiced at a high level. On the other hand, about the kids don’t even get recess. Every kid should get a couple of hours of exercise every day. If they are physically fit, they don’t need that sugar fix to get through the day.