My parent don't want me to do sports because it will "interfere" with my school work. I'm pretty sure I could handle both school and sports activities at school...I already have a 3.7 GPA and all my friends do sports and have similar grades. I don't know how (or if...) I can convince them to let me do a a sport. Could someone help me out?
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Parents don't want me doing sports...
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If your in high school then try and have your friends sign you up/get you the sign up information for a team outside of school, or you could sign up for a school team, and recite the above to your parents.
If your in high school then try and have your friends sign you up/get you the sign up information for a team outside of school, or you could sign up for a school team, and recite the above to your parents.
Sports can help you do better. Exercise will give you energy and put oxygen into your brain, and studies have shown that. If practice isn't everyday, then it shouldn't be a probelm. It is doubtful that you spend all of your waking hours outside of school doing school work, tell them you'll sacrifice some time spent doing video games or whatever.
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If anything, maintaining an extracurricular discipline will only bolster your grades. You learn tremendously from sports, and the discipline will carry through to your schoolwork.
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Hmm, all depends on the sport, being active is said to increase grades for kids, but then again these are kids that are in regular classes, not honors or AP.
I am in AP classes, 2 or 3 a year, and I found that Football, Wrestling and sometimes basketball, can be detrimental to your grades, becuase of the intense rigorous activities that cause you to be so tired you need more sleep. My GPA went from straight A's to 2 or 3 A's and 3 or 4 A's but then again I am taking much harder classes than middle school, and I know I could do better, but I have definiately tried to go to sleep at 9 or something after a rough f/b practice and tired to wake up at 5 to finish hw but wouldnt finish it in time. So it can be done but is very, very hard to keep your energy up with sports like those, especially the football and wrestling. Plus the games/meets are very hard because those will take up your whole night.
I am in AP classes, 2 or 3 a year, and I found that Football, Wrestling and sometimes basketball, can be detrimental to your grades, becuase of the intense rigorous activities that cause you to be so tired you need more sleep. My GPA went from straight A's to 2 or 3 A's and 3 or 4 A's but then again I am taking much harder classes than middle school, and I know I could do better, but I have definiately tried to go to sleep at 9 or something after a rough f/b practice and tired to wake up at 5 to finish hw but wouldnt finish it in time. So it can be done but is very, very hard to keep your energy up with sports like those, especially the football and wrestling. Plus the games/meets are very hard because those will take up your whole night.
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tell them if your grades start slippin you will quit. No questions asked.
Also yes sports does help your college application
Also yes sports does help your college application