Balance

In today's society, it is very hard to balance things. Most people think they can multitask and end up taking on more than they can handle. A lot of students enjoy being a part of something at school such as a sport, drama, choir, or any other extra curricular activities. In fact, at my high school it was a requirement for all freshman and incoming transfer students to partake in at least one extra curricular activity. The motives behind it were something along the lines of "if we were involved in school activities, we would be able to enjoy school more and be less likely to drop out or become depressed or feel left out" It is a great idea to be involved because then you can feel a sense of community. However, sometimes students become a little too involved and allow sports and other extra curricular activities to take over school and they become distracted. In my high school, in order to balance out sports and school, we could not participate in games, meets, or events if we had more than 2 D's in our classes or 1 F. We could partake in the activities once we got our grades up but until then, we were placed on academic probation. This is one way to balance extra-curricular activities with our expectiations in the elementary classroom in a Sports-Driven society.