Pros And Cons Essay

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The question of concern is should shoe companies be able to give away free shoes and equipment to high school athletes? There are pros and cons to this and also could be an advantage or disadvantage to some. The pros is that some people are very poor that they cannot afford to buy shoes or equipment. Since they are poor they are not able to play a certain sport they love, so getting the free shoes they could attract more players to play. The cons can be also unfair, because if only a few of the athletes are getting the shoes and or equipment then it may spark some jealousy in the system. I believe it would be a great thing for shoe companies to provide free shoes and equipment to high school athletes. This would be the best opportunity There many ideas and concepts on personality development that cannot be taught inside the four corners of a classroom, rather , a high school student must interact with fellow high school students, in order to have a hands-on experience and better understanding of the real life applications of those personality development theories that they learn in classrooms . This has been the main reason why most of the high schools nowadays encourage the participation of their students to various extracurricular activities. Among many extracurricular activities available to high school students, athletics would one of the most popular extracurricular activities in high school. Athletics has been identified to have profound effects on the development of self-esteem, sense of maturity, and leadership skills of many high school students which are very useful on its personal development as an individual. Based on the Leadership Ability Evaluation conducted in a sample of 60 suburban high school students, the result revealed that athletes demonstrated significantly greater leadership ability skills that with the non athletic. Furthermore, the said evaluation also revealed that female athletes have greater leadership skills than with the male

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