The team's roster consisted of thirteen players whom were all attending the university on fully paid sports scholarship. In 1997 the team won the collegiate sports highest award, the Division One Basketball Tournament Championship. ... Many have turned to drugs and crime and one player even attempted suicide. ... (The majority of schools have established an academic average of 2.00 as suitable for participation in sports programs.) ... Learning institutions, which have sports programs, will be required to report directly to the commission on a quarterly basis. ...

• Word Count: 1304
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The only future they believe in is in pro sports - they have no other plans. The real Ken Carter said that about sixty five percent of intercity student-athlete believe that they will go to play professional sports. ... His cousin is a very well known drug dealer around their town. ... This movie helps to illustrate one of the key reasons why children compete in sports. ...

• Word Count: 1751
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The school day will end at 3:35 PM, giving the students who are involved in sports and clubs after school the chance to have their practices and meetings. ... The school will offer several different sports teams, clubs, and after school activities. ... Being involved gives students something to do, and keeps them away from violence, drugs, and crime. ... Many schools also added either professional security guards or a police officer to help cut down on the violence, crime, and drug use within the school. ...

• Word Count: 2370
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

According to the survey conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics, "the most common reasons that parents give for home schooling their children are moral or religious reasons, a desire for high educational achievement, dissatisfaction with public schools' instructional program, and concerns about school environment, including safety, drugs, and peer pressure-(Bielick, Chandler & Broughman, 2001, 10). ... "Homeschoolers volunteer and become involved in their communities, run errands, work alongside their parents, visit museums, libraries, join sports teams as well as observ...

• Word Count: 1568
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Each student starts to 'attack' the progress of the other, a tactic that is mainly employed in field sports and the battle field alone. ... Again, Alfie Kohn discusses that just as students are taught about the harmful effect of hard drugs, they should also be made aware of the detrimental effects of competition, (Kohn, 1987). ...

• Word Count: 1355
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to King, stressed out students begin taking drugs or abusing alcohol in an attempt to cope with their financial and academic problems. ... Another way that working during school may be detrimental to a student's welfare is the lack of time for after school activities such as sports. ... Sports also help integrate needed social skills for everyday life. ...

• Word Count: 2027
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School