The much discussed
debates in many States nationwide is if home-schooled students should be
allowed to compete in public school sports. Many individual states are
submitting bills to their Congress in order to try and pass the law. It is a
growing argument, and it seems to be a half and half split across the country. The
people that are against it feel as it is not right because they have unfair
advantages over the public school kids like sleeping in, not necessarily having
to get, and flexible hours. The group in favor of it believe in it because they
feel it gives the children a sense of camaraderie with a team, exposes them to
diversity and teaches them teamwork. The leader for the group that support the
ability of home-schooled athletes to play for public schools is Tim Tebow, he
himself was homeschooled all the way until he graduated. In my opinion, yes
they should be able to as long as they meet these requirements which are
maintaining good grades, paying the fee and must participate at the school that
they would be enrolled at if they were not home schooled.
Being on a sports team and having a sense of camaraderie
with other students is one of the most important things a high school student
can do. Not only does it let you meet new people, it gives you a support group
that can help you with anything. Being a home-schooled student must affect your
social skills a lot so allowing them to play for public schools is the right
thing to do for them so they can meet others. For many home-schooled students
it is as if they live in a bubble and have very few friends and a team is a way
to rapidly increase your social ability and they are a great confidence booster.
Being part of a team also gives you the sense of accomplishment, which really
makes you feel good about yourself. And really, in all reality, what high school
student could not use a confidence booster?
Diversifying yourself is also a big part of high school
for most students. If you are home schooled you do not get to meet new people and
you are stuck only knowing family and longtime family friends. Allowing home
schooled students to play with public schools is needed and it would really
benefit both parties. It will expose the public school kids to a new way of
living, which will help them later in life in the real world. Also, it will
benefit the home-schooled kids because it allows them to meet new people and
how to work with others. The skill of teamwork is one of the most important skills you u can learn in high school because when you grow up you will need experience
with it. At most jobs, you will be required to work with others to complete a
task and playing on a sports team is a good way to introduce yourself to this
skill while you are young and that is why home-schooled students should be
allowed to participate in public school sports.
In my opinion, as well as many others such as Tim Tebow,
children that are home-schooled need to be allowed to play sports for their
public school. Sports are one of the greatest ways to prepare young boys and
girls for the real world and any kid in highs school that maintains eligibility
through their grades should be allowed to play them no matter where they go to
school. Home-schooling students also need a reason to be pushed out of their
comfort zone in order to meet new people and sports are the perfect option because
they allow you to meet new people that have similar interests as you will you
are doing something you love, playing a sport. Sports introduce you to
diversity, and more importantly team work and they are both two things you need
to be introduced too around high school or else you will never try to work or
meet other people. As long as the student remains eligible, pays the fee, and
plays for the public school in which they live in, then there should be no
restrictions on if they can play or not because it is the only way for them to
play sports. The students must be allowed to play for the public school because
if you say no the only person you are hurting is the student and that is not
what high school sports are about.
