Running head: EFFECTS OF INTERSCHOLASTIC SPORTS ON PARTICIPANT'S

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.

Function of Interscholastic Sports and Their Effect on
Participant's Academic Achievement.

 
Function of Interscholastic Sports and Their Effect
On Academic Achievement
While the first account of humans engaged in learning may well be the story of Adam and Eve, the origins of team sports are virtually unknown. Perhaps, team sport pre-dates the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece. The arguments among educators, however, concerning the relevance of team sports to academic achievement may be equally as ancient. In Plato's foundational document of western philosophy, Republic, sport serves the educational objectives of personal virtue and intellectual achievement. The philosopher posits the idea that athletics "cultivates the qualities necessary to endure the long and arduous climb toward knowledge that is philosophy."(Reid, 2007, p. 167)......

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Title: Effects Of Interscholastic Sports On Academic Achievement
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