Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Universities should give the same amount of money to their students’ sports activities as they give to their university libraries. Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.
Many universities are inclined to invest larger amount of money in their university libraries maintaining the facility and gathering more valuable resources rather than investing money on their students’ sports activities. This is unfair because sports activities are equally crucial to the students as it ossifies their health and instill interaction skills.
First of all, it s a known fact that sports improves physical and mental health especially strengthening bones, muscles and joints. Also, the hormone called Endorphin which is a sign for a sense of happiness is produced during exercise. Additionally, the scientists have verified the new fact that at least 1 hour of regular exercises such as jogging, yoga and swimming enhance the quality of concentration when studying. In this respect, sports activities for students are both beneficial academically and physically.
Moreover, sports activities foster social skills as it require collective efforts and cooperation to achieve the victory. The best example to illustrate this is a soccer game. The soccer game cannot be won only one player’s outstanding skills or orchestral strategies but teammates’ cooperation throughout the game. Only by players who pass the ball precisely to the other teammates, communicate using confidential signals, cheering each other till the end of the game can relish the victory. Through those practices, the process of learning how to work together as a whole and overcoming impediments relying on each other, students develop social skills and form interpersonal relationships.
In conclusions, I truly believe with the saying “a sound mind in a sound body.” No one will doubt the fact that there will be no academic improvement when students are ill and simply unhealthy. Also, gaining social skills through sports will help students in the future as well.