Week 3 Reflection

I have begun to worry about the vagueness of my question. What is the relationship between student involvement in extra-curricular activities and success in school? Success in school can be defined many different ways and success to one student may not be success to another. In saying that, I do think that I have targeted a distinct group in the student population by including discipline in my definition of success. Another concern I have is should I limit my study to a certain type of extra-curricular activity such as band or athletics?

Week 2 Reflection

The biggest thing that I learned from the week 2 is the same thing I learn from every week. Man, I have a lot to learn! I am very excited about the topic of my action research project. This is a topic that I feel very passionate about. My mom is a retired teacher. She used to say "that boy needs football, more than football needs him." I think sometimes this is a very true statement. Extra-curricular activities provide so many things, but just a few of them are; Structure, that may be missing otherwise. Guidance, many times the coaches, teachers, or sponsors are the only adult male or female figure that a student may have in their life. Pride, many times students do not have a lot to be proud of in their life. Being involved in an extra-curricular activity may fill this void.