131) Some young children spend a great amount of their time practicing sports. Discuss
the advantages and disadvantages of this. Use specific reasons and examples to support
your answer.
Sports have always been an unseperatable part of a schoolchild's life. But does it really do
so much good after all? This is the topic we are going to talk about today.
First of all advantages, the most obvious one is probably the effect a moderate amount of
exercise has on the child. Experience shows that children who exercise regularly are more
attentive in class than children who never exercise. I remember that I felt a lot more
concentrated in class when I was in fourth grade, when I was in a soccer team, than in fifth
grade, when I dropped out and stopped exercising entirely. Exercise also has effects on a
child's confidence, both in the means of shaping the child's body and giving the child a
competition-conscious mind. For example, one of my best friends spent a lot of time on
track when she was in primary school, ending up being among the tallest girls in school
and having a somewhat superior feeling being able to run faster than anyone else.
But too much sport or improper guidance can be harmful. Being too involved usually ends
up in the child feeling tired all the time or taking up too much time that was originally
meant for study or play. Children can easily get too worked up in competitions and if this
goes without steering, the child may develop wrong views towards winning and losing and
life in general. It may also be harmful towards a child's body. Gymnastics, for instance, is
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