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Is there a connection between being in extracurricular activities and good grades?

            This is a question I have wondered about very often. I believe that the people in my activities are all smart people. They are intelligent enough to make good decisions. For one, I don’t think it’s a really difficult thing, to get good grades. For me, teachers have never been extremely hard on me and I tend to do work that they have assigned. But me being a good student could also have to do with my back ground. I grew up in a white, middle class family, with two parents who are still married to this day. Could that have something to do with it? I do believe so my friends.

            So what does me, being a good student have to do with extracurricular activities? Well, it is not a rare occurrence for me to leave my school later then nine o’clock at night. This is a long day when you get here at six thirty in the morning. Having such a short amount of free time and a large amount of time makes it hard to be a procrastinating person. You have to get what you have done or face the consequences which would be bad grades.

            One thing that I believe makes the kids in activities such as show choir and color guard and cheer, but also activities such as basketball and swimming and soccer, get good grades, a “incentive” if you will, is that if you are failing a class your coach or director will be notified and you will not be allowed to play or perform or compete in any game or competition or activity. Sometimes they may not even let you practice. You are on the metaphorical and literal bench. Coaches and directors also tend to choose people to be starters or leads if they have good grades or are good students in general.

            I find that if there was a connection, which I am pretty sure there is, background stories of many performers are so sad or unsuccessful. You hear of many performers that get caught up in bad activities such as drugs and alcohol. And because of then getting into such things they become bad students and even drop out! It is a weird concept that many successful people were bad in high school, but successful now, famous even. When there are kids that are great in high school who will never be famous.