extracurricular activity

Refutations My opponent is correct that the burden of proved is to show all public and private school K-12 in US should do away with their extracurricular activities. Also, my opponent is correct that there is no evidence supporting extracurricular activities hinders US public and private schools K-12 students for staying in school and wanting to go to school. However, my opponent has forgotten to mention the following facts about public and private school K-12. Only 32% of all students leave high school qualified to attend four-year colleges. Due to their lower college readiness rates, black and Hispanic students are seriously underrepresented in the pool of minimally qualified college applicants. Only 9% of all college ready graduates are black and another 9% are Hispanic, compared to a total population of 18-year olds that is 14% black and 17% Hispanic. The portion of all college freshmen that is black (11%) or Hispanic (7%) is very similar to their shares of the college-ready population (9% for both). This suggests that the main reason these groups are underrepresented in college admissions is that these students are not acquiring college ready skills in the K-12 system, rather than inadequate financial aid or affirmative action policies [6].The UIL in Texas and NHFS governed agencies in other states is great idea for the short term fix of US school systems to keep students in school however it does fix the real issue. Constructive The economy of the US has become more globalization and are extracurricular activities helping teaching our students to be completive with our foreign counterparts. The answer is no. Eventually, our foreign counterparts will overtake US College in education. The con side is looking at extracurricular activities as short term plan and not as long term plan. One case study that is similar to education is crime. Legalization of abortion in the United States by the Supreme Court decision of Roe versus Wade in 1973 reduced major crime (Murder, Manslaughter, Rap, Assault with intent to commit murder, Arson, Burglary, and Larceny in 1980s [1]. It has continued to decrease with each year after the 1980s. Major Crime won"t go away yet we have not seen the percent of major crimes at the high level since Supreme Court case. Also, in 1976-1977, 15,714 non-residents of the US received a bachelor"s degree out of total of 917,900 bachelor"s degrees. The percent is 1.71%. In 2008-2009, 45,883 non residents of the US received a bachelor"s degree out of total of 1,601,368 bachelors". The percent is 2.87%. Over the 32 years, the number of non-residents has risen .04%. In 2015-2016, the percent will be 3.11% of non-residents. It will continue to rise. I used a liner regression line to calculate this figure however, the graph is closer to higher degree polynomial and this will number jump more dramatic in the coming years with recent news about international students enrolling in US colleges [3]. The number of international students enrolled in United States colleges climbed 6% to a record 764,495 last year and most of these international college students where from China [2]. Chinese children are better educated than American children in the STEM fields -- science, technology, engineering and math. High standards and high expectations are the norm in China, not the exception, as is often the case in the United States. [5] Chinese students in good stead in math-intensive programs like business and engineering, two of the most popular majors for Chinese students. Indeed, some of China's undergraduates are strong enough to land spots at the nation's most selective institutions; Harvard had about 40 in the 2010-11 academic years [4]. Eventually, other countries will take over US College and the models of US having extracurricular are over. Sources [1] http://www.freakonomics.com... [2] http://www.usatoday.com... [3] http://nces.ed.gov... [4] http://chronicle.com... [5] http://www.cnn.com... [6] http://www3.northern.edu...