subject: Extracurricular Activities In Current American Education System [print this page] There are a wide diversity of extracurricular activities in the educational institutions of the United States Of America. The system of activities is successfully developed for the needs of youth. Extracurricular activity is a kind of subsystem of a college or university that deals with social factors of students development. It's not a secret that every educational establishment, whether it is a school, or a college, or a university, should supply its learners with the activities that assist students to develop not just their body but their spirit as well.
The Aspects of Students Development
It is a fact that the procedure of students advancement may go in different directions. It depends upon numerous factors such as age, gender, the sort of academic establishment, the students hobbies and background, the country where students live, etc.
The Harmful Factors
No one would deny the fact that today the level of knowledge of many students and pupils leaves much to be desired. This doesn't mean that the modern system of education fails to meet the requirements of society. Though it means that in recent years lots of things cause a dangerous effect on the awareness.
There are certain aspects of the disasters influence:
1.Media;
2.Mass literature;
3.Parents who bring up their kids in an absolutely wrong way;
4.Students/pupils atmosphere;
5.WWW;
6.The environment of all-absorbing negligence;
7.The feeling of permissiveness;
8.The lack of moral norms, etc.
It's important to know that the good effect of extracurricular activities lies in the necessity to work with kids, to give them chance to perform their ideas, as often even genius children are pressed by the ignorance of modern society. The main aim of these activities is to show all possible spheres where young people may attain the success, to organize them but not to force.
