Wednesday 26 December, 2007

Be sporty while studying

It's quite true that sports teach us how to lead a better life, not only a life of our own comfort but also one in which we live with proper cooperation and coordination. Playing games is important for students, as they are the ones who have to move ahead and lead the present society to a brighter future, a brighter scenario and furthermore they have to accomplish the dream cum mission of being a developed nation and that of India shining. Besides keeping our body fit and mind fresh Sports inculcate and imbibe in us the qualities of team spirit, patience, tolerance, concentration and many more virtues of life in this seemingly endless list.
In a game usually the team with best skill set and the one which puts in a lot of efforts to hone in the required skills wins the game. This teaches us that to succeed in activity or career; one has to persistently put in a lot of efforts. We need to work hard to attain our goals in life. Similarly, when we go through ups and downs in our daily life, when our life shows the darkened side, we should not be disturbed nor should we feel overjoyed in success, but should stay focused on our duties and responsibilities. We need to be a disciplined follower of rules in order to win a game the same way in our life, we need to follow the legal, social and ethical rules and any distraction or deviation from them may cost us dear. Thus, sports make us a better disciplined personality in our life and even Swami Vivekananda once said "Play Football to understand Gita.”
Recently, India's youth icon Irfan Pathan, endorsed our Oxygen greeting cards with a great statement and that was "Dear Student, You need to be sporty while studying". This too emphasizes the fact that the utmost need of today is that sports and studies go hand in hand.As a country of young people, India has great potential in the world of sports and games. We are yet to fully harness the talent of our youth in this vast field. Especially in the areas of games that figure at the Olympics. We should seriously think of making sports and games a compulsory part of the educational syllabus in our schools and colleges. Countries that stand out in the world of sports and even dominate in the field of education are the ones that have in fact made them an integral part of their educational curricula.So, its high time now that we include sports in our curriculum so as to make students sporty, sporty enough to build a healthier society of tomorrow and thereby live to the true meaning of Vivekananda’s lines.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sports teaches one the right attitude towards life, i.e. to play your best game, win or lose nad move on for the next game...
This is the philosophy of life... If everyone indul;ge in Sports in our lives, probably we will then be better able to tackle life, handle pressures, different situations, improve our personal contribution towards life etc Thus Education can form a part of real learning i.e. Developement of Personality...