Yesterday, at Roosevelt we had an all-school assembly. It was in honor of John Meeks, an amazing wrestler at Roosevelt. He has won state four years in a row, and has never lost a wrestling match in his entire high school career.
You can imagine how proud everyone was at Roosevelt; to have an amazing athlete from our own school. Needless to say, I was amazed by what a great athlete he is.
But when I got down to the assembly, Mrs. Danielson, our principal began speaking about John winning state. I soon realized that this was the first assembly I have been to in honor of an athlete or a sport at Roosevelt this year. I then made a list in my head of all the other amazing athletes and their great accomplishments at Roosevelt.
Most of the sports teams at Roosevelt do get recognition of their great accomplishments, but never an entire assembly! Mrs. Danielson then went on to mention a miniscule group of athletes and teams that have done well this season, without mentioning the majority.
Now, while the sports teams do great recognition, as well does the drama department, there is a team at Roosevelt who gets very little recognition. I am a member of the Roosevelt Debate Team, and although we have an incredibly strong team, we get little recognition.
Some of the Debate’s team great accomplishments include winning the State Tournament, qualifying over 10 kids to nationals, and winning our fall conference. While we have achieved these great heights, there has not even been a single morning announcement in the morning, telling everyone of our accomplishments!
I am a strong believer in praise for each and every person in different extracurricular activities, but unfortunately at Roosevelt, we usually only focus of the sports aspects than the academics.
I am a member of the swim team and soccer team, and hope that announcements or even assemblies will be made when we win games, but I wish we could focus a little more on the academic accomplishments of Roosevelt students rather than just the athletic.
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