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Topic:
At universities and colleges, sports and social activities are just as important as classes and libraries and should receive equal financial support.

response:

   It is argued in the statement that the sports and social activities at colleges should be granted the equal amount of financial support because they are as important as academic events such as classes and libraries. I agree that sports and social activities are indispensable parts of college lives. However, the claim that the importance of sports and social activities should be elevated to so high such a level that match academic events as class and study is worthy of discussion worth discussion.

   Traditionally, universities and colleges are regarded as higher educational institution which provides both knowledge and techniques to not only ensure the graduates to succeed in their professional careers, but also enrich their lives. Although social activities and sports are not considered as important formal academic activities such as classes and studies in conventional wisdom, their importance are increasingly recognized in modern society since several studies show that the ‘soft techniques ‘ exercised in these events are actually more influential to one’s career than we may expect.

  Aside from underestimated advantages of sports and social activities at college and universities, a more critical question is perhaps that how do we compare the importance between events of different properties? Sports games and a variety of social activities are undoubtedly valuable. They enrich our lives with myriads of unique experiences and provide irreplaceable opportunities to learn social skill form peers. It has become a necessary process before college students turning into grownups.  

  Then, is it that the conventional wisdom of our society misjudges the situation? Well, not exactly. The traditional training occurred in classroom are the very essential value of college and university that they should be support in highest priority because they are the distilled concentrate of hundreds of years accumulation. Knowledge taught in classes, unlike those loose and plain skills students can learn in sports games and social activities such as clubs or student organizations, is more profound, abstract, and powerful. It is the very thing that makes an educated man different. Academic training opens a window to let us see what we cannot see by ourselves, leading us to one after another wonderland that broadens our bosoms. Formal educations concern about higher ideals that give us faith and dreams. Its pursuit of truth is so pure that it makes us wise and intelligent. It is testified and verified that it is the strongest tools for us to achieve our goals. Formal college training liberates us from the cage of innocence and crudeness. It maintains the stability of modern civilization, and lifts humanity to a higher level. Without it, college and universities are nothing but a habitant for savages, where sports and social activities do not help at all.  

  Sports and social activities, certainly should not be disregarded, are well justified to have its share in financial support. Nevertheless, compared with the massive influence of the formal education occurred in classrooms, their importance are relatively minute. Therefore, I disagree with the contention that sports and social activities should be granted as much as classes and libraries unless more convincing arguments are available.