Universities should Spend the Same Money on Students' Sports Activities as Libraries

Some people think that universities should, of course, give more money to their university libraries than their students' sports activities, because a university is regarded as a place for students to study. However, I disagree with this statement because sports activities are also important to students. Sports can make students healthy, relax the tension of preparing for exams, and enrich your campus life.

First of all, sports are necessary for people to improve their health. Without doing exercises regularly, people are easy to get sick and lose energy for working or studying (people get sick easily and lose their energy for working or studying). Students also should not spend all their college time on studying, or they will lose their health (You could also say "damage their health," or "ruin their health," if you want a more professional tone)while completing their degrees. For example, I had a friend who used to study hard in our college life. He neither took a break on holidays nor did some exercises in leisure time. Finally, he got a problem of diabetic and had no choice but to go in a hospital. (Finally, he got diabetes and had no choice but to go to a hospital.) Therefore, I think universities should care about the students' sports activities more than libraries.

In addition, students can relax the stress due to exams by doing some proper exercises. If students keep studying for a long time without an alternative way to release stresses, they will get in a unhealthy mental condition and have risks to bring more serious problems. For instance, I always take a break to go jogging every time when I prepare for exams all day. And that will make me feel more energetic and have more power to keep studying. Hence, exercising and studying should be kept with the same weighting in our university life.

Lastly, if a college student can have interest in a kind of sports and keep practicing, that will be a wonderful thing and enrich his/her college life. Because there are always a lot of sports activities in universities, students can learn more than they can imagine such as teamwork, determination, and perseverance. As an example, I was a member of the basketball team in our department. My team mates and I spent a lot of time on practicing, improving our skills, and discussing how to win the games. Basketball played an important role in my college time and became a precious memory in my whole life. As a result, joining sports activities become an dispensable part of universities for most students.

In conclusion, because sports activities can help students to improve health, relax the tension, and enrich life, I am of the opinion that schools should give the same amount of money for both.


(Very good writing, some minor gramatical errors.)