There is a heated debate on whether colleges should consider sports and social activities as significant as classes and libraries. Different people have different opinions. From my point of view, sports and social activities should be taken equal considerations as classes and libraries.
To begin with, sports and social activities are essential for college students to develop positive spirits. Take playing basketball as an example, one needs to be hardworking, perseverant and intelligent to win the game. Without these spirits, basketball games will become boring and meaningless. Hence, by playing basketball, students learn how to cooperate, how to persist and how to defeat the opposites finally. These qualities and spirits will influence students a life-ling time.
Besides, sports and social activities are also a good bridge for different students to communicate, to get along with each other and even be friends. As we all know, interpersonal skills are of great importance in modern society. By playing sports or attending social activities, students have chances to have communications with various people and practice their ability to get along with others, and also acquaint more people and make more friends.
What’s more, sports and social activities are nice ways for students to relax themselves after whole days study and work. As an old proverb saying: All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Just imagine it, a college student works ten hours a day. Maybe he or she could be efficient on learning the next day. But what about next week, even next month? He or she must be tired of learning and loses the interest to learn. On the contrary, if he or she picks out one two hours for sports or social activities, He or she will not lose the interest to learn so easily. Hence, we should learn to relax, and sports and social activities are just supreme choices.
In sum, there are lots of advantages for students to play sports and attend social activities besides learning. As a result, I highly recommend colleges and universities to treat sports and social activities as vital as classes and libraries.