Being at an American school begins a student's search to find who they are considered in the system. From nerd to punk, many academic connections are also involved in this identity. The group of students who maintain the most academic links with their extracurricular activities are that of “athletes”. By having the title of athlete, a child learns that many people consider someone who plays football or basketball not to have the ability to learn as quickly or as well as someone who simply studies and has no extracurricular activities. Studying this subject is not as stressful as it should be, even when many programs claim to get students more engaged in physical activity. The articles reviewed focused on whether the athlete was getting good grades playing the sport, how they viewed themselves, or how they would like to be remembered at their high school. Early articles determined whether or not athletics affected college students and students. athletes in different ways. This is related to this subtopic because researchers are targeting young children, which may yield the best results on young, developing brains. The problem with the study is that children tend not to get as much exercise as they should because of TV and video games. Determining whether physical education helps or helps struggle students in classes will put pressure on schools to add or remove a student's skills. physical education. The way this was accomplished was simply by asking kindergarten classroom teachers how much physical education each student had during recess. After the physical activity, each student took a reading and math test. The results of the experiment showed that only girls had a slight increase in their grades with...... middle of paper...... Academic performance of junior high school students » 2007 p.78- 80Marx. Jonathon, Huffman S., and Doyle A. “The Student-Athlete Model and the Socialization of Intercollegiate Athletes” 2002Aries E, McCarthy D, Salovey P, and Banaji M. “A Comparison of Athletes and Non-Athletes at Highly Selective Colleges: Academic Performance and Personal Development” Tower D, “Relationship Between Athletic and Academic Achievement: A Pilot Study” and was conducted by Daniel Tower at the University of ConnecticutEngstorm, C. Sedlacek, W. McEwen, M. “Faculty to male and non-income earning students -Athletes » 2005 p. 56-78Martin, J. Eklund, R. Musheet, C “Factor structure of sports identity measurement scales with athletes with disabilities” Journal of Behavioral Studies 2005, Sellers, M. Kuperminc, G. Dama, A. “Les college life experiences of African American athletes”