For many Americans we take high school sports for grated, but that is not the case in the rest of the world. A few days ago the schools in Dikhil, Dijbouti had a sports day. On this day the kids at all levels of schooling participated in three sports football, handball, and cross. The event was put on by the National Education and vocational training minster and is the second time this has been done in the past year. This event was not just a regional event but schools across the country also were a part of it. The article also states which schools won the important events and if there were any repeat champs. The Minster of Education went on to thank the people who contributed to the success.
As I was growing up I always heard of my dad time on his high school football team and that of my uncle’s achievements as well. To me and many of my friends part of looking forward to middle school and high school was the chance to play on a sports team. When I read this article and saw that this was only the second time that there had been interschool competition in made me pause for a moment. The idea of going through out high school without sports is just foreign to me. To see that these schools are just starting an interschool sports is a sign that the government is becoming more stable. When the communities are able to take time to watch sports and the government is able to organize to it shows a higher level of stability. The chance for students to play sports at a competitive level is something that all students should have an opportunity to do and I feel that the government of Dijbount is doing a good thing to push this.
Being from The U.S. where we have a large number of pro and college sports it was surprising to see the high schools sports on the main page. In St. Louis high school sports are something of a local event and only are news worth when it is the state championships. In this article not only is this a huge event but the Minster of Education is the one who is putting it on. To me this shows that even though it is a step in the right direction of having high school sports it is still a long way off if the federal government is putting them on.
Kevin Whaley
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