Do you think e-sports competition should be introduced in schools
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Building the school-to- college pipeline is also important because it reaches a group of kids who often don’t have a home/school connection. For example, as I try to convince stakeholders in my district to let me field an Overwatch team next year, I have been polling my students. I have about 75 students, 6-8th grade, who want to be a part of our Overwatch esports team. Of those interested students, more than half have no after school connection to school. They aren’t involved in any sports or clubs. They just go home. The research is clear that involvement in extracurriculars at school lead to better student development and learning. Having an esports team is an opportunity to reach more students and let them know we value them and what they love. Esports is another way to let kids know they matter. You also better believe that we’ll be including grades and behavior expectations in the code of conduct my students write for our esports team. Being part of an esports team can motivate students to stay on the straight and narrow just like traditional sports can.