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All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Dull Boy

Students should be exercising more: Daily exercise promotes a healthy mind, and a healthy mind is better apt for learning and retaining information.

Students should be exercising more.

Daily exercise is important as it promotes a healthy mind. A healthy mind is then better apt for learning and retaining information.

Schooling in the U.S. is plagued by the assumption that academics is the primary factor that fuels learning. It is widely believed that more hours spent studying translates to higher test scores which in turn leads to better grades. And better grades portray a presumably more intelligent student.