1. Sociology Sociology What are the major motivations for high-school students’ participation in their after- school activities? Eric Yoon Ryan Rutherford

2. Question Question Big Question: What are the major motivations for high-school students’ participation in their after school activities? Specific Question: Which of the followings would be the major motivation for students’ participation in their after- school activities: Hobby, Parental demand, Friendship, or Better College?

4. Procedure Subjects : Boys: 51 (KIS: 25 / Illinois: 26) Girls: 59 (KIS: 34 / Illinois: 25) Communication : G-Mails, Facebook, Skype Place : Schools (8:00~2:45) (KIS) 60~70% : sophomores Others : Freshmen, Juniors, and Seniors

5. Research Method Method : 1. Find someone who is currently doing the any after- school activities in KIS II. Ask why they are doing the activities Method : 1. Hand out the Research Sheet to the subject II. Collect the data after the subject finishes answering the Q#s

6. Hypothesis The majority of high school students in Seoul(KIS) participate in their after-school activities for hobbies(particularly in sports), and also because of parental demand and better college; however, it is hobby and friendship for the students in Illinois(Illinois High School) There are not much evident differences between two different genders

7. Sports KIS BOYS Illinois BOYS KIS GIRLS Illinois GIRLS

8. Arts KIS BOYS Illinois BOYS KIS GIRLS Illinois GIRLS

9. Musics KIS BOYS Illinois BOYS KIS GIRLS Illinois GIRLS

10. Drama KIS BOYS Illinois BOYS KIS GIRLS Illinois GIRLS

11. Others(Debates,Languages,H abitat...) KIS BOYS KIS GIRLS

12. Final Answers KIS BOYS Illinois BOYS SportsArtsMusicsDramaOthersSportsArtsMusicsDramaHOBBYEVEN RESULTSHOBBYHOBBY/OTHERSBETTER COLLEGEHOBBY OTHERSBETTER COLLEGE

13. Final Answers SportsArtsMusicsDramaOthersHOBBYOTHERSHOBBY SportsArtsMusicsDramaHOBBY KIS GIRLS Illinois GIRLS

14. Conclusion For Illinois High School, the second significant motivation was majorly friendship, especially for girls. Most of the hypothesis was correct; the majority of students are doing after school activities for their hobbies regardless of gender and geographical differences However, the second significant motivation for KIS students was neither Better College nor Parental Demand; it was Others such as rewards.

15. Significance Although many high-schoolers study more nowadays, and tend to disregard other recreational activities than previous days; the best motivation for doing the after- school activities is Hobby Can assume that after school activities impact high-schoolers as a stress- eliminators

16. Potential Flaws Grade 9 students may do after school activities for recreation, but Grade 12 may have different perspectives Grades of samplesLimited RangeThese results are only based on students in KIS and Illinois high school Deception???

17. Bibliography http://carethings.blogspot.comhttp://carethings.blogspot.com/ http://menscrunch.com/worlds-top-5-universities-ranking/ http://muslimmatters.org/2007/04/28/feeling-the-love/ http://www.insightempire.com/hobbies/ http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy16/g16reports- instructions.html