Something that I feel is important for people to know about?

A great topic that I finally decided on, after many brainstorms of great ideas, would be certain things that affect school. And I don't just mean affect the school itself but things such as, what motivates students to actually go to school? such as someone going to see their friends or to increase their social standing on the food chain of high school or college. Or student athletes go to school to get good grades or at least passing grades, so that they could play sports. Another one would be different clubs, drama, cheer leading, literature, etc. etc., where you have to participate in school to join them or attend them, either that or they happen during school hours so you must go to school to go to the clubs activities. All these things affect school, because they motivate individuals to put forth the effort and go to school, go to their classes, and turn in assignments. But then at the same time, what are all these different "environments" so to say having on the bigger picture? Such as bringing the community closer, people who live in that town go to athletic events such as Friday night football games and cheer on those student athletes, or people go to attend different plays put on by the drama club or attend a coin drive to help fund different clubs. So this is a topic that i feel is important to me, well at least important enough to bring relevant to the class.