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Igel

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5. I know too many kids who'd drop out if not for sports.

Reply to TalkingDog (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 06:16 PM

Sep 2013

It's what they live for. They started this years before they hit high school and jr varsity teams.

A number only graduate because their coaches kick their behinds if their grades drop. Or kick the teachers' behinds to get them to go the extra mile to help their kids. As soon as the seniors play their last games, their grades plummet and only averaging their last few months' with their first few months' grades gets them over that magic threshold into a "D".

I've known teachers who failed an athlete. The kid hangs in there until the appeal's over and the teacher's decision sticks, then the kid's just sitting there and biding time until he turns 18. Then he drops out.

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The Case Against High-School Sports [View all] TalkingDog Sep 2013 OP

I have said this for years, murielm99 Sep 2013 #1

I have long thought that SheilaT Sep 2013 #2

I completely agree. ZombieHorde Sep 2013 #3

I agree gopiscrap Sep 2013 #4

I know too many kids who'd drop out if not for sports. Igel Sep 2013 #5

They are over emphasized and too much money is allocated for it, but some kids need liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #6

i have no problems with sports unless it comes at the expense of education.. like TX high schools dionysus Sep 2013 #7

One of the weirdest things about the US is how colleges are farm teams for the NFL and NBA. Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #8

The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions TalkingDog Sep 2013 #9

If I understand correctly, many foreign schools don't spend as much time on art or music either hughee99 Sep 2013 #10

Which foreign schools do you mean? thucythucy Sep 2013 #14

I was actually thinking about Japan and Korea. hughee99 Sep 2013 #15

High school sports changed both of my daughters' lives. enough Sep 2013 #11

Sports in high school are OK, except for varsity sports FarCenter Sep 2013 #12

Sports were instrumental in my opening up socially elias7 Sep 2013 #13

Sports have been a big part of my life since I was a teenager bhikkhu Sep 2013 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author radicalliberal Jul 2015 #19

Sports may be overemphasized. Physical education is important. DirkGently Sep 2013 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author radicalliberal Jul 2015 #20

"Free" PE gets cut and "Club" or traveling team sports are taking over. Arugula Latte Sep 2013 #18