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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 05:53 PM Original message |
Poll question: Academics vs. Physical Education in our schools. |
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WindRavenX
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. Are you distinguishing between the *sports programs*or PE? |
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Rabrrrrrr
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I'm with you - I think PE is an essential component of schooling |
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WindRavenX
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. agreed |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Well if we're talking college level |
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
121. unless they are private school |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:11 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. PE is a necessary part of health education. Sports on the other hand... |
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
122. but |
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Iris
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Right. A classical education includes physical education. |
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Sat Mar-25-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
51. Lord, how I hated PE |
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MissMillie
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Mon Mar-27-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #1 |
111. thank you |
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Rabrrrrrr
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think organized sports should be taken out of schools entirely. |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. I tend to side with you on that, as I've expressed before... |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There's nothing more? |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. What percentage of students are on a ball team? We have... |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I disagree |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:00 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Were we not in such poor condition now I might agree... |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Maybe if we took just 1/10th of the military budget |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Did you play any sports in school? |
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I was on the swim team. Not a real "public" sport, that. |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. How about all activies then |
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Fri Mar-24-06 11:41 PM Response to Reply #20 |
42. You don't need sports to learn teamwork; and, generally speaking, |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I'm all for more scholarships for academics... |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. All the values you list are avaiable to students who participate in |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:21 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I'm with you 99% |
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Orsino
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Fri Mar-24-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
33. They can have 'em back after they learn to read. n/t |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not Sports. Football had been overemphasized |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. If I had been forced to play on a sports team in school, I would have felt |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I don't think anyone should be forced |
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JohnKleeb
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. It depends |
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TheMightyFavog
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
80. Here's an example: |
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JohnKleeb
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Yeah thats excessive |
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BikeWriter
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Mon Mar-27-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #81 |
114. Is the reason they are at better colleges academic or sports skills? |
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BikeWriter
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Mon Mar-27-06 01:11 PM Response to Reply #80 |
113. Damn, how often do they have concerts there, if ever? |
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FunkyLeprechaun
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. I agree |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sat Mar-25-06 10:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
47. That's asinine. |
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FunkyLeprechaun
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
117. Yeah and... |
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ChoralScholar
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
16. Here's something you wouldn't expect from Arkansas: |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
19. I will invite comparison between our system and other nation's. |
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ismnotwasm
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Fri Mar-24-06 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think sports are emphazed too much |
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Ravenseye
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. I think that's a great idea |
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ulysses
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. sports and PE aren't the same |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Yes, I'm all for moving around |
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BikeWriter
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. So the earlier years were spent tearing you down. |
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WindRavenX
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Fri Mar-24-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. GREAT point |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
76. What I could never get over: you got graded on how ell you performed! |
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NashVegas
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Sun Mar-26-06 11:40 AM Response to Reply #76 |
92. Looking Back on My PE Grades |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. But that's nt what I'm saying |
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JohnKleeb
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. Thats actually how we were graded when I took Gym a few years ago |
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NashVegas
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Sun Mar-26-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #95 |
102. Most Things Are Not That Difficult |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #102 |
103. Well, I don't agree with you |
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NashVegas
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Sun Mar-26-06 07:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Indeed |
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NashVegas
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Sun Mar-26-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #32 |
91. My Elementary School Had Bare-Bones PE - Especially For Girls |
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ulysses
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Fri Mar-24-06 09:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. excellent point. |
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jakefrep
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Sat Mar-25-06 01:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
49. With PE like that... |
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wickerwoman
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Sun Mar-26-06 12:53 AM Response to Reply #28 |
70. Ditto. |
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Oeditpus Rex
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Fri Mar-24-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
34. Tell ya a story |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Fri Mar-24-06 08:51 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. What did he really learn if it was only maintaining eligibility for |
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Oeditpus Rex
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Fri Mar-24-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Uh... sport is *fun,* maybe? |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sat Mar-25-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. But what is wrong with our culture? |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sat Mar-25-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. America is so dumb right now it's not even funny. |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. My Friend, I have to agree. Our youngster's level of education... |
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Maybe. But if we just give them footballs, they'll feel so much better |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yep, and if they should learn to eat those footballs... |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #54 |
82. Or lack thereof. |
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BikeWriter
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Sun Mar-26-06 12:01 PM Response to Reply #82 |
93. Exactly! Education seems to be framed on... |
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Oeditpus Rex
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Sat Mar-25-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. It seems to me that you're generalizing |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #52 |
74. How sports got elevated |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #43 |
77. Exactly right -- nice post |
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seemunkee
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Fri Mar-24-06 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
38. I would say sports is enphasized to the detriment of the arts |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sat Mar-25-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. A-fucking-men. |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #45 |
78. How about at your school, Mainer? |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #78 |
83. We've got football hype up the wazoo around here. |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #83 |
88. Sucks |
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BikeWriter
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Sun Mar-26-06 12:30 AM Response to Reply #38 |
68. Yep, and it hurts our education system catastrophically! |
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #38 |
116. Sports generates massive money for everything: the raison d'etre |
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Fri Mar-24-06 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
39. Hell they trade students |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sat Mar-25-06 10:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. So ridiculous. |
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Fri Mar-24-06 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. dupe n/t |
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seaglass
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Fri Mar-24-06 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. Both of my kids are athletes, so I am definitely pro-sports. |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. If your children were illiterate would you be pro-sports? |
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Oeditpus Rex
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Sun Mar-26-06 12:40 AM Response to Reply #53 |
69. If my children were illiterate |
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BikeWriter
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Sun Mar-26-06 12:26 PM Response to Reply #69 |
94. Unfortunately, the parents of most poor students... |
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seaglass
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Our HS has academic requirements that must be met to be on |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sat Mar-25-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. When the swim team gets more recognition than the AD team... |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. Freak'n A, Sweety. I agree with you 100%! |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun Mar-26-06 10:00 AM Response to Reply #59 |
84. Yeah, you and about two other people. |
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BikeWriter
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Sun Mar-26-06 10:08 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. Having burned out on school from boredom... |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun Mar-26-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. I'm bored out of my skull right now.... |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. Hang in there, kiddo -- college is way better on all levels |
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noamnety
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Sun Mar-26-06 06:17 PM Response to Reply #89 |
107. two words |
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BikeWriter
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Mon Mar-27-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #89 |
110. Yep, college is better. Most instructors treat you like adults... |
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Sat Mar-25-06 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
48. Any opportunity to succeed is good for kids |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. How will feeling successful at sports enable them to earn a living? |
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
100. Who knows? |
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BikeWriter
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Mon Mar-27-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #100 |
123. They still have to earn a living, which many jocks never learn. |
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
58. Without sports |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:25 PM Original message |
Uh, but we are talking about educating children to hold a job. |
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:28 PM Response to Original message |
61. Right. |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:37 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. How many students ultimately successfully support themselves... |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sun Mar-26-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #58 |
72. Having been in the academic world for many years, I know that |
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BikeWriter
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Mon Mar-27-06 03:26 PM Response to Reply #72 |
124. It sounds as if those minority student's counselors weren't doing... |
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. Sports are fine, but not for everyone. |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. You bring up a good point. I've seen too many cases where... |
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:42 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. The worst thing is that the coaches weren't helping the kid at all. |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. In my opinion those coaches were obstructing that student's... |
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
65. Speaking as a high school senior... |
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BikeWriter
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Sat Mar-25-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! All heck is going to break out any moment! |
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WritingIsMyReligion
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Sun Mar-26-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
85. I was FORCED to miss out on the PE that I could have gotten out of the way |
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Sun Mar-26-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
71. I think sports have been emphasized too much... |
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seaglass
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:14 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Knowing a lot of kids who play High School baseball, softball, |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #75 |
79. I think we shouldn't lump all sports together |
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Lydia Leftcoast
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Sun Mar-26-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #75 |
86. But knowing American culture, I have to wonder how many of them |
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LostinVA
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:20 PM Response to Reply #86 |
98. I know I did that, and two of my friends |
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seaglass
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Sun Mar-26-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #86 |
105. There may be some kids like that but I would say very few |
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Sun Mar-26-06 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
90. Any resources being spent on sports is too much. nt. |
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MiniMandaRuth
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
99. I feel, at least in my district, too much on sports, not enough on music. |
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Sun Mar-26-06 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
101. Academics AND Phys Ed (Sports). Shouldn't be an either/or |
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Sun Mar-26-06 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
104. I continue to believe that all sports at the high school level, |
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BikeWriter
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Mon Mar-27-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #104 |
112. I agree, and anyone who doesn't consider marching... |
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Wapsie B
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Sun Mar-26-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
106. I think PE is important. |
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Sun Mar-26-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
109. Money is a function of our society |
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Mon Mar-27-06 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
115. So, if "community groups" should be the ones doing all youth sports |
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JohnKleeb
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Thats true |
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
118. PE is important through high school |
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Mon Mar-27-06 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
120. however |
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