I want to preface this with the fact that I enjoy high school sports more as parent than I did as a kid. In fact I've gone to more HS football games as a parent of a band kid than I did while actually in HS. And my kid is only a sophomore.
That being said, we spend a lot of money for my kid to be in band and my kid spends tons of time practicing. I will pick my kid up around 8:00 tonight as they get ready for a big competition this weekend, and the entire month before school is marching.
My kid loves band and loves school. She is in the top 6% of her competitive class and is chomping to get into the top 5%. Their band will likely be competitive to win state and she is excited by the challenge.
All this is to say I think sports and the accompanying extra curricular activities are clearly valuable. But should they be in any way connected to school? Apparently this is a uniquely American issue, much like employer funded health care. The article does a fair job of discussing the issue and I was wondering what the JREFer thought.
I heard a radio discussion of this article on the way home from a football game, but the pro-sports-in-school rep did a poor job of making her case. I was hoping to see something better.
That being said, we spend a lot of money for my kid to be in band and my kid spends tons of time practicing. I will pick my kid up around 8:00 tonight as they get ready for a big competition this weekend, and the entire month before school is marching.
My kid loves band and loves school. She is in the top 6% of her competitive class and is chomping to get into the top 5%. Their band will likely be competitive to win state and she is excited by the challenge.
All this is to say I think sports and the accompanying extra curricular activities are clearly valuable. But should they be in any way connected to school? Apparently this is a uniquely American issue, much like employer funded health care. The article does a fair job of discussing the issue and I was wondering what the JREFer thought.
I heard a radio discussion of this article on the way home from a football game, but the pro-sports-in-school rep did a poor job of making her case. I was hoping to see something better.
via JREF Forum http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=267388&goto=newpost
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