Feel bad for the kids who get cut in high school

[Anonymous]

I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

[Anonymous]

These kids aren’t even below average. They are way above average, just not top 10-15 in their grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

I feel it should be for exercise and companionship. My kids did make the teams but I feel really bad for the friends did not. My youngest is not as strong of an athlete and I’m almost certain she will not make any sports teams in high school.

If a kid wants to play tennis or basketball or volleyball, the kid should be able to play for fun with their friends at their school!

[Anonymous]

This is the negative trickle down effect of the American obsession with sports and the cult of the athlete. It poisons the college experience and now the HS and even middle school experience for kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

They find a club or play rec ball.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

It’s ok to be average

[Anonymous]

I'm sorry the kids are sad.

Learning to overcome disappointment and adversity is an important life skill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry the kids are sad.

Learning to overcome disappointment and adversity is an important life skill.

Devastated, not just sad.

I have heard of kids who played soccer or baseball their entire lives to get cut and not play high school. When my kids were younger, I didn’t quite understand how horrible a child may feel when this was their main activity in their life. I just think these kids should be able to play at school with their friends for camaraderie and exercise.

Maybe I’m just mad for my daughter in advance.

[Anonymous]

Do you also feel bad for the kids who are cut from youth orchestras or other selective groups when these groups become really competitive, after they've played all their lives?

Good. Nice to know we're not ignoring other activities.

[Anonymous]

If they want to play, they find a rec league and get their friends to sign up with them. While disappointing, getting cut is a relatively low stakes way to learn that you don't always get what you want in life, even if you try really hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you also feel bad for the kids who are cut from youth orchestras or other selective groups when these groups become really competitive, after they've played all their lives?

Good. Nice to know we're not ignoring other activities.

My point was for exercise and companionship. The kids should be able to be healthy and happy. I don’t think they necessarily need to compete against other schools.

The sport that I was referring to was basketball and cuts just happened this week. In our area, rec basketball ends in middle school.

[Anonymous]

Did you argue for no-cut teams in MS too? Or only now when it’s your child who got cut?

[Anonymous]

They can try no-cut sports like XC/track, rowing, ultimate frisbee, or field hockey (which at our school is no-cut).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have kids in elementary and high school. I am watching kids get cut in sports and activities they love and have played all their lives. Hate how competitive this world is.

I just saw my child’s friends get cut from a sport they have played together since elementary school. I feel like kids should all be able to play. Let there be two freshmen teams or have a practice squad or club team that doesn’t go against other schools.

What happens to the below average kids?

varsity sports should be removed from public education.

that is my opinion, I also watched from a distance as great kids get cut.

- for equity.