High School soccer insane expectations

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Anonymous wrote:it is HS soccer- it is not the Olympics (or even the caliber of travel soccer). Tell the coach to pound sand.

Yes, but unless this girl is the best on the team (which is doubtful), then the coach just kicks her off the squad because she is not committed. I'm not sure she wants that outcome.

If the coach thinks he can kick off a 9th grade JV soccer player because she was making up a test or doing a single rescheduled-by-necessity academic tutoring session, his boss, the principal, can set him straight about that.

If a student is doing so poorly in a class that regular tutoring is a "necessity" something is VERY wrong. Either her teacher is horrible, or she is in a class that is far beyond her capabilities. The last thing this student needs is to be on a sports team.

Who says a kid needs to do bad to have a tutor? None of my kids have ever gotten anything less than a B+, they have always been excellent students. But as soon as they went into high school, I hired a tutor. Most of the time they honestly don’t need her, but the extra one-on-one review makes it very easy for them to earn As in tougher classes like honors calculus and AP math classes.

This is why grades are meaningless.

Kids are better off getting a B by their own merits, than a B+ that their mommy bought for them.

I agree on many points. Just hired a tutor for the first time. Daughter's math teacher is in so far over her head. Isn't teaching. Has missed *EASILY!* 20 days of school, including two consecutive weeks, this year due to her illness and family illnesses. She's not going to get through the material this year. It was very, very challenging to find a good tutor and I hesitated to do it because my child was earning A-/B+ on what was being taught. I felt like it was "cheating." Low and behold, turns out half the class is working with this same tutor, and has been for almost two whole years. I didn't realize proactive tutoring was a thing, but I guess it is!