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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sometimes was late to after school varsity sports practice because I was in a club that was meeting. Usually it was OK. I don't know if it's still like that.

I remember one time, I was in a club that met on Tuesday and one that met on Thursday. One week, the advisor for the Tuesday club needed to talk to some of us urgently (the editors- it was newspaper) after school on Thursday. I told my friend to tell the other advisor I would be a few minutes late.

When I walked into the Thursday club at 3:20, that advisor was furious. I was just a good kid trying my best, trying to do as I was told. Some teachers actually had it out for high achieving kids. I honestly think she was angry that some of us were going places.

Anyway, my point is-- I hope things are better now but it's terrible what we do to these kids.[/quote]

It's not better. My kid has experienced things like this. And DC's primary sport coach would not excuse them for anything other than medical (and even it was "encouraged" that they go at other times that didn't conflict with practice) or things like important academics (i.e., tests). No excused for other clubs. No excuses for yearbook pics (which are annoyingly after school in the fall at our HS) so my kid won't even be in the stupid yearbook for anything but the sport. A minor issue but stil. . . . [/quote]

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