Reply to Sports

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "Sports"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t agree with posters here who believe that the kids merely do sports because they love the sport. There might be a very small percentage of those kids.
From my experience, having sent 2 kids to college and with a middle schooler right now, most sports families are focused on seeking an edge in college applications. They either are eyeing an SLAC and think with sports they have a shot or an Ivy or something similar. Just like kids join multiple clubs or start non profits etc, do you really think they all love that club or the cause? Maybe a very small percentage but the majority are doing this to get an edge. [/quote]

You sound crazy. Having had three kids on top travel teams there was maybe only one kid who was actually interested in playing in college and had a shot. Everyone else was in it for fun or physical activity. No one is as stupid as you think. Being a middling club player gives you no advantage for college admission and everyone knows that.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics