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[quote=Anonymous]NCAA athletes graduate at a higher rate than the rest of the student body.

Lacrosse players have the highest graduation rate of any group of athletes.

Kids from don bosco (since that is the example the previous poster used) will be provided free tutors, mentors and immediately be part of a smaller community when they enter college.

It has been shown that kids that exercise make better grades than those that don't. Do you really not understand exercise?

Some kids just don't want to spend 6 hours a day sitting all day long in school and then go home and sit all night long doing homework and then wake up Saturday morning and do some Kumon tutoring and SAT prep.

These kids don't have to worry about making the highest SAT score they just have to make a good enough score. They don't measure themselves on meaningless SAT scores or GPA's. They have build leadership skills and team work that can't be built in the classroom environment or sitting all day long in your quiet room reading. They have spent years learning how to build relationships and then having to go on the court or field and play against their neighbor/friend. They have learned to do this fairly. They have learned how to win gracefully and lose gracefully. They have showed that when they are dedicated to something they not only will work hard in practice and the games but they will practice on their own.  They are physically fit and have built muscles that will help them thoughout their whole lives.

Why the hate for sports so much? Do you want to get rid of plays and arts programs? I mean really are any of these kids going to be professional actors or professional artists?

There are no studies that show that an A student is more successful in life than a B student. Why the obsession with academics?

Why do parents where the letter AP and IB like badges of honor.

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