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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question says it all. Unless your kid is truly scholarship material, I seriously don't understand why you'd let your kid play sports when they are bringing in low Bs.  I know colleges like sports because the student seems more well-rounded, but that's stupid if it comes at the expense of grades. [/quote]

Because I don't expect all A's at all.  I expect my child to study hard but be active, social, healthy and happy.  Sports helps with all of those things.  And ironically my daughter does WORSE in school this exact marking period.  When she isn't playing a sport (she is off winter) and the days are cold and dark.  She lacks focus when there is too much time on her hands.  So I think without sports, she would be an uptight, unhappy kid striving for only A's to show she belongs.

Now if she was getting C and D's, then we would have to figure some things out or drop a sport if time was an issue.  But I have found most kids that get A's, get them while playing sports.  And most kids that got C's, gets them during sports too. [/quote]

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