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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes
 Sports is the very last place in public school where students are actually expected to adhere to decent values like honoring your commitments to something other than your own self.
You admit practice is only 2 hours out of the day. So the test and tutors couldn't be scheduled for any of the other 22 hours? 
My kids have played intense sports and managed to do makeup tests before school, during lunch or free periods and doctors appointments etc during other hours.
I was thrilled to have them get a real life understanding of the commitments and sacrifices that are needed to excel in other areas of life.
Keep your meddling, snowflake coddling Karen hands off sports culture. The meddling has ruined every other aspect of public school. 
Please and thanks.[/quote]

Nope, my son is not getting a scholarship for soccer, although he is a solid player and a starter on his HS team.  His goal in life is not coaching soccer, so prioritizing soccer over school or health makes no sense. His tutor doesn't work on weekends, she tutors after school.  She has him scheduled for 6pm sessions so he doesn't miss practice, but if she were to have something change, and DS needs to do an earlier session, he would go to tutoring.  He is honoring his #1 commitment: to do well in school to get into a good university. Orthodontics appointments are the same.  My son sees the orthodontist once a month and the appointments are always after school, so he misses practice. His school is out at 2:45pm and practices are 3-5pm. So no, he will not miss school for an appointment, he will miss the extracurricular, which is sports.  [/quote]

Right, the priority should be:
1) health (I have no compunction about having doctor's visits during school, unless this would involve the kids missing some big test or whatnot- they're not easy to schedule, I have to schedule them around my work as well etc)
2) school
3) extracurriculars
Again, with the exception of kids who are exceptional athletes, aspiring musicians etc. It's hard enough to fit time for family and friends (which I would sometimes put above extracurriculars, though sometimes you see your friends there as well)

And yes, to answer the PP that most kids will neither become professional athletes, nor professional actors, physicists etc. That is true. But school is a requirement for everyone. You can argue what level of physics should be taught in HS or how much HW AP Physics should give or whatever, but I think that's a separate issue.
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