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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are we talking about high school or college here? Many of the high school football programs around here do not cut and place kids on varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen teams. If you are willing to practice every day even though you may not play, you can be on the team. High school cross country and track teams tend to be like this, too. Lots of average athletes and even some kids who don't start out as athletic at all, but practice and work hard and improve. Kids can not only improve their physical fitness but learn a lot about teamwork and leadership by participating in athletics in high school. Athletic programs are very much worth the tax dollars for the benefits provided to the kids who choose to participate.
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I see.  Sooo....

Having kids run around on a field, crashing into each other and getting traumatic brain injuries is worth taxpayer dollars but cultivating bright kids who might be the ones to cure cancer, solve world hunger or find a solution to provide cheap abundant energy is not worth the investment?

I guess we will never agree on priorities.[/quote]

It's a good thing that the PP didn't actually say that.

And, speaking for myself -- I have no problem with education for the gifted, in principle. I have a big problem with the parents who are proponents of gifted education and whose rhetoric consists of:

1. All those other kids get stuff; how come my kid doesn't?
2. Gifted kids contribute more to society than non-gifted kids.[/quote]

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