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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I don't know about that, I was just interested in the suggestion that hours of "prepping" for tests is the same as hours spent on ("prepping" for) physical activity. If a child spends the day in school and then spends an hour or two after school at a test prep, the child's academic needs are being addressed both during and after school. Whereas, if a child spends the day in school and then spends an hour or two after school engaged in physical activity, then we see the child's needs for both academics and physical activity being met. Hours spent on academics and hours spent on physical activity are both important for children's growth and development. Rather than either/or, I see them as a both/and proposition and that neither should be neglected in any child's life. As the old saying goes, "A sound mind in a sound body." 
[b]The need for academics and the need for physical activity are two different needs that children have and both need to be fulfilled. Plenty of students at TJ spend a couple hours every day after school engaged in physical activity and are also engaged in high level academics. There is no need to choose one over the other. [/quote][/b]

For a moment, my translation of your American English was Asian Americans, who have the highest test scores in every single State of our Union, were not getting enough physical activity and were therefore not strong and healthy.  Thanks for clarification. 
 
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You're welcome. To the contrary, I was noting that all children need both academics and physical activity, one cannot and should not replace the other for children of any race or nationality. Test scores are such a small part of the total picture of a child that it would be short sighted to focus solely on tests, to the exclusion of other important aspects of a child's growth and development. [/quote]

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