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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the “sports are so pointless” posters interesting, because they are undoubtedly the same posters claiming that the one and only way for a child to be successful in life is through advanced academics, with the goal being multiple Ivy degrees that the kids can work into any conversation until the end of time.

The concept of being a great athlete at a state university being another path to professional success is unthinkable to them.[/quote]

I posted previously about being not athletic. I was a mathlete, went to HYP and was a nerd. My DH would chuckle if he saw that his unathletic wife who complains constantly about driving the kids to sports was being called the sports obsessed parent.

For me personally, I can appreciate athletes and artists. Maybe it was because I was so bad at these that I appreciate this much more as an adult. I was a quant jock, made a lot of money and often felt left out of sports related outings in my professional career. DH makes a few million per year. My kids are strong students. I’m not worried about them academically or professionally.[/quote]

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