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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks to me like the jocks are upset that the bright geeky kids might get the same royal treatment that jocks do.   They are all over this thread screaming "how dare anyone else get the same treatment!"

The reactions on this thread have been amusing to say the least.  Not in the least bit coherent or rational, but certainly entertaining.[/quote]

You have a reading comprehension problem.

You didn't even follow this thread.

Read the assignment again, try another response and if you get it right we will give you full credit.

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Why don't you go back and re-read this thread yourself.  It's been page after page of back and forth between various people about "we rationalize spending lots of money supporting sports programs in the schools, even though many kids never get to participate so why is it so impossible that we might be able to do the same and support bright kids as well" - which keeps getting shouted down with "no, no, no, we can't do that, and it's SICKENING that some schools would even consider supporting bright kids at all!"

And thus far not a single legitimate reason or rationale expressed for why we can't or why it's "sickening".

But if you'd like to set the record straight with something more coherent, you are more than welcome to try and do so.  But your glib "you're wrong" response above certainly won't go very far.[/quote]

No. This is NOT what the thread is about.

The GT parents claim the athletic kids get more resources than GT kids, but have no evidence of it. The posters who understand sports know the athletically gifted kids get training and support out of school in the form of club teams which cost the parents a small fortune. The difference is the GT parents cry foul every 5 seconds and the parents of athletes don't. (They are too busy running fundraiser sand traveling with their kids sport stems.)

There are more AP, honors, magnet, academic clubs, AP prep and testing, etc than any sports oriented efforts. I am not saying they should go away. I just think the whining needs to go away.[/quote]

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