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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What I want to know is, why the strenuous, repeated objections?  What's your dog in this hunt?  It's not as though anyone here is arguing to take anything away from anyone else.  Are you arguing just because it's not something you think you would directly benefiting from it?  That would be as untenable of an argument as saying "my kid isn't athletic, he's uncoordinated and clumsy, therefore, I think we should not have athletic programs at schools."[/quote]

If you mean pointing out that the OP's arguments are flawed and have no basis in fact.....well, I guess I am objecting - and wondering why she doesn't do something about it except repeat her unsubstantiated opinions.  Why can't OP provide some evidence that there's a problem?

Your analogy of athletics in schools is just as flawed (and makes me think you're the OP).  A better analogy would be your kid is athletic but the school's athletic program isn't sufficiently challenging for her.  You want the school to provide Olympic/professional level athletics because without it, your DD will never reach her potential, she'll grow bored with the program and feel bad about herself.  Or, the school refuses to acknowledge her athleticism and she's falling behind.

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Schools are supposed to meet students' academic needs.  When students are wasting a large percentage of their time in school, their academic needs aren't being met.

You deflected didn't answer the question, what is your dog in this hunt?  Why are you arguing so strenuously against it?  Just to be contrarian, because your unwillingness to accept that it's a problem somehow magically makes the problem go away?  Sorry, that doesn't cut it.[/quote]

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