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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid is skipping for an elective activity. Own it. Or don’t have your kid do events that are during school days. Frankly I find it 100% ridiculous that the swim overlords scheduling the meets put them on weekdays. School should be a priority. [/quote] It’s once a year for a big deal meet. They learn to goal set for the meet, manage their time with the demands of school and sport, train hard, compete while away from home and in some cases away from their parents. These are all valuable lessons in being a well-rounded person. There are lots of kids in this area using swimming (or whatever skill they may have) as a springboard to great school opportunities. Many of them are prioritizing that starting by MS and certainly in HS. I’m not even talking about scholarship money or having to be fast enough for big D1 programs; there are local swimmers at/heading to Ivies and fantastic D3 schools where swimming (and all its lessons) opened doors.[/quote]
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