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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD plays a travel sport she enjoys. Not planning to play in college whatsoever but does enjoy it enough to stay through HS. Her travel team pauses during the HS season so the kids can play. Her HS is a jerk and she hasn’t enjoyed this year (9th grade.) Should she suck up the next 3 years just so she can say she played 4 years of this sport in HS? Does it look bad to only play travel and not a HS sport?

She does some volunteering and will eventually have a job, but this is her main extra curricular.

We are in VA and she would like to go to UVA or W&M. Older sibling had a (different) 4 year HS sport.

WDYT?[/quote]

If your DD is unhappy with the HS coach, I would let her drop the sport and replace it with another EC that fits her academic interests.

From personal experience with my DS, HS coaches are allowed to engage in abusive behavior that would never be tolerated by a teacher.  Perhaps, it isn’t that bad with your DD, but I would listen to her concerns attentively.

We didn’t try to force our kid to spend 15-20 hours a week with a “jerk”.  Surely, the two of you can find something better for her to do which might actually help with college admissions, too.[/quote]

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