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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP. I'm not attacking sports. I see athletics as a very important part of school.  I'm confused by the idea of recruiting kids for their athletic ability instead of their academic ability or seeing people disparage schools because they have a reputation for producing strong academic kids - isn't that at least as important as athletics? Here is what I'm struggling with -it's not sports or athletics, it's the disproporiniate emphasis on sports/identities.[/quote]

I just think it is more obvious. It is talked about more. It is covered in the newspaper.

I have a family member that was recruited on academics. They do recruit on academics. They recruit on lots of thing people don't really talk about. It would be nice if we could get a thread on if you child was recruited for something other than sports what was it.

We have a friend who was recruited because of an instrument he played. (I think it was the baritone horn.) In order for bands to win competitions they need to show complexity past the trumpet and sax. He was later recruited to a college and travels with the football team. How awesome is that.

A boy from our school was highly recruited to colleges for choir. Our school won competitions all over the world, Germany for example, while he was a student at our school.

I just think schools have figured out what colleges are looking for and channel kids to colleges based on their skills.

If there are 15 sports in a school there are probably 10 clubs that are non-sports.
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