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[quote=Anonymous]When did Bs become such a horrible grade? This idea that every kid will get an A in every subject is just mind boggling to me... But in answer to the question. Our first priority is and always will be academics. That doesn't mean that I expect straight A's in every subject. But I would be concerned if the kid went from mostly A's to mostly B's. It's good to get a baseline of their performance w/o extra curriculars before getting them started up in a sport. But once you have that baseline set, you also know what you can expect from them academically. If grades start to suffer, they know that they better study harder or they will have to drop the activity. I remember how well that worked for me. I was highly motivated to stay in my extra curricular activity when I was a tween/teen so I was intrinsically motivated to study hard and keep my grades up.[/quote]
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