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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some in the Sidwell community are concerned that he is going to come with the idea that the school needs to ramp up discipline. Student behavior is not a problem at the school for the most part. They also worry that he won't pay attention to sports. The current interim head has been to dozens of games of all sports. He is a former athlete who understands the strengths and weaknesses of Sidwell's program. We worry that Farquhar is going to come and not realize that building a $30 million gym doesn' solve problems with particular programs. That the school needs to help the sports programs that are suffering from deep malaise.[/quote]
I think there is a lot of arrogance/entitlement in the Sidwell community on the issue of sports.  Pick which you want to be--Harvard or (insert SEC school here).  You have smart kids who get a great education.  The school sends many athletes on to play in college.  Your kids get to be on teams, often with not an overabundance of talent.  I will hear Sidwell parents complain, and then see the kid in question-- very mediocre talent so that kid could not play at a powerhouse high school program.  Moreover, on the numbers alone Sidwell has a structural disadvantage against the single-sex private schools--they have fewer kids so using the Bell curve they will have fewer exceptional athletes.  Lastly, why do they think they are entitled to win in every sport?  Taking the boys' program,  Sidwell won in the fall in x-country and soccer, but people whined because football didn't.  In the winter they won banners in wrestling and basketball.  Again, why do you think you are entitled to win in every sport?  I've seen the Sidwell student population and they don't look like Amazons/Hercules who have such great talent being squandered.  If your child is on a team, and makes friends, and gets exercise, and learns about trying hard, and doesn't have abusive coaches, in my book that's a good athletic experience.     [/quote]

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