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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]We seem to be perfectly fine with this in athletics. No one complains when the star athlete practices two hours every day. In fact, we idolize him and shower him with praise for talent and hard work.[/quote]

The point is that athletics is different from school work. A child or teen spends all day in school, and then they go out on to the athletic field and do something different from what they’ve been doing all day. A child who spends all day in school and then sends the after school hours in outside academic classes or tutoring is simply doing more of the same, not expanding knowledge into a completely different area than academics.

The children who excel in school and in a more physical activity are developing lives with many different facets.  They have a foundation to build an adult life as a strong and healthy person who can win and lose as part of a team and be just as successful academically. Kids who can excel in school while spending their after school hours in non academic pursuits are sought after by colleges who want students who can be successful and contribute in a number of different areas. 
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That's fine for you, and your family.  The equivalent would be me complaining that PE classes need to be dumbed down more for my kid because yours is so athletic.  [/quote]

That actually would not be the equivalent since PE classes are not particularly challenging or difficult for most kids. The point is that it is better for the development of most kids to be exposed to a variety of activities. Kids do better overall when their after school time is spent on non academic activities (unless they’re having trouble keeping up in school, of course). Spending all day in school and then doing more school after school does not lead to growth in a variety of areas for a child.

I have a kid at a HYPSM school in a STEM major, and many of the kids are lacking in physical fitness. These are incredibly smart kids, but they need to learn to take care of the health of their bodies while engaged in academics.

Kids need to learn from an early age to do both. Spending after school time doing athletic activities helps them to learn to balance academics with developing strength and physical fitness. A bonus is that physical fitness helps with better mental health, too. [/quote]

Right, because chosing an academic extracurricular completely precludes fitness. gotcha.

btw, my 2 asian friends in my HS class were totally different. one played high-level tennis and went to stanford and became a doctor. the other was a goth excellent classical piano player who became a kindergarten teacher. enough with stereotypes! [/quote]

Nowhere in the above posts being replied to was there any mention of race. The pitfalls of doing school every day after school with no other activities thrown in was the subject being discussed. This situation can affect many children when their parents are making decisions for them. 
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