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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like OP to explain what's wrong with a B?

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My post specifically said B minus, but I'm not going to parse it. IMO a B is a mediocre grade.  You don't get into the top ten percent of your class or national merit or honor roll by being a B student.  If sports help your kids prioritize their time and help them to earn good grades, that's great. That's not the question I posed though- I was asking why people let their kids stay in sports when it is AT THE EXPENSE of academics.  [/quote]

And what we're all saying that is that sports generally don't come at the expense of academics. I don't think anyone said they'd be cool with their straight-A student dropping down to C's so he could spend all day practicing lacrosse. People either don't feel it's coming at the expense of academics, or they think the difference in academic performance is so small that the benefit of the sport to their overall well-being more than outweighs it. You're presuming to know that children who are not yours would do better in school if they didn't play sports, but you don't actually know that at all.[/quote]

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