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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have any of you ever been to an APS middle school swim meet? I have! The teams are full of kids who can barely swim. It's beautiful. It really is a no-cut sport and should be kept.[/quote]

I’m not saying to get rid of swimming. I’m saying it’s place as one of only 3 no cut sports is inadequate. Swimming. Track (running in circle). Frisbee. That’s it. [/quote]

Come on now. Not everyone gets to make the basketball (or whatever) team. It’s a good lesson to learn. That’s how the adult world works.[/quote]

Middle school sports is not the place to teach that lesson. The lessons that most kids that age hear is "you're not good enough, you're not athletic, sports aren't for you, why did you even bother." It's the opposite of what we want to be teaching kids, which are things like -- you can try something new and learn how to do new things, you can get along with the kinds of people you wouldn't normally be friends with, its OK to compete against other teams and lose sometimes -- along with just giving them something to do outside of school that is positive. [/quote]

This. This is why they shouldn’t cut middle school sports. It gets ultra competitive in Arlington’s high school. Give kids this chance to try something out.   Especially those kids who don’t have parents ferrying them everywhere for club sports. Equity and opportunity are the most compelling reasons to keep middle school sports. [/quote]

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