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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on the last few posts, it feels like there isn't a place at SJC for the non-athlete, non-artsy, mainly an academic focus kid. I think based on the direction this school is moving, we will pass. Academics seems to be taking a back seat to other interests.[/quote]

Did you attend the open house? Did you talk to the Robotics teacher leads? Computer Science? Entrepreneurship Program? The leads of the numerous STEM based clubs? E-sports? There are tons of places for purely academic focused kids. And just because an academic focused student wants to also try crew or join the sound/lighting crew for the spring musical, doesn’t mean they don’t care about academics. [/quote]

There is lots of great stuff going on at SJC!  That's why I don't understand why they would feel any motivation to say "let's recruit a ton of players for a national-level football team."  Assuming it's true, it doesn't do anything to strengthen the program for the community of talented students and athletes it already has.  What motivates this besides someone weird obsession with football and a need for attention?

Intense travel is anti-academic, and, yes, tackle football is fundamentally at odds with brain health, which is why participation as a percentage of high school students has gone down markedly.[/quote]

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