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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Asian American and honestly I don't get the extreme emphasis that many white American parents put on their kids to do well in sports, sometimes to the detriment of academics. Also I think it's ironic that the kid is in tip top shape and the parents are often overweight and out of shape?! Anyways, to each his own![/quote]

Ha ha - exactly. You know that most young athletes in this country grow up to be overweight: that's because they exercised for a few years, but were never taught how to eat properly. So in the end, I completely refute the statement that travel sports should be encouraged for the sake of physical fitness. No, for that you should teach your child to eat the right portions and enjoy walking and the outdoors - not one sport particularly, especially one that requires a team plus endless accoutrements. They won't play that anymore, when they're busy dads in the suburbs with incipient heart attacks.

Education, on the other hand, will matter more and more as globalization makes high-achieving students from all over the world take the top spots everywhere.

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You can do both. Sports teaches you how to deal with people and solve problems in quick timing. 
My nephew is currently an engineer traveling back and forth to germany and he went to college on a football scholarship.
I know many smart people (my DS included) who have no people skills.[/quote]

I agree that team sports are an interesting social exercise. However, many parents here think it is the only way to teach team spirit and social skills. They happily ignore other non-sporting clubs and teams, robotics, chess, math, reading groups, drama troupes, orchestra and choir. 
As for some people not having people skills, like with all things, there is a range. My DS is at the bottom of that range too - no amount of socializing in a team will make him into a social butterfly. He is part of teams he enjoys, not sports, and gets as much social exposure as we can manage.

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