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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Question says it all. Unless your kid is truly scholarship material, I seriously don't understand why you'd let your kid play sports when they are bringing in low Bs.  I know colleges like sports because the student seems more well-rounded, but that's stupid if it comes at the expense of grades. [/quote]

Because I don't expect all A's at all.  I expect my child to study hard but be active, social, healthy and happy.  Sports helps with all of those things.  [b]And ironically my daughter does WORSE in school this exact marking period.  When she isn't playing a sport (she is off winter) and the days are cold and dark.  She lacks focus when there is too much time on her hands. [/b] So I think without sports, she would be an uptight, unhappy kid striving for only A's to show she belongs.

Now if she was getting C and D's, then we would have to figure some things out or drop a sport if time was an issue.  But I have found most kids that get A's, get them while playing sports.  And most kids that got C's, gets them during sports too. [/quote]

Fencing is your answer!  Inside, and a really interesting, totally different sport from her other ones (I'm guessing).  My niece and nephew love it.  [/quote]

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