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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]14:59 clearly knows what she's talking about. My kid did a club sport and her school got mad at her because she did the club sport in lieu of the h.s. team. Yes, she was recruited to an Ivy and yes, the private school took credit even though they made my kid's life hell for her daring to switch to a competent team.[/quote]

Why should (almost always rich) kids who fence or play soccer on expensive outside club teams be exempted from requirements that all other students have to fulfill?  It would be like telling the school you've arranged for outside tutoring in language or art class so your child should be exempt from the requirements.  All of these schools have a PE or intramurals or "lifetime fitness" option that is a very small time commitment compared to a varsity sport, so if someone wants to they can have their kid play club sports to their hearts content and then spend something like 45 minutes twice a week in PE, or work out in the weight room in personal fitness.  What is very sad is when the kid wants to play with their school friends on the school team and the club coach "doesn't allow it" and parents go along with that.  Much more a phenomenon with girls -- guys want the prestige and camraderie of being on the school team (for example, top AAU basketball players will always play on their school teams).  Girls and their parents are much more willing to let the club coaches call the shots and tell them they can't play sports for their school.[/quote]

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