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For many here pushing hard and doing more than the minimum required is only justified for lacrosse, soccer, swimming and tennis; and not math, reading, and writing.[/quote]

I couldn't agree more with this observation.  So many families we know lavish untold amounts of time and resources on sports, often for kids who have no hope of playing in high school much less college, and put just as much pressure on their kids as any Tiger Mom.  [/quote]

But, these kids are pursuing sports [i]in addition to[/i]  school, not just doing more school after spending all day in school. They are engaged in healthy activities that teach them many lessons that cannot be learned from a book. Many excellent athletes are also excellent students because they are intelligent and because of the discipline, perseverance, and ability to work hard and efficiently that they have learned because of their participation in sports.

Spending time in athletic activity is not instead of school, it is in addition to school, thus helping young people to develop more facets of their characters for their future adult lives.

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