Anonymous
11/10/2025 13:07
Subject: I hate how high school is supposed to be about academics, yet high school sports and club teams expect so much
OP must be an Asian and just off the boat - I said so because I am too. But I understand what education is and what here is different from where I grew up.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 09:12
Subject: I hate how high school is supposed to be about academics, yet high school sports and club teams expect so much
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It’s insanity. Students are supposed to be spending the equivalent of a full time job on academics, yet sports teams expect students to play since 5 and be on a club team year around to be competitive. The demand is ridiculous. Teachers are frustrated that students are spending so much time on sports, and no one cares about fixing the broken system because everyone is selfish and greedy!
Parents are the problem
My kids were Div one players but academics came first no matter what. Their peers parents were ridiculous begging their teachers for extensions etc
We did not allow our kids to play year round either.
Why do you think that is/was your business?
Anonymous
11/10/2025 09:11
Subject: I hate how high school is supposed to be about academics, yet high school sports and club teams expect so much
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This isn’t hard, folks.
If academics are the priority, opt out of the intensive sports.
If sports are the priority, opt out of the rigorous academics.
There is plenty of choice here, you just need to prioritize appropriately.
This. And fwiw your best bet is to prioritize academics for the most long term benefits. One bad injury has devastated many a promising child athlete. Everyone thinks it won't be their child. Nothing sadder than a broken former athlete trying to get into college with a solid B average and no AP's. And the parents who have had their whole identity wrapped around their child athlete are even worse off post injury.
Jesus. You’re just as bad. Some kids aren’t meant to take APs. Just like some kids aren’t meant to be multi sport athletes.
The judgement and condescension towards parents who encourage athletics is absurd, especially considering how many parents in this area have their identities wrapped around their kids’ SAT scores and T20 or bust college ambitions. Imagine making your kid feel like a failure because they “only” scored a 1450, or they “only” got into their state flagship. Talk about breaking your kids…
Oh look, another parent putting all their eggs in the sports basket.
For one of my kids, absolutely. Because that’s who he is. What’s it to you?
Anonymous
11/10/2025 08:45
Subject: I hate how high school is supposed to be about academics, yet high school sports and club teams expect so much
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This isn’t hard, folks.
If academics are the priority, opt out of the intensive sports.
If sports are the priority, opt out of the rigorous academics.
There is plenty of choice here, you just need to prioritize appropriately.
The issue is that there aren’t any low key alternative to club sports after a certain age. It’s either club or nothing. It’s happened because the clubs are now owned by PEs and the parents are delusional about their kid's chances of getting a scholarship.
In Vienna, we have tons of rec sports that go all the way through high school. Off the top of my head, I am aware of baseball, softball, soccer, basketball, volleyball, and I am sure others I am not thinking of. My kids go to Madison, a particularly sporty school, where many of the teams would be very difficult to make without years of club experience, but there are also several no cut sports.