Anonymous wrote:If a kid cannot get a 2.0 GPA in the modern era of public school then they have some serious issues that are not being addressed. Those need to be handled before they spend 20hrs a week playing sports after school. Changing this rule is a horrible idea if the purpose of public school is getting an educational foundation. If they like sports, they can take a PE class or two. Might help with their 1.x GPA.

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Anonymous wrote:Why have grades at all?

To get into college. That is literally the only reason to have grades. We don't use grades as a barrier to play a sport, join a club or any other educational activity.

I'm a HS teacher, and I'm at the point that I think we should eliminate grades on transcripts/report cards completely. Grades are so arbitrary, despite what people think. Sure, track grades in a gradebook, so student and parents have some idea of how a student is doing, but at the end you either meet the minimum standards for the course and pass, or you don't and you fail and need to retake the course. College bound students can use SAT/ACT and AP/IB scores to demonstrate content mastery to colleges, or they can do dual enrollment at community college. If you can score a 4 or 5 on the AP BC Calculus exam, I don't really care what your grades were in Algebra, Geometry, and Precalc were.

Grades have completely distorted the educational system. Students are all about the transaction to "get" a grade (completing worksheets) and unmotivated by the learning. Bring back learning for learning's sake and get rid of grades.

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There are non-sports activities and clubs that are a 1-3 hour a week commitment rather than 20-24 and will actually support academically underperforming students.

If a kid whose maximum ability is D level work, then getting Ds is not underperforming. In fact, it’s a higher level performance than a B from an A student. But yet, the B student is allowed to play and you want to bar the D student? Yeah that makes sense.

It makes sense that the D student should be putting all of their energies into becoming at least a C student.

You really don’t understand special needs. If max capability is a D, all of the energy in the world isnt going to get that kid to a C.

Anonymous wrote:I have a special needs child who has been barred from sports because he is incapable of a 2.0. Even an IEP does not override this requirement. He would have benefited greatly from being able to participate and every single team member agrees. So, I am all for getting rid of it. It’s discriminatory plain and simple.

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There are non-sports activities and clubs that are a 1-3 hour a week commitment rather than 20-24 and will actually support academically underperforming students.

If a kid whose maximum ability is D level work, then getting Ds is not underperforming. In fact, it’s a higher level performance than a B from an A student. But yet, the B student is allowed to play and you want to bar the D student? Yeah that makes sense.

It makes sense that the D student should be putting all of their energies into becoming at least a C student.

You really don’t understand special needs. If max capability is a D, all of the energy in the world isnt going to get that kid to a C.

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There are non-sports activities and clubs that are a 1-3 hour a week commitment rather than 20-24 and will actually support academically underperforming students.

If a kid whose maximum ability is D level work, then getting Ds is not underperforming. In fact, it’s a higher level performance than a B from an A student. But yet, the B student is allowed to play and you want to bar the D student? Yeah that makes sense.

It makes sense that the D student should be putting all of their energies into becoming at least a C student.

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There are non-sports activities and clubs that are a 1-3 hour a week commitment rather than 20-24 and will actually support academically underperforming students.

If a kid whose maximum ability is D level work, then getting Ds is not underperforming. In fact, it’s a higher level performance than a B from an A student. But yet, the B student is allowed to play and you want to bar the D student? Yeah that makes sense.

Anonymous wrote:The eligibility requirement applies to school sports and activities, as in plays, orchestra, student government, etc.

Why does everyone immediately assume that altering the requirement would only to benefit stupid athletes who care nothing about school?

There are non-sports activities and clubs that are a 1-3 hour a week commitment rather than 20-24 and will actually support academically underperforming students.

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Anonymous wrote:Why have grades at all?

To get into college. That is literally the only reason to have grades. We don't use grades as a barrier to play a sport, join a club or any other educational activity.