Ok, that was a cheap shot, but as a former homeschooling parent, all I heard was our kids weren't playing sports or they weren't socialized, then when an opportunity comes along for us to drag them out of their completely indoctrinated dungeon like existence to mingle with "real" kids, we get "why is a homeschooler getting to play" crap.
You sound like you think our children should be punished for making a decision to learn in a different environment by not being allowed to do selected activites that we pay taxes for.
Punishment has nothing to do with it. All I said was that it seems odd that people are treating this girl like she doesn't belong, even though she's enrolled in the school she's representing. But the boy who refused to wrestle an opponent who earned their spot, and who doesn't even attend the school he represents, is some sort of hero.
As long as you're not denying an opportunity to a kid who is actually enrolled and attends the school that he wants to represent, then I say home schoolers can have at it, as long as they're taxpayers of the district, pay the same fees, and meet the same academic eligibility requirements that everyone else does.
The hypocrisy is staggering. Thanks for making that point.
I still haven't heard any opinion about the illegals playing sports. If an illegal is attending public school for free, and his parents are not paying school and property taxes, is that OK just because he's attending?
I'm surprised that people with that kind of mentality don't demand that homeschoolers be not allowed to participate in spelling bees, especially the way they clean up in the National Spelling Bee year after year.
Bears repeating!