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To: Gondring
Doesn't she realize that athletics is what's vital, not AP Science!? How many people can name a single Nobel winner from last year? Now how many sports figures are recognizable?

I know your being sarcastic, but she has letters in 3 different sports.

The girl is an athlete on 3 different varsity teams, which, when you think about it, makes this even dumber.

145 posted on 05/08/2005 9:30:11 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: Sonny M
The girl is an athlete on 3 different varsity teams, which, when you think about it, makes this even dumber.

Of course it does... One of the problems with our system these days is that we have gone to a "checklist" form of graduation, not where a student must go through a "defense" to demonstrate actual competence. This "must take gym class" rule is a way to help bureaucrats and those who don't want us daring to check real ability of students.

If senior Physical Education was a "real" class and provided necessary information, then there would be no question (being lettered in three sports does not guarantee she knows anything about certain aspects of P.E.)...but I doubt that's the case. And in such an event, it would be nice for them to allow certain exemptions.

Disclaimer: I "placed out" of Physical Education class in college with a varsity letter.

178 posted on 05/09/2005 3:25:21 AM PDT by Gondring (Pretend you don't know me...I'm in the WPPFF.)
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