There is so much more to life than sports and our teachers are trying to show the kids that life will deal the a hand of cards and they are to play them in any way they like. That is wrong. Life is more than a 60 minute sporting event. If we are going to teach our kids to live life the way they want to, not the way the world wants them to, we have to start concentrating more on the academics of life instead of the sports. A main way to get our kids on the right track towards succeeding in life is to cut high school sports out of the activity.
Sports take up a lot of time for practice, travel, and other preparations.
This time is not sacrificed from the students own time, it comes out of the time that should be spent in the classroom. Another major concern of us dean's is the fact that our teachers are becoming less and less qualified to teach our kids. Teachers seem to becoming teachers so they can coach rather than becoming teachers so they can teach. With that fact in mind, it is time to look at another startling fact. Where do our kids rank in the world among kids of the same age from different countries.