Should Kids Be Excused From School For Sports & Other Recreational Activities?

Despite the current laws regarding this matter, do you believe kids should be excused from school for sports or other recreational activites? What are your thoughts and reasons on this matter?
Answer:
I live in Texas and high school sports are a big thing here. As long as the students can keep up with their studies and their grades don't suffer, I think those kids that want to compete should be able to do so. My great nephew was involved with football and power lifting. He learned a great many things through sports. We've always been proud of his abilities and not only the physical attributes he has. He has learned to work as a team member and become a leader who supports others. He had a great coach that taught sportsmanship as well as health and exercise. Any time lost in the classroom was made up for with the lesson learned in sports. He is in college now, still playing football and intends to become a doctor. His time spent in sports was time well spent.

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only if it is a school realted sport or activity

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I went to school in a small town. The other small towns in our league were very far away. If we hadn't been excused from school, we'd play Friday nights at 11:45.

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No, they are there to learn academics, not extra curricular activities. to many people already getting through school who can barley read and write, never mind math skills. sports are fine, but not important.

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No. The primary purpose of a school is to educate. There are laws requiring minors to attend school for the educational benefits, not so they can play sports.

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Learning is not limited to what you gain from the classroom. In life there are too many examples where learning how to play the game with dignity and class - not all of these things can be taught by a teacher in a lecture or from a school book. Some things have to be experienced first hand for them to matter.

So yes, it is OK to take a child out of the classroom for extracurricular activities - as long as their grades are up to snuff and it's not proving to be a hindrance.

When kids with poor grades are rewarded with no school they are receiving the wrong message and values from their parents. Parents need to think this through and be willing to instill some tough love to make their point that school does in fact come first.

I tell my kids all the time, when your knees or your voice are gone, you'll still have a few decades left to use your mind and you'll need more than talent to make a living.

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I think they should be released from sports and recreational activities so that they can learn to read, write, do math, learn history, geography, spelling, etc..