Reply #12: There's nothing more?

[Ravenseye]

I'd like to think that schools could build character in kids. Or at least help. It's not a Vulcan academy where kids go to learn logic and match. Heck a huge component of what people need to get out of High School isn't learned in any subject, which is just how to get along with people.

I think sports are just an additional aspect. They shouldn' tbe more important than the basic education, butI don't think they should be eliminated. So many positive things can be taken from sports and the teamwork involved. Not to mention often applying your 'education' to a real activity.

Sports programs that divert from math and science are out of balance. They should coexist in harmony where everyone in a perfect world leaves their Calculus class to go particpate in some sort of organized team activity, whatever it is...