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wayman@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Jeffrey Wayman) writes:

>In article <1993Jan8.222319.19498@sequent.com> petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire) writes:
>>
>>[smart kid, put down by peers]
>I'm not entirely certain that extracurricular activities aren't as 
>important as academics in the situation of a tremendously gifted child.
Neither am I, but....
>Of course, being pushed into something is another story.  A student
>like this needs balance in his life more than anything.  Athletics
>(that's what was mentioned here) can provide that along with other
>experiences that can teach him as much as any classroom ever could.  if
>the kid likes something other than academics, let him at it. 
....in this case the kid liked his academics, but academics are not
considered, how can I put it, .. high on the social scale, the kid
likes sports, like most, but he feels that his success can only come
from sports, not from academics.

>>His math teacher was the only one who seemed to care, but she was new,
>>and (I can't blame her) didn't want to risk loosing her job. Both his
>>history and english teachers were basketball coaches.

>The only one who cared about what?  
His academics, he is currently getting D's and F's in math, english, and
history, sorry forgot to say this in the first post. (see below)

>I think coaches get a bad rap about only caring that kids get into sports.
>Granted, there will be those coaching zealots who only care that a kid
>can play, but I'd guess 98% of the high school coaches have the kid's
>interest in mind.  And yes, I thought about that statement!!  :-)
My big concern was that his academic teachers were also coaches (small
school system) and when I tried to get time to work them their coaching
time took priority. The math teacher was the only one who was willing to
spend time (her own time) to work with me.

-pete
Pete Lancashire
petel@sequent.com