| 1of42, I think you should stop trying to shove it in everyone's face that you got into Caltech. Of course anyone non-athletic is biased against athletics being as major of a role in the admission process as more academically based attributes, but you, as the parent of an athletic child, are just as biased in the opposite opinion. Just as it's not fair for dontno to proclaim things as fact, it's not fair for you to do the same. I believe, and I think that I have to use that qualifier for fear of you starting to yell at me, that while athletics certainly add to the color and culture of a university, academics are the purpose of their existence. It is not required that everyone join a sport or a club at a university, but it is required that they take classes. While life lessons can be learned on the field, they can also be learned off the field. Just as one can learn to be a team player in a team sport, he or she can learn teamwork in doing a group project. A person can learn the same life lessons off the field as on, making athletics replaceable as learning tools. There is no way for athletics to provide the academic education that can be provided in the classroom.
I respect your opinion, 1of42, but I know for a fact that you, just like everyone else, is completely biased. I know that you feel the need to validate your child's admission, just as I feel the need to validate my own thought by posting here. I only ask that you be able to understand perspectives other than your own. Isn't that something one should learn in the diverse environment of which you are such a large proponent? |