Comments on: Thursday musings (5-1)

By: jamieohara

jamieohara — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:09:06 +0000

….They think that sports will get them there and they DON’T need school.

By: jamieohara

jamieohara — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:08:07 +0000

Kids go to junior college because they don’t have the grades or they were not good enough to go division I out of high school.

I am amazed at how many kids get letters from division I schools after there freshman and sophomore years in high school and so they think they are going DI. The recruiters fail to mention that they have to have good grades and a good test score to be able to. They think that sports will get them there and they need school.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:12:46 +0000

I am in total agreement to your clarification.

By: CM Scott

CM Scott — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:34:51 +0000

Let me clarify, I totally agree that parents should have the major role in guiding their kids in life. I do not blame the teachers at all. I do believe that if a parent has a child who has the talent to succeed at that high level then it is the parents and the kids responsibility to work with the teachers at school to put their child in the best position to make it to the level they wish to play. I believe it is a parents responsibility to their child to put their child in the best position possible to succeed and to use whatever resources(teachers and coaches) available help in that effort. However some parents are more concerned with performances in the sport than they are with what is going on in the classroom. This is not to say that is totally what happened with Gantt because a child also has to take responsibility, however it does seem to happen a lot. Athletes these days have to realize that it takes grades and ability to play at the higher levels and that they must take the necessary steps to get there while they are in High School and not think about it when they are about to graduate.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:11:50 +0000

I think Gantt needs to be accountable for his own doing. He had that opportunity to pass the test and classes. Teachers only have kids for less than 186 days, parents influence for life. When will the parents and child become accountable, and have the “sad” label placed back on them. No wonder there is a teacher shortage.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:08:16 +0000

CM Scott–What is sad is that they are being guided and guided well at school. What I want to know is the role that parents play in the grades issue, and scores. Ultimately coaches, teachers, and staff work with these kids for less than 186 days, and get all the blame. When is the kid accountable for his own doings?

Brown made it, Harper made it, countless others could have. And again we are making the assumption that he is going there because of his grades–unless one poster on here is truely Gantt telling the world his grades, but is too embarassed to do it publicly.

By: Patrick Hines

Patrick Hines — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:11:24 +0000

Wow. I’m smart. Thanks for correcting me on this “opportunity knocks” and joanna. This is why you work for the eagle and why I’m still in high school. lol

By: MHahn

MHahn — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:04:17 +0000

First of all, there is a mininum requirement ACT for NCAA/ ACT scores, or certain classes taken and passed like Chemistry. Your overall GPA doesn’t matter, the classes you take, do. As far as Joanna’s commet about Independent softball, and are “we” finished, Anyone who has been around softball for the last 10 years, knows about the Mustang group, and how Independent is loaded with those kids/coaches. It is helping them win! And they are within the rules. So until the rules change for softball, like other sports, this will continue in the private schools with money donations. Volleyball clubs are allowed to have only four (I believe) players from the same high school team on their team., for example.

By: CM Scott

CM Scott — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:21:08 +0000

Gantt is going to Cowley because he didn’t pass the ACT. I think it is said the amount of talent on the boys side of the City League that end up going to Junior College because they can’t pass the test. Is there no one in High School guiding these kids. Everyone knows that the higher your GPA in courses like Math, English etc then it lowers the score you need on the ACT to qualify for division 1. I just think that if they had someone helping them in these areas over their High School years then more of these kids will go Division 1 because how many kids that actually qualify and get offers from D1 schools actually choose to go to JUCO. I mean there are a few but not many,

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:17:19 +0000

Patrick, Opportunity Knocks is right. It’s only CL games that count toward a CL championship. So if all three finish by winning their doubleheaders next week, they will share that league title. What playing Maize would affect is final overall records, which are what postseason seeds are based on.