Like I said, I appreciate the value of sports, but globally speaking, American
students are falling way behind. Not everybody in school plays sports. Wouldn't
it be a better investment to focus more on education considering what kinds of
jobs are going to be available for future adults? There's plenty of jobs in the
tech field and a lack of American's to fill them.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@...> wrote:
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>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote:
> >
> > I think this is just going to stimulate more negative opinions about AP.
> >
> > I appreciate the role of sports in a students life, but in my opinion the
> > AP school system should put their money and efforts into making successful
> > students rather than athletes.
>
>
> Some of the greatest lessons in life I learned on the football field of a
> great high school team (ranked #6 in the US in my senior year). Sports have
> changed many people's lives for the better. More often than not, a person
> really involved on a high level with a good caliber sports team in high
> school will have little time for anything else. Keep kids interested in
> sports, theater or anything that gives them direction. That's the key. I know
> guys that would have been in jail had they not gotten involved in sports.
>
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Great teams can win on grass.
> > >
> > > Personally like football on grass. Mud.
> > >
> > > I got done last week "fixing" my lawn.
> > >
> > > It cost me $60 to rent a core aerator and about 3 hours of time. Then for
> > > the hell of it, I spent $80 on "sod" seed and I'll probably still splurge
> > > another $75 to pick up another pallet of sod so my I don't have answer to
> > > my wife.
> > >
> > > I guess I'm odd around here. I am one of the few people I know that cuts
> > > their own grass. Up to this year, i even did the fertilizing. My riding
> > > mower is probably 12 years old now. I cut my lawn on usually my rentals
> > > as i purchased lawn mowers for my tenant's but they really enjoy watching
> > > me do it, before I go to work and they go back to sleep.
> > >
> > > Grass. It gives people jobs and keeps all things equal.
> > >
> >
>
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