I know that when I was in school -- it was a joke. The school I went to cared more about athletics than education.... what's sad is that the teams were aweful during every single competition, no matter what sport or location.
yep, rt49andellis, sad but true----especially in some districts in texas, athletics gets far more attention and money
not everywhere but in enough places where it's quite discouraging to be on a state-wide ranked debate/forensics team and the coaches are begging on bloodied knees for the funding to send their teams to other school competitions
excuse me---debate/forensics
this is academics
many of these kids go on to very prestigious schools
oh. not to mention helping their schools' rankings in the UIL competitions
but, no, there is usually enough money for the cheerleaders (raised by their mothers' booster club who call every Tom, Dick and Harry in the community and give sob stories) and the football players. And the debate coaches are barely scraping by
they're not the only ones
it certainly is not a fair shake as far as I'm concerned.
not everywhere but in enough places where it's quite discouraging to be on a state-wide ranked debate/forensics team and the coaches are begging on bloodied knees for the funding to send their teams to other school competitions
excuse me---debate/forensics
this is academics
many of these kids go on to very prestigious schools
oh. not to mention helping their schools' rankings in the UIL competitions
but, no, there is usually enough money for the cheerleaders (raised by their mothers' booster club who call every Tom, Dick and Harry in the community and give sob stories) and the football players. And the debate coaches are barely scraping by
they're not the only ones
it certainly is not a fair shake as far as I'm concerned.