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Originally Posted by Jimgolf
What is the purpose of education? To learn how to take tests?
For some of these kids a television appearance may be the highlight of their lives.
Is another paper on some Jane Austen book or a trigonometry test really more important to their education than this?
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I'm guessing the mission statements of any high school (or collegiate) athletic department would speak to an affirmative answer to your question.