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Old Thu Mar 20, 2014, 02:53pm
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Originally Posted by Publius View Post
Do we deny a kid the ability to take AP calculus because he got too many yellow cards, or because his free-throw percentage is only 44%?

That makes as much sense as not letting kids whose parents pay taxes, just as the parents of the academically talented do, play on teams supported by those taxes.
Since you don't see the obvious flaw in your logic ...

It's because school's primary purpose is education. If extracurriculars are preventing a student from learning, then you take away the extracurriculars.
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