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crysthewolfI ALMOST got excited about the super bowl coming to Indy... sorry sports fans... until I read this.
=( Sorry John, but I'd rather see people put millions and millions of dollars into the actual ACADEMIC PROGRAMS at Tech and other area high schools, not just into the sports programs.
Granted, sports keep kids out of a lot of trouble. In some cases, though, they get them INTO more trouble. Yes, kids are expected to maintain a certain GPA to stay in sports programs. BUT, if the sports programs at the school aren't doing too well and the team is about to lose a star player, high school coaches ARE NOT above pressuring teachers to change grades. What does this teach kids? That you can bully other people to get ahead. There's society for you.
So we put out millions of dollars to watch big burly guys throw a ball around and beat the shit out of each other, but what are we actually LEARNING about the world? Indiana has one of the worst school systems in the US, and the US ain't doin' too hot by international standards in regards to education.
So our solution to this is to spend taxpayer money to build a big ass stadium so we can host the superbowl, so we can spend MORE taxpayer money to build a big ass stadium that we'll eventually give to the only IPS high school that even BOTHERS with an academic standard?
Sorry, but I'm not impressed.
*sigh* Ask me again why I don't like sports.
Love,
Crystal
=( Sorry John, but I'd rather see people put millions and millions of dollars into the actual ACADEMIC PROGRAMS at Tech and other area high schools, not just into the sports programs.
Granted, sports keep kids out of a lot of trouble. In some cases, though, they get them INTO more trouble. Yes, kids are expected to maintain a certain GPA to stay in sports programs. BUT, if the sports programs at the school aren't doing too well and the team is about to lose a star player, high school coaches ARE NOT above pressuring teachers to change grades. What does this teach kids? That you can bully other people to get ahead. There's society for you.
So we put out millions of dollars to watch big burly guys throw a ball around and beat the shit out of each other, but what are we actually LEARNING about the world? Indiana has one of the worst school systems in the US, and the US ain't doin' too hot by international standards in regards to education.
So our solution to this is to spend taxpayer money to build a big ass stadium so we can host the superbowl, so we can spend MORE taxpayer money to build a big ass stadium that we'll eventually give to the only IPS high school that even BOTHERS with an academic standard?
Sorry, but I'm not impressed.
*sigh* Ask me again why I don't like sports.
Love,
Crystal
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Date: 2008-05-22 05:58 pm (UTC)As far as money is concerned, I have had questions about that ever since the construction of the lucas oil stadium. Same question posed by a homeless man in hooverville in an episode of dr. who. during the depression there was no money for work, but yet there was money enough laying aruond to build the empire state building.
the money is there, but the donors who have it are too stupid to invest it into something worthwhile.