Reply #38: Hey! I completely agree with you. [View All]

[Evoman]

I am undecided about high-school...I understand that a lot of high-school kids are "saved" by sports, and that it keeps them out of trouble, but I bristle at the idea that Sports are more important than academics. Also, jocks tend to be assholes. So much money is spent on sports in University that could be going into the sciences or arts.

Our university is an example. They have been building new buildings lately in order to accomodate more students and a larger faculty. The first thing they started doing was building more residences. Fair enough, student housing is important. THEN they started a multimillion dollar project on building our Physical Education building...i.e, more and bigger gyms, a state of the art track, more room for the sports teams, etc. This was at a time when we desperately needed new microscopes, new equipement and more Lab space for grad students and the new faculty they hired. So now they have began to build the new science building addition. Guess what...they ran out of money and will only be finishing the 1st floor. The other floors won't be finished and filled until they get more money :mad: