Should Homeschooled Kids Play High School Sports?

[BLAZER PROPHET]

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...gh-school-team/arguments-and-counterarguments


My opinion is that they should have the opportunity. For no other reason than their parents are paying taxes to support those schools, the kids (in most states) have to register with a school district for purposes of taking standardized tests and ensure their schooling adheres to other governmental regulations (and for good reason). To me, it's no different than a charter school.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Yes, but they should have to eat chicken nuggets just like the rest of the kids. And to be fair they should be tested regularly for turkey and cheese sandwiches.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Yes, without a doubt they should be given the opportunity to play.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Yes, but they should have to eat chicken nuggets just like the rest of the kids. And to be fair they should be tested regularly for turkey and cheese sandwiches.

All for it.

 

[MARIS61]

They shouldn't be allowed to skip real school in the first place just because their parents fear the truth.

Home schooling = religious indoctrination of nonsense.

Most of the lessons to be learned from school athletics (like teamwork and dedication) would be lost on kids who have no other relationship with their fellow athletes and just get to drop in for the "fun" part of school. Plus, their inability to think for themselves would be a severe disadvantage for the normal kids on their team.

Home schooling is to education what McDonalds is to nutrition.

 

[MARIS61]

Yes, without a doubt they should be given the opportunity to play.

They are.

Their parents chose to isolate them from society, not the other way around.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

No.

Maybe if they started a homeschool team. The HS sports are for the students of that school.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

They shouldn't be allowed to skip real school in the first place just because their parents fear the truth.

Home schooling = religious indoctrination of nonsense.

Most of the lessons to be learned from school athletics (like teamwork and dedication) would be lost on kids who have no other relationship with their fellow athletes and just get to drop in for the "fun" part of school. Plus, their inability to think for themselves would be a severe disadvantage for the normal kids on their team.

Home schooling is to education what McDonalds is to nutrition.

HAHA!!!

You're in peak form today. Better posting thru drugs!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

They shouldn't be allowed to skip real school in the first place just because their parents fear the truth.

Home schooling = religious indoctrination of nonsense.

Most of the lessons to be learned from school athletics (like teamwork and dedication) would be lost on kids who have no other relationship with their fellow athletes and just get to drop in for the "fun" part of school. Plus, their inability to think for themselves would be a severe disadvantage for the normal kids on their team.

Home schooling is to education what McDonalds is to nutrition.

home schooled kids are 700% more likely to commit a hate crime

home school hate crime epidemic

 

[The_Lillard_King]

No. There are plenty of opportunities to play high school age sports outside of school itself.

There are advantages and disadvantages to home schooling and if parents want to home school their kids, they can't expect that the kids be allowed to represent a school on the athletic field.

About taxes, if a Jesuit high school kid wanted to play for Beaverton High School, should he/she be allowed because the parents pay taxes to the city of Beaverton?

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Hmmm, you guys kinda got me re-thinking my original answer.

 

[bluefrog]

School funding is partially determined by enrollment size. If a home-schooled student participates in extracurricular activities he/she is placing an added burden on that school since he/she would not be counted in the school's enrollment

 

[MickZagger]

Home schooling kids is one of the stupidest thing a parent can do. Seriously, a majority of home schooled kids are socially retarded and it scars them for life.

 

[PapaG]

No. There are plenty of opportunities to play high school age sports outside of school itself.

There are advantages and disadvantages to home schooling and if parents want to home school their kids, they can't expect that the kids be allowed to represent a school on the athletic field.

About taxes, if a Jesuit high school kid wanted to play for Beaverton High School, should he/she be allowed because the parents pay taxes to the city of Beaverton?

OSAA rules prohibit this due to Jesuit offering similar athletic programs. It would be against OSAA rules for a home-schooled Beaverton kid to play at Jesuit, though, because of the tax money vs. tuition disparity.

 

[PapaG]

Home schooling kids is one of the stupidest thing a parent can do. Seriously, a majority of home schooled kids are socially retarded and it scars them for life.

I'm curious. Where did you go to college? You have a lot of opinions on education, and crime, and such, but I doubt you even graduated from a junior college.

Correct me if I'm wrong, of course.

I wasn't home-schooled, and went to public schools through my graduate degree, but I certainly don't have the information available to me to say that a majority of home-schooled kids are socially retarded, and that it scars them for life.

 

[MickZagger]

I'm curious. Where did you go to college? You have a lot of opinions on education, and crime, and such, but I doubt you even graduated from a junior college.

Correct me if I'm wrong, of course.

No offense if you were home schooled.

 

[PapaG]

School funding is partially determined by enrollment size. If a home-schooled student participates in extracurricular activities he/she is placing an added burden on that school since he/she would not be counted in the school's enrollment

Most public school kids pay a participation fee for sports and extra-curriculars these days to offset costs. This applies even to kids that attend the school.

 

[PapaG]

No offense if you were home schooled.

I'm just trying to figure out why you are so adamant about things that you obviously have no clue about.

The "hate crime" thing was embarrassing for you, and you don't even realize it. If your gig is to be a jester, then I get it. If you're trying to add value, you look foolish.

 

[MickZagger]

I'm just trying to figure out why you are so adamant about things that you obviously have no clue about.

The "hate crime" thing was embarrassing for you, and you don't even realize it.

I love when people tell me whether something was embarassing, or not. lol

Anywho, I got repped twice for my posts in that thread.

 

[PapaG]

I love when people tell me whether something was embarassing, or not. lol

Anywho, I got repped twice for my posts in that thread.

That says more about the caliber of people repping you than anything else.

Of course, if getting repped makes you feel proud about yourself to the point you need to brag about it, I understand.

 

[MickZagger]

That says more about the caliber of people repping you than anything else.

Of course, if getting repped makes you feel proud about yourself to the point you need to brag about it, I understand.

Oh, that was bragging?

 

[PapaG]

Oh, that was bragging?

Sure seemed like it. It clearly gave you validation that you found worth sharing, otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned it.

Anyhow, where are your stats for how most home-school kids are socially retarded and scarred for life?

Curious to find out where you learned your latest batch of knowledge.

Did you go to college? Still haven't answered that one, have you?

 

[RR7]

Home schooling kids is one of the stupidest thing a parent can do. Seriously, a majority of home schooled kids are socially retarded and it scars them for life.

link?

 

[MickZagger]

Sure seemed like it. It clearly gave you validation that you found worth sharing, otherwise you wouldn't have mentioned it.

Anyhow, where are your stats for how most home-school kids are socially retarded and scarred for life?

Curious to find out where you learned your latest batch of knowledge.

Did you go to college? Still haven't answered that one, have you?

I've learned this batch of knowledge from interacting with home schooled kids. They're socially recluse. There's of course always exceptions to every rule.

I did go to college. I have my AA. Decided not to further my education because I got a job at a young age that is setting me up for a solid retirement, great pay and paid for over $200,000 in medical expenses. I have plenty of friends who went the University route and they are in over their head in student loans and can't find a job.

Is that question some kind of way to look down at me?

 

[The_Lillard_King]

OSAA rules prohibit this due to Jesuit offering similar athletic programs. It would be against OSAA rules for a home-schooled Beaverton kid to play at Jesuit, though, because of the tax money vs. tuition disparity.

OK, a kid goes to Valley Catholic that doesn't have a golf team. Can kid play on BHS golf team? Can they try out for the school musical, school play, how about student gov't?

Just don't get how a kid (or parent) choose not to be part of a school and then wants to represent that school on a sports team.

Club sports, YMCA, all types of different organization offer sports to high school kids. It's not like the kid can't find a place to play sports. Why should he/she be allowed to wear high school colors and represent school they don't attend?

 

[PapaG]

OK, a kid goes to Valley Catholic that doesn't have a golf team. Can kid play on BHS golf team? Can they try out for the school musical, school play, how about student gov't?

Just don't get how a kid (or parent) choose not to be part of a school and then wants to represent that school on a sports team.

Club sports, YMCA, all types of different organization offer sports to high school kids. It's not like the kid can't find a place to play sports. Why should he/she be allowed to wear high school colors and represent school they don't attend?

Yes, he can as long as he lives in the Beaverton HS boundaries. They can wear the HS colors because their parents are considered taxpayers if they reside within the school boundary.

 

[MickZagger]

link?

Impossible to quantify whether someone is socially awkward. Its one of those things you know from being around home schooled kids. Many that I've talked to wish they would have been able to do the public school route.

 

[PapaG]

I've learned this batch of knowledge from interacting with home schooled kids. They're socially recluse. There's of course always exceptions to every rule.

I did go to college. I have my AA. Decided not to further my education because I got a job at a young age that is setting me up for a solid retirement, great pay and paid for over $200,000 in medical expenses. I have plenty of friends who went the University route and they are in over their head in student loans and can't find a job.

Is that question some kind of way to look down at me?

Good for you, Zags. You seem to be a decent guy from what HCP has told me. Not sure why you try to argue things that you don't have a clue about, but I suppose I can be accused of the same thing at times.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

Yes, he can as long as he lives in the Beaverton HS boundaries. They can wear the HS colors because their parents are considered taxpayers if they reside within the school boundary.

You sound sure of yourself but I highly doubt a kid from a private school can try out for a public school team (if their school doesn't have a comparable program)

And again how far does this go, if they pay taxes can kid try for the high school play, for student body president?

There is no way parents and students allow a kid who doesn't go to the school to take a spot on a team away from a student who goes to the school. Don't know for sure but I'll bet your San Antonio/Blazer tickets on it.

 

[Run BJM]

There is no way parents and students allow a kid who doesn't go to the school to take a spot on a team away from a student who goes to the school.

This is what I was thinking. I went to a private high school that is big time into sports and know some people who switched high schools because they didn't make the baseball team. I know plenty of kids who would have absolutely tried to latch onto another baseball/football/golf/etc. team on another school after being cut. Its not fair to another school's students who are a part of that school community and, I can only assume, contributing to the betterment of that school itself that they get left off because someone who is not a part of that school wants to play.

I'm sure the homeschooled kids could make a team or find other non-school related organized sports.

And FWIW, in my experience interacting with kids who were homeschooled for some portion of their life, a lot of them are odd and have trouble socializing with others. They typically tended to be more knowledgeable and ahead of your average regular-school student though. Just seeing some of these kids' inability to socially maneuver has convinced me never to homeschool my own children.