Although this topic has nothing to do with what we have talked about so far in Paideia 2 so far, I think it is a topic that needs to be addressed in U.S schools. The issue is sports versus music and why schools are forcing students to choose one or the other. Yet, colleges want students to be well rounded in their education and extra-curricular activities. Students are either in the music/art department or they are in the athletics, never setting foot in a band or choir room. Is this okay? It seems to be with school administration who set up the schedules at school, usually overlapping musical practices with athletic ones. In my own high school, there was a huge divide between the two programs and even the school was set up so that students involved in either could go a whole day without seeing one another.
We need to start emphasizing that students don't have to choose one identity or the other. They should be allowed to both if that is what they really want. Administrators and Activities Directors should schedule things that allow students to participate in a variety of extra-curricular areas. Schools need to stop de-emphasizing athletics and teach kids that music, and arts are just as "cool."
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