Reply #37: I think you're missing my point [View All]

[4_Legs_Good]

which means that they were RIGHT and I shouldn't have been in GATE because I can't make a simple argument properly!!!

:)

Anyway, you're right that nobody trains for years for JV Volleyball, and that if someone did and made the team they would be at a disadvantage. But they would have made the team.

Maybe the kid just loves the shape of the volleyball that much, loves the idea of one day playing on the beach in the local VB club, etc. They *could* hire a trainer, exercise, eat properly, and in all other ways work their ass off to make the team. But there is a way they can do it.

With GATE, at least in my experience, there was NO way to enter the program once you failed the 2nd grade test. You were excluded, and I KNOW for a fact that I could have done all the work that the people who were in GATE did in High School. Maybe in the lower grades where it's somehow more inherent ability, I woulda failed, but in HS?

Gah, I should stop being so bitter and go watch some TV.

david