Yet we still worship top school athletes. Edit: I am amused that math instruction is "irrelevant" and puts unfair stress on students, but spending many hours p

Yet we still worship top school athletes. Edit: I am amused that math instruction is "irrelevant" and puts unfair stress on students, but spending many hours perfecting throwing a ball through an iron ring is somehow worthwhile because one has a microscopic chance at a short career playing pro ball. Even more amazing is that colleges consider rowing a boat as a leg up for qualification for admission. (There are even fewer careers available for boat-rowing than ball-throwing, if that is even possible.)