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> band, golf house galas for the football team While golf house, band and football team are all nice things to have, they are heavily optional for providing a
by AlexTWithBeard 6y ago
> band, golf house galas for the football team
While golf house, band and football team are all nice things to have, they are heavily optional for providing a good fundamental education.
- throwawaygh 6y ago1. Sorry for the confusing grammar. In that sentence, the golf house is the location at which the gala for the football team is held. Not a resource for the school. (E.g., because the gold house is owned by a country club whose members are the parents of many of the football players.) 2. Band, sports teams, and other extra curricular are: a) often not de facto optional (the poorest districts in the country will scrape together the money for a football team), and b) actually serve an important social + educational function. There’s lots of data correlating long-term life outcomes with participation in after-school extra-curricular activities. 3. These districts also both directly and indirectly subsidize their educational offerings with charitable donations.