School Gets in the Way for Student-Athletes

↵The Charlotte Observer looks at the plague that is late-night high school basketball. This season, schools cutting costs have played up to four games at the same gym in one evening, which means the last contest might not end until almost 11. Students complain about having trouble staying awake in class, and the teachers that double as coaches have the same problem.↵↵⇥“That teacher who coaches is so fatigued that they’re affecting 90 to 100 kids because they’re too dad-gum tired to teach,” [coach/teacher Scott] Brewer said. “So it’s video day or worksheet day, especially for somebody who teaches, say, English or Chemistry. And even a P.E. teacher will just sit on their can and roll the balls out.”↵↵There is nothing wrong with video day. Further, are we to believe these kids would be tucked into bed if they were home at 10? I mean, someone’s watching Jay Leno, and it sure ain’t adults with fully formed senses of comedic taste. (That’s a joke. Adults have terrible senses of humor. See: Ziller, Tom.) But seriously. I had no problem falling asleep in class in high school without the excuse of late-night athletic competition. And I know my ditto-heavy U.S. history teacher didn’t coach.
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↵There is a solution to all of this though: abolish school. That’s what they do at the college level. Seriously, what’s education even good for?↵