AtomicDawg
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If you can't pass classes at UW with ALL of the academis advisors you have at your fingertips you are stoopid.
Seriously, UW has the best or at worst one of the best academis support programs for athletes in the country. IDIOTS. UGH.
They are idiots, but it's probably somewhat hard to live a shitty life and not give a single fuck about school up through high school and then have to turn it on. I'm sure you saw first hand at O'Dea how far behind some of these athletes are. At my high school, there were kids (the best athletes) who could barely read a Dr. Seuss book.
The players should be able to pass, but not everyone is equal and these guys still have to take the tests, etc. I am a critical asshole about many things. Academis for an inner city kid isn't one of them.
Unless an inner city kid is just stupid, and many are, I blame the parenting more than anything. Too many of their parents don't value education, set rules, and apply discipline the way they should. And the cycle repeats, over and over again.
I know you are being sarcastic but inner city kids are not fortunate enough to have parents. And if they have one it is typically just a mom and not like being raised by my two dads.