text: You see, we are trying everything to stay on this team. We are either spending too much time on our homework and not practicing, or to much time practicing and not on our homework! I do not think that you should change the school policy because things are pretty great the way they are now. Everybody is getting along, nobody is fighting. The kids were fine with maintaining a grade C average. They had no problem with that. That is because at this age, when they are juggling relationships, body odor, sports, and everything else that has to do with adolescence, trying to get good grades could really stress them out. In all sincerity, it is true that they don't need to have so many things to get worked up about. They don't specifically need all the other things, but they don't care. For some, sports is all they care about. It is what keeps them alive. It's what makes them want to come to school, the fact that they will be able to play sports after it will be over. Some of these kids didn't come from great families. Some may be suicidal. Some just are not capable of getting a grade B average. Nothing was wrong with the old policy.