Since the inception of Title IX there has been a needed push for equality between the sexes when it came to high school and college athletics. No doubt and with full support from this corner, that law has helped improve the experience for girls and their experiences in school. In no way should discrimination be accepted or allowed.What I want to write about has nothing to do with gender. We have seen a push for all high school related activites to be pushed and treated equally. No one group should receive more money than the others, no one group should receive preferential treatment, no one group should receive more gym time, etc. And I truly believe that is a great idea and something that should be strived for...there should be equal recognition, maybe even more so for those activities that do not get the same attention from the community.
But to think that all school related activities are equal is to turn a blind eye to reality. They are not equal. Not all activities have message boards, do not get the same attendance or even close to the same coverage in the local papers. Not all activities' coaches, teachers, or other leadership are judged on a regular basis by the community and can be ultimately fired for failure not by doing something illegal, but just by being "not good enough".
Now, with that being said, I think that every single activity is important to a school. I believe that every single activity needs recognition at a school. I believe that every single activity gives some students a chance to be more than just a student at our school. But to think that all activities are equal does an injustice to all activities.
