In response to the June 30 article regarding Lewiston High School’s newly proposed sport eligibility policy, if that policy were to pass it would be a disgrace to the Maine education system.

The athletic director proposes to decrease the number of credits during freshman year from five to four. Additionally, he also proposes to increase the credits required between sophomore and end of junior year to seven. That makes a 40 percent increase, providing poor allocation.

The message would clearly be sent to those respective students to do the bare minimum.

Why not challenge the students?

Implementing that change would only be counterintuitive to the curriculum, as it would essentially allow for freshmen to slack off, while preparing and focusing diligently on athletics.

Seem backward? In the most critical of years in a student’s education, freshmen at LHS will be gaining insight into what it takes to underachieve and give the minimalist amount of effort to cheat the educational system in which taxpayer dollars get flushed down the toilet.

That is exactly why this generation of students struggle in college and the workforce.

What ever happened to students being encouraged to learn? What ever happened to students seeking out the resources they need to be successful and to receive the most out of their educational experience?

At this point, do not look to Lewiston for those answers.

Unfortunately, this is another case of the classic stereotype where secondary education is just that: secondary to none other than athletics.

Elijah Breton, Poland

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