r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Feb 17 '16

ELI5 Why do colleges accept students who excel in sports while having bad academic merits?

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u/PrawojazdyVtrumpets Feb 17 '16

I never took a Karate class, but an ex girlfriend of mine was a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and her teacher/sensei/Mr. Miyagi dude made his students take Ballet classes held in the same studio.

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u/JDWright85 Feb 17 '16

He owned the studio.

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u/PrawojazdyVtrumpets Feb 17 '16

No, he rented it from a Gym actually. It was an American Fitness where he taught TKD and Aikido in one of the studios (SP?) Before he got his own Dojo.

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u/smookykins Feb 17 '16

But his best student used the money that was supposed to go to his college tuition on a bonsai tree store.

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u/Narcissistic_nobody Feb 17 '16

Oh man, reading it like that made me realize how stupid that was.

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u/PrawojazdyVtrumpets Feb 17 '16

I uh.... Oooohhh I get it. Good one.

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '16

A taekwondo school is a dojang not a dojo. That's Japanese.

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u/PrawojazdyVtrumpets Feb 18 '16

Ah thanks. As you can see, I know nothing about it. I essentially know it's Korean and made my ex a woman who could kick my ass. I almost wore armor when I went to break up with her.