No surprise! Rise Academy Part 2!
“@AdamZagoria: Former #stjbb commit Norvel Pelle, whom I profiled this week, won't be cleared academically until at least August, sources told @SNYtv”
in all honesty and respect i truly believe that in this new age and generation a lot more kids may be developing learning disabilities in certain areas due to the increase in technology and the decrease of hands on do it yourself interaction. As much as social media and instant gratification outlets might make life a lot easier the reciprocal of that is the perpetual dumming down of our youth as well as society.
Interesting point Chille. Having worked in the developmental disabilities field for 30 + years, I am sensitive to such issues. In Norvel's case, however, IMO, academics aside, he does not seem to be dedicated
to working on his BBall development. He is probably a great kid, but I fear the parade will pass him by. Hope I am wrong.
its mind boggling that after a full year to get everything in order it still isnt enough for some of these kids.. shaking my head.
Unbelievable right. I mean do you know how bad a student or lazy or completely disinterested in academics you have to be to be more than 1 year removed from your senior year and still are not qualified to play college ball? 
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Well, we get to witness this train wreck that is about to happen but will soon end as it continues careening down the tracks. Norvel is playing AAU ball close to home as we know from the SNY piece posted on zags, but the distrubing part is his AAU coach is trying to help him qualify with online courses, making sure "things are done right." Huh? - Things done right? That is ridiculous. I am beside myself. I cannot fathom how the 2A will allow this to pass as a qualifying standard. What am I missing? What kind of hair brained advice is Norvel currently receiving? will that strategy actually work? I say no.
BTW, the talk of social media, constant cell phone use, etc, in today's ever fast-paced world is leading to brain fatigue, and it's speculated its hypothesized by researchers that our brains may eventually evolve to handle this constant bombardment of stimulation. From my simplistic view, it seems to make sense. But a lot of headaches will occur on the way to that place!