Fun, fair, positive. No child left behind. Everyone is equal.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...ield-day-flyer-sent-home-by-daughters-school/
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Field day flyer says winning will be kept at a minimum
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This is when children need to learn that there are winners and losers. Some are better at certain things then others. How does this help the kids in preparing for their future?
When I read winning was to be kept at a minimum, I assumed this was a field day being held at Jordan-Hare Stadium.
They just don't want to see students/children excel in sports/athletic endeavors. This is also probably true in the classroom for academic studies.
I always tell my grand kids to be the best they can be and not to settle for mediocrity. I tell them that if they do not do their best, then they are only hurting that person that they see in the mirror each day!
This field day emphasizes mediocrity. In life don't do your best, just have fun coming in a tie for last place.
Oh also, when it's time to get a job in this cold, cruel world, don't worry since the educational system has been dummed down. Dumb will be competing against dumber! Uh oh! It's required that everyone be dumber!
At least they don't need to bother teaching the kids how to write a resume. Who would hire someone who doesn't try to excel at anything?
Otoh, that's a perfect recipe for a new generation of welfare recipients..
Otoh, that's a perfect recipe for a new generation of welfare recipients..
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I wonder exactly how they are going to curtail winning. If they have a game or contest of some sort, someone will win. Even if you don't pass out ribbons, there will still be winners and losers and those playing will know who won.
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The upside to this sort of mindset - which is so rampant among parents today - is that those of us who instill and support the competitive spirit in our children will be able to enjoy watching them as they surpass these whiny idiots in their lives / careers with relative ease.
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"teach the children quietly, for someday sons and daughters will rise up and fight while we stood still"
Which is exactly the point, I think. Teach them, while they are young, to not emphasize "winning". It will make it that much easier to defeat them when and where it really counts.
The "American Spirit" is to win. Win every game, every engagement and every war. To be victorious over all opponents and enemies. Attitudes like the above will do nothing but kill that spirit.
We don't need that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT3pNDJPFfc
I seem to repost this frequently, but it was written so many years ago and we are now seeing it all come true.
I seem to repost this frequently, but it was written so many years ago and we are now seeing it all come true.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor, timid spirits who know neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt - 1899
Theodore Roosevelt - 1899
Which messiah are you talking about? Good Christians know Jesus was white and whoever is nominated in the second coming will be too.
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