leadcounsel wrote:
A tragic lesson of quitting and weakness. Very irresponsible for these parents and a bad lesson to teach teens that if it's hard or a bit dangerous then quit.
Looking back at my old football pics out of curiosity when I was in middle school, we had about 25-30 kids on the team. By the time of high school, for various reasons (delinquency, drugs, grades, interest) our varsity team only had 15-20 at most. I do remember there were a few games that, because of illness or injuries we were barely able to field 11 healthy bodies. We had 18 on my senior year team of varying skill from barely able to play and even some with college potential. We never posted a winning season in my HS football career, but we played hard and had fun. Never considered quitting, and I cannot imagine the humiliation of quitting.
Just have to shake my head at the weak kids we are producing, from weak minded policies and parents.
Exactly my concern with the whole thing. I'm afraid it is just the tip of the iceberg of how our kids and grandkids are being taught in schools. (Along with how they are now taught about buddah, islam, and other religions, now, and if they mention christianity it's like a nuclear bomb fell...)
