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I think you might have misunderstood. Or maybe I misunderstood you. I have no issue with the video games or sports as long as a balance is maintained. My point to the other poster is about being realistic in the possibilities be it professional in video games or sports. The percentage of those who go on to careers in these fields is very very low.
Sorry, it was just a tangent I went off on a little, though it is still relevant to the thread. People can have a balance, but no one overall is really worrying about sports fans. Always about the detriments of video games period, no matter how much or how little people play or how well they are managing their responsibilities.
I also believe there's more chance these days of being a professional gamer vs. a pro athlete.
Hmm, no I assumed by there being a "funding ban" and it being "public schools" that it would be related to organized sports programs...
I didn't see anything about a funding ban in the post from BentBow. To tell the truth I haven't studied the issue in the UK. On a conceptual level I'm against doing away with competitiveness, but I know that's slowly happening.
I didn't see anything about a funding ban in the post from BentBow. To tell the truth I haven't studied the issue in the UK. On a conceptual level I'm against doing away with competitiveness, but I know that's slowly happening.
Hmm don't know where I read funding into that - perhaps a bleed in to my feeble mind from another thread I was concurrently reading. Regardless, my assumption was that it was regarding organized sports rather than ad hoc sports. Perhaps I was wrong?
Basically, they can teach teamwork. Know what else can teach teamwork? Video games.
That is about it, and teamwork can easily be taught in other ways that
A) Could impart lessons to everyone, not just the small subset of students on the sports teams
B) Expend far less resources that sports currently do in our public education system
Everyone knows that school sports are REALLY about entertainment - anything else is just trying to put lipstick on a pig.
Basically. Competitive school sports in public education are a waste of time and money. If parents think their precious cinnamon roll is a star athlete who will break into the pro's, they can do that on their own time. It's disgusting to know that there are school districts in America with a bigger sports program than science program. That there are schools that have little to no foreign language department but pretty stadiums for a tiny segment of their student body.
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Originally Posted by BentBow
In the UK, all competitive sports are BANNED in public education and people below the age of 21.
They don't want to offend and hurt the feelings of the LOSERS!
Watch the damage this does to the lazy generations to come.
Whereas in the real world, there is no lesson that competitive sports can teach that cannot be taught in other, more effective, ways. Whereas in the real world, many publicly-funded schools and school districts spend more money per athlete than they do per math student.
America merely rewards mediocrity in letting "star athletes" skate through education with **** poor grades. Far more pathetic, imo. Schadenfreude is watching some local "star athlete" ignore their academics because they could kick or catch a ball to later find out that they are low-tier when faced against other local "star athletes" from across the country.
I'd rather more people play video games than get sucked into grade school competitive sports.
Basically. Competitive school sports in public education are a waste of time and money. If parents think their precious cinnamon roll is a star athlete who will break into the pro's, they can do that on their own time. It's disgusting to know that there are school districts in America with a bigger sports program than science program. That there are schools that have little to no foreign language department but pretty stadiums for a tiny segment of their student body.
Whereas in the real world, there is no lesson that competitive sports can teach that cannot be taught in other, more effective, ways. Whereas in the real world, many publicly-funded schools and school districts spend more money per athlete than they do per math student.
America merely rewards mediocrity in letting "star athletes" skate through education with **** poor grades. Far more pathetic, imo. Schadenfreude is watching some local "star athlete" ignore their academics because they could kick or catch a ball to later find out that they are low-tier when faced against other local "star athletes" from across the country.
I'd rather more people play video games than get sucked into grade school competitive sports.
Not true. If you were on my highschools sports team you were to hold a B average. 80 or better or turn in your jersey.
And you weren't to get in any trouble or you sat the bench and boy did you pay for it...
Not true. If you were on my highschools sports team you were to hold a B average. 80 or better or turn in your jersey.
And you weren't to get in any trouble or you sat the bench and boy did you pay for it...
Was C's at least in the school I attended. But none of that addresses that the "C" work was often "D" or "F" work. How many of those B's should have actually been C's/D's... As well as those B's often being in sub college prep remedial courses that basically anything with a pulse could pass...
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