tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post19217648476069740..comments2023-10-11T04:38:51.793-07:00Comments on Accept The Challenge: Tee-Ball And Other Socialist TrapsChief Instructorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-7202433642387315832012-06-17T10:07:51.573-07:002012-06-17T10:07:51.573-07:00I have to say that I learned more from the challen...I have to say that I learned more from the challenges and failures than I did from the easy victories. <br /><br />When you take away the ability to fail (everyone is a winner) then you take away a learning tool. Plus, the real world has winners and losers and fair and unfair practices. If the first time the kid fails is when he is an adult, then he has been damaged by his upbringing and it leads to the me society we now face.Adamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-24383711862016590372012-06-16T11:40:50.475-07:002012-06-16T11:40:50.475-07:00Pearls, you hit it on the mark. I think most team...Pearls, you hit it on the mark. I think most team sports, if coached correctly, teach you more than "the game".<br /><br />You should always play to win. It's preferable to win than to lose. It's easy to be classy when you win, but how you lose shows your true character.<br /><br />Shy, so many parents don't get it that by doing their kids homework, or writing their term papers, or whatever, they are truly harming their kids.<br /><br />I relate it to a parent that has a child with a real disability. Say Downs Syndrome. (IMO) You must devote your life to that child for the rest of THEIR life. <br /><br />When you purposely disable your own child by not allowing them - encouraging them - to stretch and reach for the brass ring (and the possibility of missing and failing) you saddle yourself with their well-being for the rest of their lives. No bitching and moaning when your 45 year old kid still lives with you. YOU made them dependent upon you for their "success" so deal with it.Chief Instructorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13604561415860237705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-66351474233426216462012-06-14T20:58:45.015-07:002012-06-14T20:58:45.015-07:00Some parents of my students used to get really, ve...Some parents of my students used to get really, very, very pist when it came to test time and either, a) I told the student they weren't ready to test, or b) I let them take the test because mommy and daddy insisted they were correct and little Kiddie was ready... and they failed the test with no help from me, but a panel of judges from other schools. <br />Of course, those students never returned. In truth, I didn't care because they were lazy, never practiced outside the classroom, and even in class were lacadaisical and prone to watching others. (Too, they were probably disruptive in class and took an exhorbitant share of my time from others learning, in having to repeat everything.)<br />Of course (to relate this to your post), it's this same kind of student who is on the welfare rolls and wondering why they really have nothing and get no where when they 'try' to do something.<br />Regardless what the fool 'no contest' proponents believe, there's much to be said for beating the hell outta the opposing team and whooping it up afterwards.<br />Self respect is a much more valuable trait than self-agrandizment.Shy Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12708293970831678927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964596045360803212.post-81339175114056214362012-06-14T14:47:01.403-07:002012-06-14T14:47:01.403-07:00Our boys play competitive baseball. Littlest is ...Our boys play competitive baseball. Littlest is a Major and the older boy is on the JH homeschool team that usually plays the local 6A high school freshman teams. That means the JH usually gets slaughtered. But every now and then they play a team their own age and they destroy them. The JH coaches believe that playing so ahead of them now prepares them for HS. And it does. The homeschool HS team is one to be feared. Our older boy has his eyes on a prize and he will lose now to get it later. <br /><br />I love baseball. I love the life lessons it teaches. That it doesnt always go your way - its not fair - you were safe, but you were called out - you got hit with the ball - you hit someone with the ball - you had to run as a team because someone else didnt hussle.<br /><br />We knew we had found the right team when the coach said he is more concerned with making good men and using baseball to do it. Amen. Because when you have good boys - with good work ethic - you will have both good men and good baseball :)Pearlshttp://www.idrivemytractorinpearls.comnoreply@blogger.com