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chikki · 70-79, M
I would disagree with that...it does matter. AT school pupils have to learn to do their best and put effort into everything they do. Take the cross country, if a boy always does well but comes in nearly last because he has been talking all the way round the course and can sprint t the finish the only reason can be a lack of effort. bOYS must put effort into everything they do and in a case like this some "encouragement" to put effort in next time in the form of a couple of whacks with a slipper on his bottom is fully vestified and in order.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@chikki
Maybe, but the point of PE and sports is to develop physical stamina and fitness.
Schools exist, or should exist, to prepare children to become useful, responsible adults, hopefully with the better ones entering vital professions or skilled trades according to their interests and abilities; but sports are not academic and being good at them won't help find employment - except perhaps in sports.
Such "encouragement" might bully a child into doing well by some artificial measure in something in which he has no interest, but out of fear, and why? For whose benefit? Not his. You cannot force anyone to succeed in your choice of that success.
I was moderately good at middle-distance running but otherwise hopeless at sports at school, and had no interest in them. I developed my own physical pursuit, but long-distance walking, not athletic sports. I think my PE Teacher once observed on my end-of Year report, that I had some interest in volleyball - that was true but I was no good at it! On another he observed that I seemed physically weak - probably true.
Our school had an annual cross-country, three races on one day by pairs of Years, I think half-a-century later. These were compulsory so one year I thought I may as well make more effort and actually came in fairly near the top. Next year, they reduced the field to those top-half boys - including me! Rude words! I trotted round quite gently with another boy of like mind, so we were not last but not far from it. Next year they made me a marshall instead, with another non-runner at a very muddy field gate, so much more fun than running through it.
Maybe, but the point of PE and sports is to develop physical stamina and fitness.
Schools exist, or should exist, to prepare children to become useful, responsible adults, hopefully with the better ones entering vital professions or skilled trades according to their interests and abilities; but sports are not academic and being good at them won't help find employment - except perhaps in sports.
Such "encouragement" might bully a child into doing well by some artificial measure in something in which he has no interest, but out of fear, and why? For whose benefit? Not his. You cannot force anyone to succeed in your choice of that success.
I was moderately good at middle-distance running but otherwise hopeless at sports at school, and had no interest in them. I developed my own physical pursuit, but long-distance walking, not athletic sports. I think my PE Teacher once observed on my end-of Year report, that I had some interest in volleyball - that was true but I was no good at it! On another he observed that I seemed physically weak - probably true.
Our school had an annual cross-country, three races on one day by pairs of Years, I think half-a-century later. These were compulsory so one year I thought I may as well make more effort and actually came in fairly near the top. Next year, they reduced the field to those top-half boys - including me! Rude words! I trotted round quite gently with another boy of like mind, so we were not last but not far from it. Next year they made me a marshall instead, with another non-runner at a very muddy field gate, so much more fun than running through it.
CheesePickle · 41-45, C
@chikki I agree. Effort is required.