my 9 yr old keeps asking me what his particular talent is, thinks we can
only have one bless him. bit of hypothetical sport related gossip;
PRIMARY SCHOOL BOARD OF GOVERNORS meeting and my hypothetical wife the
other evening. Shock horror!! in aob the possibility of the children
being allowed to watch the world cup semi-final if ( i know its a big
if, but i retain insight) england get through; it being held apparently,
on a week day. HRH the HM and his sidekick the chair voted against this
most important item and were out-voted by a stroppy board. you'll never
guess what, but the
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask]
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Dr Paul Attwood
> Sent: 18 June 1998 22:06
> To: GP UK
> Subject: Re: sports day (Re: Is God private?)
>
>
> >
> >>Jennifer Kay typed:
> >>
> >>> P.S. Hotch, how did you perform at Sport's day?
> >
> >
> >Hotch replied:
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >>Anyway, I had an interesting conversation with one of
> >>the other parents who is a teacher at a state school.
> >>I knew he has an older boy in addition to the one in
> >>the same year as mine. I commented that he must be
> >>bored with sports days. He said this was the first
> >>proper one he'd been to. At the school where he works
> >>they do not encourage "competitive" sports like running.
> >>
> >>erk!
> >
> Very sad that and seems to be fairly common this end of the
> island. Communal
> games, team approach and if one has to do a first/last game
> then downplay
> the winner and all the rest get big "I took part" stickers.
>
> I queried this in the context of GB going down the tubes of
> competitive
> international sport and that life itself is a competition and
> was put down
> with the scathing "There is only one winner and many losers,
> it is for the
> greater good to make the many feel better" :-((
>
> Is this the way forward? Surely most of us can do something
> well? I remember
> one boy who was crap at academia and sport but was immensely
> popular because
> of his humour and ability to fart with his hand and armpit
> (combo)! ;-))
>
>
> Paul Attwood
> GP Thanet
>
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