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Interesting....I did not know this!
posted by
Meringue
on January 9, 2006 at 4:15 PM
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You are so right
and this even permeates private schools. Our eldest son went to a private primary school for a while and I got a severe backlash from Head, teachers and other parents for cheering him on at sports day. The idea of 'I took part' is a complete nonsense and I wonder how many of those people will be disappointed in 2012 when we become the worst host nation; but, hey, we took part in the Olympics!
We are competitive and so are our children and no state or sub-culture is going to kill that. As Ian Wright used to say, 'if I'm just here to take part I may as well be a ball boy.'
posted by
malcolm
on January 9, 2006 at 12:30 PM
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Hmmmmm...
This is new information and thought provoking!!
Nice post!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on January 8, 2006 at 5:50 PM
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