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Woodstock boys dominate Springfield
There was a time when it was tough to have a game on your schedule that included a trip to Dressel Gym in Springfield.
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Friday, January 22, 2016
Red-hot Woodstock runs away from Springfield
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Woodstock boys dominate Springfield
There was a time when it was tough to have a game on your schedule that included a trip to Dressel Gym in Springfield.
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No offense to the team, but this has to be an all-time low in Cosmos boy's basketball history.
ReplyDeleteAt least everyone will earn a participation trophy in this politically correct "everyone's a winner" national public indoctrination system.
Besides the fact that we just don't have the gifted, dedicated athletes of yesteryear. It was an honor to represent your school on the field or court. The Cosmos were a force to be reckoned with in almost every sport. Today we have couch potatoes with too many electronic gadgets. They don't want to make the commitment/sacrifices it takes to be near the top. (Too much interference from know-it-all parents hasn't helped, either.) If not for the VPA, we'd be a shoo-in with Div. IV.
DeleteMy feelings exactly. Unfortunately for a great group of boys they are experiencing the problem of a participation trophy society. Other schools were fortunate to not fall into this as deep as springfield. All springfield sports are suffering at this point right down to middle school. Not teaching very good life lessons by telling kids it's ok if your not good...as long as you play your a winner...
ReplyDeleteSchool is for teaching. It isn't clear to me what 'participation' sports is teaching. If the goal is what Mr. S thinks it is, or if it is 'the joys of regimentation', that ain't good. If it an effort to 'de-jock' varsity sports, why is that desirable? (There are 'jock-equivalents' all through life, getting used to it is part of getting educated, eh?)
ReplyDeleteWhy perform and achieve when the government will just take the money from those that do and give it to those that just exist in life? It is the road Springfield has chosen to go down with the full cooperation of the school system and the results are not very pretty. Life's lessons begin early and unfortunately Springfield's educators have the wrong textbooks for life in the real world.
DeleteBob, school is also for getting kids ready to be part of society. Playing sports teaches teamwork, integrity and trust.
DeleteThe participation award theory doesn't teach them anything except that no matter how hard you try, you are going to get the same as the kid who doesn't give their all.
Essentially it teaches them to be lazy. "Why try hard? Steve sits on his butt at practice and got the same award as me" it's the same thing that all you sheep following Bernie around are routing for. Free stuff......there is nothing free, our taxes pay for it. Who pays taxes? People who actually work, or try harder. The people who sit on their butt get the same thing and don't have to try harder.
Thanks anon 1:57. Thats,what I was shooting for in my comment exactly...guess you nailed it a little better. Lol and i agree with your entire comment including bernie......I would have tried to lay it out as good as you did but hell we got the same award anyways!
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