Don't worry, we'll still enjoy our cricket
Mar 24th 2007, 7:46 pm
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Re: Don't worry, we'll still enjoy our cricket
On 24/03/07 22:54, in article
[email protected], "Jean O'Boyle"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Must have been a long time ago since you went to school, then...I played on
> a basket ball team during my high school years and we competed against other
> high schools...Also had softball and track meet competitions.
Indeed very long since I am 75. The "college" I went to, Caltech (1950-54),
had no women, all men at that time. Now they have women and women sports
teams.
The sports were not "professionalize" at Caltech and the coaches welcomed
anybody who wanted to sign up. The football coach had problems getting
enough guys to join the team, usually enough for 2.5 to 3 teams. People
were not kicked off the team because of lack of talent, if they left they
did so because of that.
> Most all the high schools in our city have football teams that compete
> against each other on Friday nights during football season.. As do their
> basketball teams but not to the same extent. Even our nine year old grandson
> participates in basketball and baseball teams competitions at his elementary
> school level. They also play soccer during recess.
> Some of our high schools have gyms with swimming pools as part of their
> athletic curriculum.
>
>> Private clubs will train people and organize competition but
>> this was not an educational mission are either the high
>> school or university level. There are some educators in the US
>> who feel that way especially about college or university sport
>> teams. The idea of an athletic scholarship certainly has
>> some absurd features. Intellectual excellence is not involved
>> and one has handing out support on the basis of what the student
>> will do for the team. Although the system has changed, at one
>> time this system brought in some inferior students and courses
>> were organized for the soudou�s so they could pass and continue on.
>
> I do not approve of athletic scholarships...too much concentration on sports
> and not enough, if any, on learning.
> If they fail in sports, they have no skills at all to rely upon to lead a
> productive life.
>
> Jean in Texas
Exercise is necessary to clear the brain a bit.
French sports activity continues on after the high school and college years.
There are local basketball teams. And you see an enormous number of
cyclists, even the older, on the roads in the provences on a weekend.
In some areas the French develop excellence almost by accident. They do
well in international judo competitions because, n-years ago, some Japanese
judo trainer came to France, organized a school and that spread. They have
improved remarkedly in swimming over the years.
The Government has a "The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports ("Ministre de
la Jeunesse et des Sports"", although occasionally it is down graded and
regrouped with the Minister of National Education.
>
>
[email protected], "Jean O'Boyle"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Must have been a long time ago since you went to school, then...I played on
> a basket ball team during my high school years and we competed against other
> high schools...Also had softball and track meet competitions.
Indeed very long since I am 75. The "college" I went to, Caltech (1950-54),
had no women, all men at that time. Now they have women and women sports
teams.
The sports were not "professionalize" at Caltech and the coaches welcomed
anybody who wanted to sign up. The football coach had problems getting
enough guys to join the team, usually enough for 2.5 to 3 teams. People
were not kicked off the team because of lack of talent, if they left they
did so because of that.
> Most all the high schools in our city have football teams that compete
> against each other on Friday nights during football season.. As do their
> basketball teams but not to the same extent. Even our nine year old grandson
> participates in basketball and baseball teams competitions at his elementary
> school level. They also play soccer during recess.
> Some of our high schools have gyms with swimming pools as part of their
> athletic curriculum.
>
>> Private clubs will train people and organize competition but
>> this was not an educational mission are either the high
>> school or university level. There are some educators in the US
>> who feel that way especially about college or university sport
>> teams. The idea of an athletic scholarship certainly has
>> some absurd features. Intellectual excellence is not involved
>> and one has handing out support on the basis of what the student
>> will do for the team. Although the system has changed, at one
>> time this system brought in some inferior students and courses
>> were organized for the soudou�s so they could pass and continue on.
>
> I do not approve of athletic scholarships...too much concentration on sports
> and not enough, if any, on learning.
> If they fail in sports, they have no skills at all to rely upon to lead a
> productive life.
>
> Jean in Texas
Exercise is necessary to clear the brain a bit.
French sports activity continues on after the high school and college years.
There are local basketball teams. And you see an enormous number of
cyclists, even the older, on the roads in the provences on a weekend.
In some areas the French develop excellence almost by accident. They do
well in international judo competitions because, n-years ago, some Japanese
judo trainer came to France, organized a school and that spread. They have
improved remarkedly in swimming over the years.
The Government has a "The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports ("Ministre de
la Jeunesse et des Sports"", although occasionally it is down graded and
regrouped with the Minister of National Education.
>
>
