LOL - one thing ALL the swim coaches say is that swimming teaches time management - you have to be good at it in order to get your homework done and be able to make it to practice- and it's even more true as they get older and do two a days several times a week. Our rule is - homework first, then swimming!
I can second that. Someone at high school muttered that they always had to plan Honor Society events around our dance schedule. Someone else wondered how we could have such a high percentage of Honor Society people when we "never went to class".
We refused to tell them, but I'll come clean now. We spent 2-3 hours on a bus going somewhere, you sat next to Dean if you were having trouble with your Chemistry, or next to Karen if you were having trouble with your Math, and got personal tutoring all the way to New Jersey.
I think it's kind of a mix. There are athletic girls that try hard but might never have the best grades, and others that do. Just like everything else in life. I was thinking about this - and will say at least from my hockey experience as a "grown-up" - the women for the most part are pretty accomplished - but there are definitely a couple that are very skilled who aren't exactly role models. Same with the guys. Though, on the higher skill side, the popular thinking is that most hockey players are pretty smart - it's not a game for the simple to succeed at. Too complicated. But, that doesn't mean everyone is. I will say that in coaching hockey at a prep school (famous not for sports but who goes there & academics) the head coach, and all of us made it really clear - you better be keeping up your classwork - and not just Cs. Plus, the school required the kids to do 2 team sports in an academic year. For hockey - that meant I had a pretty full JV & Development program - but the kids were great.
I think that with sports that require a lot of dedication, practice the kids that succeed and continue are kids/people with the patience, mental skills to do that. And it definitely keeps 'em off the streets.
Having played a few sports kind of seriously growing up and in college this is just an interesting thought. I didn't know any "dumb" tennis players, the swim team had a little more variety, but again - getting up at 5am forever tended to keep the non-serious away. Basketball - well, that was more of a mix. And you can't make any conclusions from mainstream things like little league or little kids football. I know some pretty not too bright guys who played one of those sports through school - OTOH - DH is pretty bright (tee hee) and gets mad when I call him a jock - which he clearly is. But, the guys like him are more in the minority. Maybe with girls sports the population playing them is starting to normalize. Whatever
- I still think it's good, and team sports do teach socialization skills, etc. Interesting to note how people that do team vs individual sports differ in their personality, or which they're better at - and yet some people can do both.
Just thinking.
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Hi Bobbie, I enjoyed the pictures. Kaito is so cute! -Evelyn
Thanks Evelyn,
I can't wait to introduce Aya to Celebrations of Needlework. She is always asking me if various X-stitch is "Too difficult " for her. I thought that she did well on the charted photo that I did and she could not wait for me to mail her a complete set of Q-Snaps. She also had me order a kit from The Stitchery. She choose a baby birth record with trucks and cars, but was afraid that she couldn't chart the name herself.
As for Kaito, he is a gem and was very good even with a different time schedule. It worked out as DH Tony and DD Sarah got to spent time with him when they got off work (3pm-midnight shift). They generally don't get to bed before 4am. HTsee you at Celebrations, BobbieV
Thanks Evelyn,
I can't wait to introduce Aya to Celebrations of Needlework. She is always asking me if various X-stitch is "Too difficult " for her. I thought that she did well on the charted photo that I did and she could not wait for me to mail her a complete set of Q-Snaps. She also had me order a kit from The Stitchery. She choose a baby birth record with trucks and cars, but was afraid that she couldn't chart the name herself.
As for Kaito, he is a gem and was very good even with a different time schedule. It worked out as DH Tony and DD Sarah got to spent time with him when they got off work (3pm-midnight shift). They generally don't get to bed before 4am. HTsee you at Celebrations, BobbieV
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