Reply #67: One wonders sometimes.... [View All]

[sendero]

... I can understand the point being made, a little - but where does it end?

Dissolve all sports teams because those who don't make the team feel bad? (BTW, I never made any team in HS, I tried once :))

I have 3 sons. One is doing very very well academically. He is not really a competitive person IMHO. Another does well when he wants to. The third is learning-disabled (as well as other problems) and struggles to learn to read and do math (he is doing better than we dared hope, thanks to Kumon).

I would not dream of hiding the academic successes of others for the benefit of my struggling son. This isn't something that will help him grow into a functioning adult in the long term.

I think a lot of these PARENTS are the problem - they cannot accept that their spawn isn't the "excellent best". Shame on them.