Since I was prompted, the gifted coach/teacher I mentioned in my last post was eventually forced to give up his position because vocal (and influential...read 'monied') parents objected to his philosophy of rotating players, and letting every kid carry the ball. It seems he was interfering with the future of the NFL quarterbacking career of some of the 10 year-olds, who were destined for greatness, and lucrative careers...and the league complied.
I am writing a book about this sick phenomena, based on my experiences of 35 years....stay tuned...
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Where are those same parents when it comes to pushing for affective changes in the 21st century learning our kids need to be doing? That's right. In the stands waiting for the youth NFL/MLB/etc season to begin.
These are the same parents that do not want the school to publish student pictures or names on the school website, but they have no issue with the newspaper doing the exact same thing to a larger audience because their gifted athlete is being shown off to the world.
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