Everyone’s A Winner
‘THE problem about sport is that there has to be a winner (the Aussie) and a loser (the Brit).
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But, with Tiger Tim Henman bowing out of Wimbledon yesterday, it appears we have at last found a way to bring up our children not to be losers.
We have abolished school sports day and replaced it with a non-competitive fun day a day in which everyones a winner (except theyre not because that would imply that someone lost).
The Mail reports that 50% of schools have not scheduled a school sports day this year and the trend is very much away from competitive sport.
As you would expect, Sport England (the body set up to promote sport in this country) have got a few words to say about this.
But wait for it it appears that they think its a jolly good idea. In fact, they are the body that is encouraging schools to go down this route.
The paper says schools are urged to adopt a zoned approach with teams of pupils moving around a range of activities, which could even include corporate-style problem-solving exercises.
As so often, where Britain leads the rest of the world will follow and it is only a matter of time before Building A Tyroleon Rope Bridge becomes an Olympic sport.
Of course, in the spirit of the event, all countries who enter will receive a gold medal, which could make for something of a crowded podium during the playing of the 197 national anthems.
But were sure thats not anything our corporate-style problem solvers can’t sort out between them…’
Posted: 1st, July 2004 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
