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I was painfully truthful with difficult child 2 tonight.
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 455973" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The whole "team sports" thing is highly overrated as a socializing exercise. We've had to drop ALL competitive sports, and are fighting for exemption from PE - not winning on exemption, but have a deferral for now... at least we have more time to fight. The problem with PE is... its still 90% centered around competitive sport. The problem with competitive sport is... either you are REALLY good - at least at some special-teams task, at least at ONE key skill - you are worth NOTHING. And it doesn't matter what the coaches and teachers say... even if THEY don't see it that way, the other kids do.</p><p></p><p>For the next round, you might want to consider something less competitive. Lifeguard Club? In particular, has each kid working independently toward NLS certification, while allowing for socialization etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 455973, member: 11791"] The whole "team sports" thing is highly overrated as a socializing exercise. We've had to drop ALL competitive sports, and are fighting for exemption from PE - not winning on exemption, but have a deferral for now... at least we have more time to fight. The problem with PE is... its still 90% centered around competitive sport. The problem with competitive sport is... either you are REALLY good - at least at some special-teams task, at least at ONE key skill - you are worth NOTHING. And it doesn't matter what the coaches and teachers say... even if THEY don't see it that way, the other kids do. For the next round, you might want to consider something less competitive. Lifeguard Club? In particular, has each kid working independently toward NLS certification, while allowing for socialization etc. [/QUOTE]
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