On Friday evening, I was driving my son home for the weekend from his cooking job. As we listened to the radio, a sports commentary came on the air. After a minute or two of this palaver, J.P. muttered:
“I hate sports.”
A warm glow suffusing my body, I realized that my duty as a parent had been discharged.
I hate them too. Thank goodness I'm not the only one.
ReplyDeleteI'm that way about grammar.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean that people who are literate and who also like occasional forays into sports should give up one or the other? . Both my nieces played (the operative verb being "played") sports in high school and struggled through with 4.00 averages, while taking A.P. (not Associated Press) courses. They continue to do well in college and graduate school. I think the self-satisfied smirks are a tad elitist (Oh! No! She used the E word!) And I know for a certainty that some St John's students manage to combine both quite successfully - they also manage to stay fitter, longer. (That doesn't mean I recommend listening to countless hours of ESPN blah blah blah: it's the same as listening to CNN blah blah blah, and the babblers are just as articulate.)
ReplyDeleteIt only means that parents like it when their kids share their values.
ReplyDeleteEspecially if their values are minority values.
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