No.- Parents sports day video dispute warning
Would anyone of you behave in this fashion? Parents bringing in video evidence of their child crossing the finishing line ahead of others who were actually awarded the place by teachers on the day.
Evidence? For a kids sports day? Bloody hell some people need to get a grip.
Ha! Yeah.No.
Competition is essential in development.
As I look back on my life I realise I don't have a competitive bone in my body.Ha! Yeah.
Get more parents flooding the school with evidence of serious wrongdoing at sports days.
It's the difference between a gold medal, fame and standing on a podium or abject failure..
Would surely scar a child for life if they finished first but the teacher in Year 3 had them down as second wouldn't it.
Completely. This is primary school for pity's sake, not the World Athletics Championships.Maybe if it was older kids in America where sports scholarships and university places could depend on the result. But a primary school sports day in England is nuts.
Bollox.Completely. This is primary school for pity's sake, not the World Athletics Championships.
- Parents sports day video dispute warning
Would anyone of you behave in this fashion? Parents bringing in video evidence of their child crossing the finishing line ahead of others who were actually awarded the place by teachers on the day.
Evidence? For a kids sports day? Bloody hell some people need to get a grip.
The heavy knife handle on the ankle trick ?As I look back on my life I realise I don't have a competitive bone in my body.
Exemplified by school Sports day.
Divided into four houses I was good enough to be first or second in 2-3 events but 6-7-8 in the finals.
I didn't see the point and still don't though it Maybe is costing me .
To the extent back then I tried to injure myself and not run .
Shhhsh .The heavy knife handle on the ankle trick ?
Why does that not at all surprise me.I can empathise with it to an extent and have demanded a result was changed in my child’s favour (but not a Sports day thing) on more than one occasion.
Why does that not at all surprise me.
At a school sports day? By presenting video evidence to the head teacher?You participate to win and injustice needs pointing out.
At a school sports day? By presenting video evidence to the head teacher?
Seriously?
If that was my daughter and she finished 1st, but was given 2nd by the teachers, I would have just said to her ' We know you actually won, but it doesn't matter. Well done anyway.'
It's a sports day I am referring to though and a primary school one at that.It’s not a Sports day I’m referring to but something else. In the end though as I pointed out on one occasion if it’s a registered charity where you let someone whose lost win and a winner is a loser it’s a terrible life lesson
Only winners achieve
At a school sports day? By presenting video evidence to the head teacher?
Seriously?
If that was my daughter and she finished 1st, but was given 2nd by the teachers, I would have just said to her ' We know you actually won, but it doesn't matter. Well done anyway.'
It’s not a Sports day I’m referring to but something else. In the end though as I pointed out on one occasion if it’s a registered charity where you let someone whose lost win and a winner is a loser it’s a terrible life lesson
Only winners achieve
Yup. Got it in one.You're a better man than me Otis. I'd have probably said 'who gives a bollox', and then got told off again for swearing.
Seriously though, at the risk of sounding like an old codger what I try to tell my kids about sport is that sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but the important thing is to enjoy it and give it a good go. Sometimes decisions will go your way, and sometimes they won't. Take it on the chin and get on with it or risk looking like a spoilt, entitled brat (never a good look for a grown adult, in my opinion).
Parents will always get offended.Isn’t it about just taking part? Thought schools didn’t want winners and losers anymore so people don’t get offended
Is that right?It’s not a Sports day I’m referring to but something else. In the end though as I pointed out on one occasion if it’s a registered charity where you let someone whose lost win and a winner is a loser it’s a terrible life lesson
Only winners achieve
In some ways I agree and it shouldn't matter. On the other hand if it isn't competitive then why bother pretending it is a competition, just have games instead. If someone is to be declared the winner then it matters that they are the winner, otherwise why not just have a race and then don't give out any places or prizes. It happened at my daughter's sports day. They mixed up which kids had finished in each place and then gave out the wrong positions.
You are right there is no point disputing it but it is disappointing for the kids who have tried hard and they think it matters and because it smacks of incompetence.
Yeah, totally agree and agree on cutting corners etc.Is it really disappointing to the kids though, or is that just a projection of the grown ups?
I'll let you do the research, but everything I've read or experienced suggests that most kids don't drop out of sport because they don't win enough.
I don't know how many sports days you chaps have been to, but the ones I've been to are like herding cats. The kids start early or late, or cut corners or fall over, and the teachers have about a hundred things to do. Making an error about who won the 30m egg and spoon is hardly an issue of competence, and I'd worry a lot more if they tried to turn it into something deadly serious, like some parents seem to want to do.
BREAKING NEWS....."Welsh people are are whining little fuckers"- Parents sports day video dispute warning
Would anyone of you behave in this fashion? Parents bringing in video evidence of their child crossing the finishing line ahead of others who were actually awarded the place by teachers on the day.
Evidence? For a kids sports day? Bloody hell some people need to get a grip.
Too late now perhaps, but I hope you've been in training for the inevitable 'dads race' at the end.Got my lads nursery one tomorrow, he’s 2, I’ve told him if he loses then Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly will be gone forever!
Is that right?
I have never let my kids win at anything. It has always wound the wife up. She has always been happy to lose at everything to them. When they are young you get the occasional tears when they lose. It is all about growing up and learning.
The difference is that when they beat their mum it is not seen as much. When they beat me it is celebration time. It teaches them that they might not be the best at something, but if they put the effort in they will be rewarded. But if they are good at something and put the effort in they will be the best more often than not.
Taking part is the most important. Winning is a reward.
Like any normal person would. Some degree of competition helps us to develop and achieve. Being so competitive that winning becomes the be all and end all just sucks the joy out of everything.At a school sports day? By presenting video evidence to the head teacher?
Seriously?
If that was my daughter and she finished 1st, but was given 2nd by the teachers, I would have just said to her ' We know you actually won, but it doesn't matter. Well done anyway.'
I didn't witness it but apparently the recent Dad's race at the School where I'm a Governor resulted in 3 ambulances!Too late now perhaps, but I hope you've been in training for the inevitable 'dads race' at the end.
Too late now perhaps, but I hope you've been in training for the inevitable 'dads race' at the end.
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