Students should support their own
You probably won’t find a bigger backer of students and student/athletes than myself.
I love it when a student section at a particular school pulls together, rooting and dressing the part of a supportive student body.
In my travels across District 3 and the state for the last 30 years or so, I’ve seen some great student groups and some I wonder how they got away with what they did.
But at the same time, they are just students, anywhere between say 12 and 18 and as the old television show once said, “children say the darndest things.”
How true!
I believe schools with large student sections, who know the proper way to cheer for their teams, etc., are often worth a couple of points or can be the sixth or 12th man at games.
But there’s one thing I don’t really like is when students criticize other students for what they are doing on the court, field or mat. Sure, some of them may play the game and may understand what it takes to compete. Others, are probably clueless.
The same can probably be said for some adults at games as well. More often than not, some of the adults are more clueless than the students.
And like some of the students, the adults don’t think about harm they can cause by their comments. I just chalk that up to being stupid or ignorant on the part of the adults.
But with the students, that’s another story. They should be supportive of their classmates and cheer loudly for their success. Not become vocal in a harmful way when players aren’t shooting well, playing defense or rebounding, etc., etc., etc.
The criticism on an athlete’s performance should come from a coach, not from a fellow student. That’s when the imaginary line has been crossed.
That’s when problems start and tends to get hostile.
And when it gets to that level, its time for students to step back and consider not coming to the games. Or, if they want to continue to set the tone with their negative comments, then I think schools must step in and ban them from the games.
It really saddens to to here that there are students out there that would criticize one of their own, when the player is out there giving their all and hustling all over the place for not only themselves, but their teammates, the school and their town as well.
Again, more often than not those with the massive vocal cords are not “players,” but ones who wish they were.
It’s really sad that this goes on and needs to stop.
I love it when a student section at a particular school pulls together, rooting and dressing the part of a supportive student body.
In my travels across District 3 and the state for the last 30 years or so, I’ve seen some great student groups and some I wonder how they got away with what they did.
But at the same time, they are just students, anywhere between say 12 and 18 and as the old television show once said, “children say the darndest things.”
How true!
I believe schools with large student sections, who know the proper way to cheer for their teams, etc., are often worth a couple of points or can be the sixth or 12th man at games.
But there’s one thing I don’t really like is when students criticize other students for what they are doing on the court, field or mat. Sure, some of them may play the game and may understand what it takes to compete. Others, are probably clueless.
The same can probably be said for some adults at games as well. More often than not, some of the adults are more clueless than the students.
And like some of the students, the adults don’t think about harm they can cause by their comments. I just chalk that up to being stupid or ignorant on the part of the adults.
But with the students, that’s another story. They should be supportive of their classmates and cheer loudly for their success. Not become vocal in a harmful way when players aren’t shooting well, playing defense or rebounding, etc., etc., etc.
The criticism on an athlete’s performance should come from a coach, not from a fellow student. That’s when the imaginary line has been crossed.
That’s when problems start and tends to get hostile.
And when it gets to that level, its time for students to step back and consider not coming to the games. Or, if they want to continue to set the tone with their negative comments, then I think schools must step in and ban them from the games.
It really saddens to to here that there are students out there that would criticize one of their own, when the player is out there giving their all and hustling all over the place for not only themselves, but their teammates, the school and their town as well.
Again, more often than not those with the massive vocal cords are not “players,” but ones who wish they were.
It’s really sad that this goes on and needs to stop.
Labels: View from the Sidelines
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