Raising Capable Kids in a Competitive Setting
So, if everyone in your class gets an A, what will you work on next semester? I asked of the PE teacher I addressed in the previous post Why All A’s is Failing Our Kids? “Integrity. Respect. Confidence. Protecting others,” he replied. How would he grade those? He didn’t really know. That’s because character is meant to develop organically, […]
A Sound Mind IN a Sound Body is a Smart MOVE
What ever happened to a sound mind in a sound body? A friend and fellow coaching educator sent me that lament in an email the other day. I always thought the idea originated with Thomas Jefferson, but TJ, ever the borrower, got it from John Locke: “A sound mind in a sound body, is a […]
Physical Education Gone Missing: Can Sports Fill the Gap?
Has bullying increased as physical education has decreased? This is the question posed to our Chinese and American panel at the ACSM convention. There has been much conversation about the reduction in physical activity among our American children, and the logical place to introduce it is as at school where kids spend so much of […]
