Whatever politic, of any shape, size, or hue, that doesn't have the flourishing of children (the whole lot of them) as its guiding light, is, in fact, a politic facing me -- as an enemy.
I feel so lucky to have been a small town kid in the 70’s & 80’s, where all sports were within the town’s one public school (zero private schools) and just to fill up the teams, everybody got to play - FOR FREE.
That world just no longer exists. Small towns are dead & the schools’ funding has gotten stripped away, must move to an expensive city (grungy soulless suburb) to earn a living.....
That’s unfortunate, sorry. Girls sports provided a chance to have an identity outside of the popularity contest. Academics, at that time and rural high school brought zero reward with peers. Had I grown up in an urban area, doing well academically would have set me up far better in life. We had a lot of catching up to do (especially in the humanities) when at 18 we entered our state’s land grant university (a place where many East Coast kids who either couldn’t get into or afford the Ivies were enrolled and often looked down on the in state students) - it sucked, but after a semester or so, we in state rubes realized that they were silly & pretentious & paid them little mind.
Whatever politic, of any shape, size, or hue, that doesn't have the flourishing of children (the whole lot of them) as its guiding light, is, in fact, a politic facing me -- as an enemy.
I feel so lucky to have been a small town kid in the 70’s & 80’s, where all sports were within the town’s one public school (zero private schools) and just to fill up the teams, everybody got to play - FOR FREE.
That world just no longer exists. Small towns are dead & the schools’ funding has gotten stripped away, must move to an expensive city (grungy soulless suburb) to earn a living.....
None of this needed to happen.
I never got to play sports bc of my immigrant family
That’s unfortunate, sorry. Girls sports provided a chance to have an identity outside of the popularity contest. Academics, at that time and rural high school brought zero reward with peers. Had I grown up in an urban area, doing well academically would have set me up far better in life. We had a lot of catching up to do (especially in the humanities) when at 18 we entered our state’s land grant university (a place where many East Coast kids who either couldn’t get into or afford the Ivies were enrolled and often looked down on the in state students) - it sucked, but after a semester or so, we in state rubes realized that they were silly & pretentious & paid them little mind.
Long live the uncool