Rigid Raider said:
Went to my son's school sports day yesterday to discover that the PC brigade and fear of litigation have wrecked it. It would be better called School Skills Day because there was nothing sporting about it; no kids ever got out of breath, nobody ran, all that happened was that the kids rotated in groups around ten "stations" where a member of staff got them to limbo under a pole, throw a medicine ball, throw a soft foam dart, throw beany bags into a hoop or jump and try to reach the highest up a pole.
It was carp and very few parents had bothered to come, can't blame them.
Oh my God - if you weren't in Lancashire, I'd be convinced that we were at the same "sports" day, RR!
My 5 year olds was the same. Hell, I've never been so bored or depressed..the potato and spoon race wasn't actually a race, but involved my child weaving backwards and forwards in and out of 5 cones for what seemed like an eternity but was in fact 3 mins, to see how many runs she could score. Big Whoop.
It was all like that. Also hilarious when they had to have a rest stop..and sit down..hells teeth, all they did all afternoon was stand around while one of them did something dull for 3 mins. Then the next one, then the next one..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The best bit was when one talented but frustrated little footballer decided that they were wasting his time making him kick a ball into a soft goal 10 ft away (always bloody "soft" everything, ffs...) when he could easily kick it the length of the field, and sent a ball flying straight at the headmistress..and hit her right on the head.
(and yes, I did laugh, but she didn't see..
)
Was a fantastic shot..the boy is clearly very talented
, but as they weren't giving out prizes on the day and he'll probably be penalised for that one anyway , he'll never get the recognition he deserves...wtf?
Maybe I'm just peeved because after years of having a kid who was so un sporting that he was always..ahem.."sick" on sports days, I've got one now who could actually win things, and she isn't getting the chance...bah.
Karma, maybe?