I agree completely. This country and all of Western Civ. has begun a steep decline which if not stopped will end in disaster.
I will say that I had a humbling experience in the 5th grade. That year my family moved 18 miles to DeFuniak Springs. I changed schools and went from pretty much the best and most athletic guy to a situation where I was the last person chosen.
Everyone in my family had been athletic. My Mother and my Father both played on basketball teams which competed in the finals of the Florida state championship. On field day in Panama City. both my Sisters and both my Brothers won every event they were in. I won the 50 yard dash.
I will have to say that it is an awful feeling to be the last chosen on a team. It only took a couple of weeks before I was at least back to being a good player. By the 7th grade I was captain of the football team.
A yard dog in Florida? Did you then move north to Georgia. Yeah, I’m ready for football season to start. Dodge ball was easy. A person could stay at the back of the group and not be a target. Or A person could chose to get hit such as to go sit down and not bother to participate. Plus, what is so bad about getting hit by a soccerball or a volleyball? The skills: throw or catch or move quickly or stay way far back, or stay away from the thrower. It is an easy game to play.
I went to Panama City Moseley, Class of ‘77. NoFla was a good place to be from.