This forum is ridiculous sometimes...
To the freepers expressing doubt:
Maybe your kids never participated in these kinds of competitions? Because you don’t seem to know how they work.
These are just kids. Their ideas are scored on the research they did, their presentations, etc.
There are many different science competitions for kids. Nothing is stopping your kids from joining in the fun.
Most Americans aren’t interested in science competitions. They just want their kids to play sports.
So, stop whining when the “nerds” win these science competitions.
Jocks, broke at 40.
Nerds, billionaires at 40............
You don’t say. LOL!
Most Americans aren’t interested in science competitions. They just want their kids to play sports.
Agreed. But there are some exceptions.
Three of my great nieces participated in their middle school and then their regional and statewide science fairs, all three winning prizes with two also playing on their lacrosse team and in band and orchestra and the other in dance and theater.
Their parents, my niece the parent of two and my nephew the parent of one, are not helicopter parents nor do they push them, but encourage and support their interests in science and engineering and their artistic talents and all their nerdiness.
Another of my great nieces who is not interested in music or athletics but is an amazing artist for her age, not long ago told her grandmother, my SIL that she wanted to become an engineer or an architect or an HVAC mechanic like her father. My SIL told her that those were “boy” jobs and not something a “girl” should do or aspire to.
My great niece was very upset by this. I told her that her grandmother was raised in a different age when those attitudes were accepted. I also told her that if she wanted to become an engineer, an architect or a mechanic, that she absolutely could if she put in the time and effort and focused her education on that.
I told her to love her Nana with all her heart but not to take career advice from her. 😊