I’m glad I grew up in a time where the best players made the team, the best of those were starters, the smartest kids got the scholarships and the most valuable, knowledgeable and hard working employees got the raises and promotions.
And if you didn’t qualify you worked harder to improve.
What a concept right?
Sad that it’s quickly becoming a lost way of life in this country.
Getting cut from basketball gave me the foundation of pushing myself which exists to this day.
Part was always there, and part was fostered.
As a young kid, I got to go to a gifted school one day a week.
It was cool. We did all kinds of different things and I don’t remember even getting grades.
Painting, dissection, outside group play, etc...
Sounds racist! /s