The parents are right there alongside the kids, yelling at the referees, harassing the coaches, and beating to the point of killing, anyone who dares to stand in their kids way. Is it any wonder that the kids aren't doing any better? The civility was lost years ago and we are now reaping what was sowed.
> The parents are right there alongside the kids, yelling at the referees, harassing the coaches, and beating to the point of killing, anyone who dares to stand in their kids way.
And we have people here on FR who get snippy about "too many nerds." Bah. When did you see a chess-match riot? When was the last time you saw a parent clock another parent upside the head with a chair at a spelling bee?
Bah. Bring on the nerds and the geeks in school. If the jocks want to go beat the tar out of each other... do it off school property, off school time, and off the taxpayers dollar. Either sell off the athletic fields, or turn them into BattleBot arenas and the like... something acedemically *useful.*
Apples don't fall too far from the trees.