“When students are rewarded for participation rather than achievement, Dr. Levine suggests, they don’t have a strong sense of what they are good at and what they’re not.”
They recently began a fall soccer program in my area that competes with the one they already have in the spring...but with no scoring, just for “fun.” My son wanted to play but I won’t let him until the spring one. I know I’m probably being a fuddy duddy but the idea of playing a soccer game without keeping score is asinine. What’s he learning? He already knows how to play...but to what end?
Heck, even 3 and 4 year olds know the score. It doesn’t matter if it’s unofficial, and that the coaches, refs, and parents don’t announce it. The kids know the score.
“They recently began a fall soccer program in my area that competes with the one they already have in the spring...but with no scoring, just for “fun.” My son wanted to play but I won’t let him until the spring one. I know I’m probably being a fuddy duddy but the idea of playing a soccer game without keeping score is asinine. What’s he learning? He already knows how to play...but to what end?”
Practice, practice, practice. Besides, by a certain age, the kids know what the score is and who wins. And if they don’t, you can be sure the parents will tell them.
My son’s very earliest leagues were “no score” leagues, but those kids were out there banging shins and having a ball.