believer;602717 wrote:These are all valid reasons for attending a private school to be sure. But claiming that these benefits are the "real reasons" private schools do so well on the gridiron is a bit of a stretch.
Justify this in your mind all you want but private Catholic schools are a clear minority of OHSAA schools but private Catholic schools, in particular, hold a majority of state football titles. Prayer may give the players some spiritual grounding, but unless the communion wafers and holy water are laced with steroids, it doesn't guarantee football success!
Never saw a kid that told me prayer hurt him but your points are valid.
I believe that foundation is a consideration that can't be overlooked in early childhood development. I see many kids out there today that desperation is a way of life. The hope they have is to be left alone in school and not be picked on for just a day.
I am disturbed to my core by the responses of educators in the public system that think nothing can be done. They stand by and watch while handicap kids get pushed around by bullies (remember the wheelchair bound kid last year that got beat up and the school tried to cover it up, disgraceful) or have personal knowledge about drugs, alcohol and smoking that goes on at the school.
There is not just one thing you can put your finger on when so many things go into the making of an athlete. I have seen so many teams that could have beaten us but would hang their hat on a few bad plays, lose focus and the only thing they had backing them up was the player to his left. That is just not enough. When our kids take the field knowing we are there top to bottom is what sustains them.
Kids will do and say what you teach them. The real football lessons are taught in the home.
If that is a little general for you, it is on purpose. My feeling is our kids are required to live by a greater standard and that means a great deal when a great deal is expected of you on and off the field.
I could have decided to take the easy less expensive route of public school but I know all the concentrated education he gets will develop him to his full potential. Football is mostly mental. One just needs the body to sustain the blow.
Are we better than anyone else, never. That is not what we are about.
In the education of our youth we "take care of the small things and the big things take care of themselves". (always liked that quote, E.E. Dickinson) That my friend is what makes the difference.
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