Ok any Tom Dick and Harry can be a “pro” then |
I wrote before that my tennis son has been told he can play college tennis and I said he won’t likely be on a school at an Ivy or T20. I am sure there are many schools he could play for but he would choose the better academic college. Some person posted about their kid getting a job at UMich football or I can’t remember and too lazy to scroll back. Every kid and family has different circumstances and reasons on why they choose their path. |
It was probably not UMIch but a different large university since UMich is also a well regarded academic institution. |
Maybe he can play for shenandoah amirite? |
Yes, he could if he wanted. He is aiming for T10 schools though. |
Well only ones are MIT and Cal Tech that he could play on and they are strictly merit based. Good luck! |
I have already said he won’t be playing college tennis. He does not expect to. I don’t expect him to. Deep down, I’m sure my DH would like him to but not in place of attending a better college. |
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The world is hard for everyone, you think it's because of your national origin but the truth is that is the lie certain powers want you to buy into, Do you really believe there is no poor white people or Christian people? I am a widow my husband passed away when our child was only four now I have been blessed because I have made sacrifices so that I can send my daughter to private school, this includes not having had a car for two years, I have and never will own a pair of brand name shoes, my clothes I shop for at thrift stores. I felt and still do feel very judged around some of the parents my daughter goes to school with oddly enough the worst one of these judgemental snobs turned out to be a heroine addict but from the outside it appeared her life was perfect husband is an attorney beautiful home 3 children expensive cars. This woman had the audacity to judge me as a widowed mother yet she was shooting up. My point is just because it may seem one way to you does not mean it actually is that way. As for the country of origin statement, too many schools seem to conveniently omit certain facts like how the Irish and Italians were treated way back in the day many of them worked for railroads or coal mining companies from sun up to sundown they were paid very very little with coal mining they were paid with " company money" money that could only be used at the company store and you can bet that it was ridiculously over priced. Many Italian and Irish immigrants were treated almost as badly as slaves. My grandfather was straight off the boat Italian granted he was a baby at the time his parents came over but my grandfather experienced racial slurs and racism he was often called a WOP ((derogatory term for an Italian)) He fought in WW2 so please go ahead and tell me how hard the world is for just non -white Christian people again and how "easy" they have it. Everyone has struggles this World is fallen so to think a certain people have it easier then others based on their origin or religion is plain ignorance you will never know just as I will never know what it's like to walk a mile in your shoes. The World is fallen and there is a lot of greed and power hungry powers that be, that want to convince us peasants that it's easier for this segment of a certain population versus the other. The fact is everything has started to become "Elitist" and very few people are part of that club. |
If two students have the same natural abilities and one was able to train with a private coach and the other wasn’t it will be noticed. But usually one of them has something that the other is missing. One of them just has it and it can’t be ignored. It might be either one of them but it wasn’t the excessive training. It’s this potential that the team coach can bring out. Too many parents think sports are like a math class. With enough training you can learn it and do well in it and be a top student. But sports are different. A natural athlete will be playing a lacrosse game within a week. The average athletes will need to learn the basics a lot slower. |
It was Florida, what did you expect? |
So this thread is all about sports now. |
Of course. Priorities, people! |
I blame it mostly on boys and toxic masculinity. |
I blame it on your mum |
This is in this area sports are the things that the UMC strivers can’t just throw enough money at to allow their kids to “compete” if the kids are just not athletes. (Which look around at your fellow parents- they’re not.) Academics aren’t such a huge concern to this demographic, in that the kids probably have a baseline level of intelligence such that some extra tutoring can easily close any gaps. But the genes passed down from their uncoordinated, short, dork fathers can’t be so easily overcome on the court or on the field. And it infuriates them. |