Posted by PJH on November 29, 2012 at 18:03:32 from (50.40.245.178):
In Reply to: OT: Sports vs. Job? posted by jhilyer on November 29, 2012 at 06:31:50:
That guy who hired me because I wasn't a football player must have had a bad experience somewhere in his past. He was a tough old guy - no nonsense - a veteran of both WWII and the Korean war. He expected hard work from his help. I worked hard for him that summer, and he treated me like a son.
I see where some high school athletes let their importance go to their heads, and I think it hampers them. There's an adjustment back down to the real world. Some adjust quickly - some not so quick, and some never seem to adjust. And then there's the athletes who don't succomb to the "hero" attitude. No adjustment necessary for them. My boys played Little League baseball, but they usually managed their farm chores well. Sometimes I helped them out if they were playing late away games. They drove my truck or their Mom's car on dates. My grandsons played ball and made top grades, and my grand daughter has a perfect gpa, and is also on the school skeet team, FFA, and 4H. I never played sports in high school. Dad died when I was in the eighth grade, and the pennies were pinched pretty tight. I worked a 200 customer paper route every day, and never missed a chance to pick up a couple bucks by working for the local farmers or doing odd jobs for the folks around town. When your paper route covers the whole town, everyone knows you, and you get lots of odd jobs. After saying all that - I think I turned out OK without playing sports in school (some would question that, ha). And I know my sons and their children turned out OK by, or in spite of, playing sports in school. I have no answer to the sports/job question, except there's gotta be a desire to work, either built in or installed into a person, or he/she won't be worth a hoot for nothing.
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