Comments on: Sports Missing From High Schools http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/14/sports-missing-from-high-schools/ Random thoughts, half thoughts, and just plain stuff I want to blog about Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matt http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/2008/08/14/sports-missing-from-high-schools/#comment-383 Matt Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:52:23 +0000 http://blogs.n1zyy.com/mistert/?p=112#comment-383 I think a big part of the problem is the senseless school shootings. (Columbine, VA Tech, and uncomfortably more.) People who seemed alright and had access to guns, and then went on deranged rampages. The knee-jerk opposition is kind of understandable. That said, I'm not sure it's nearly as bad an idea as that makes it seem. Especially as you can really stress safety, and the school hopefully wouldn't leave 20 loaded rifles sitting around in the halls. That said, I think shooting in the Olympics is weird. I fully recognize that it takes a lot of skill and concentration, but I really can't see myself getting that excited about watching it. I actually don't find the Olympics interesting that much, but happened to walk into the family room the other night just in time to see Michael Phelps break the world record: not just for the race he was in, but for the number of world records broken. And it was really kind of exciting to watch. Shooting, though? That's kind of like golf. Lots of skill, lots of concentration, but not really something interesting to watch. I think a big part of the problem is the senseless school shootings. (Columbine, VA Tech, and uncomfortably more.) People who seemed alright and had access to guns, and then went on deranged rampages. The knee-jerk opposition is kind of understandable.

That said, I’m not sure it’s nearly as bad an idea as that makes it seem. Especially as you can really stress safety, and the school hopefully wouldn’t leave 20 loaded rifles sitting around in the halls.

That said, I think shooting in the Olympics is weird. I fully recognize that it takes a lot of skill and concentration, but I really can’t see myself getting that excited about watching it. I actually don’t find the Olympics interesting that much, but happened to walk into the family room the other night just in time to see Michael Phelps break the world record: not just for the race he was in, but for the number of world records broken. And it was really kind of exciting to watch. Shooting, though? That’s kind of like golf. Lots of skill, lots of concentration, but not really something interesting to watch.

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