Thursday, September 25, 2008

Humor: Have you heard about the NCLB version of football?

The Crimson Wife at Bending the Twigs has a funny post on the NCLB version of football, she writes:

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I couldn't find the original source on a quick Google search, but I personally came across it in one of the comments on Tamara Fisher's blog "Unwrapping the Gifted".No Child Left Behind: The Football Version
1. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.
2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabiliites. ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL.
3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who are not interested in football, have limited athletic ability, or whose parents don't like football.
4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th, 8th, and 11th games.
5. This will create a New Age of sports where school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals.
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4 comments:

Luke Holzmann said...

Ouch.

~Luke

Rebecca Haden said...

I don't know the original source, either, but Jane Bluestein's (www.janebluestein.com) was the first place I saw it. She has a lot of good free resources for parents, educators, and parent educators.

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Statistics to Share said...

This was awesome! I never read this before! I have to email it to my sister (a 10th grade geometry teacher)...too cool...