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7. March 2009 by admin.
Today was Opening Day for my 6-yr old’s baseball league. There was great fanfare; music, banners, flags and fun for all. A perfect Americana slice of life that I was greatly enjoying until a dark cloud of reality set in…
The opening day event committee invited one player’s dad who happens to be a professional motivational speaker to give a pep talk to the kids. Mr. Motivational Speaker came running up as he was introduced among cheers and applauses. He energized the crowd by getting the kids to flex their muscles and then he proceeded to declare: “Some say ‘Perfect practice makes perfect’ but let’s face it, perfection is an awful high standard - so let us say practice makes permanence…”
I was floored—dumb-founded!!
What kind of generation are we raising when we say “perfection is too high of a standard???” Are we OK with having our children aspire to mediocrity as permanence? It makes me angry and sad.
Is anyone with me on this one?
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