Video and stills of my kids partaking in School Sports
… and this time I do mean college basketball. Tomorrow, I leave for the four hour one-way trip to pick up my daughter from college. Her university’s men’s basketball team won their conference championship on Tuesday night – or was it Wednesday night – of this week. They are going dancing. So, while my daughter… Continue reading March Madness is coming ….
You all should read Mike Jarvis’s article on student-athletes in college basketball’s Big Dance. While Coach Jarvis focuses on the basketball end of this, it is the same for most college student-athletes. I had a mother ask me about my daughter’s experience at a Division 1 school who happened to make it to the NCAA… Continue reading “A Matter of Class”
I have to admit I do not like watching basketball on television. I am not even sure I like watching basketball in person but if I have to, college ball is the way to go. So it is a cold February Saturday and I am flipping around – anything to not watch another episode of… Continue reading Mountaineer Basketball
I am sure you all are saying what does a mother of six from upstate New York know about National Signing day for college football recruits. What I know is it is a high stress time for college coaches and for incoming college freshmen or high school seniors. I also know that it is not… Continue reading National Signing Day
Below are my comments on a proposed vote setting for a school building project. You can see more about the project by visiting an article archive at our local paper – M-E project vote to be set – or at the school web site. I have to say that I am extremely disappointed in the… Continue reading Comments for School Board Meeting – Jan 25, 07
Okay, I have decidedly described myself as a sports fanatic many times. I am, though, not a big professional sports fan. I love World Cup Soccer and professional bicycling (though I have some questions about cycling nowadays). This weekend, though, was almost perfect. I have spent the weekend watching my favorite college football team play.… Continue reading Another Great Sports Weekend
Okay, while I admit to being a sport fanatic, this is little I enjoy more than college football. This may come from going to West Virginia University and attending games in both old and new Mountaineer Stadium. It may come from a son who played on a high school state championship football team. It may… Continue reading BCS Joy
It seems like I have been a part of gown-town relations since I left for college in the late 70’s. I think my first real taste of the conflict was during the Winter Olympics of 1980. Towns people in the Adirondacks thought there would be many, many jobs for the locals. They were upset when… Continue reading Gown-Town Relations
I was at a high school varsity soccer game the other day. I happened to not have a child playing and was talking to another friend there without a child on the pitch. We got to talking about the adjustment to college. Eventually, we were talking about the adjustment from being the “big star” in… Continue reading Teen Identity
All I can say is wow! Not only do they expect “teenagers” to arrive at school in perfect shape, they also expect those first year students to adjust perfectly. First there was the May mailing of the summer workout plan. It was laid out perfectly. It made sense and included a nutritional plan also. It… Continue reading All I Can Say is…Wow!
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