And at the same time Philip, I feel my parents did me a disservice by not encouraging me to be active as a kid. My family was big into intellectualism and my mother didn't encourage me to do any sports at all and to some extent I was discouraged. Being good at sports wasnt' rewarded at home and so I never practiced throwing. In senior year of high school my teacher pointed out that I threw on the wrong foot - which opened up a whole new realm of power to use against my dodgeball enemies (although the time that someone said "oh, I am scared of that beth girl" I realized that maybe it wasnt' nice to bean other people) .
In any case, even if my kids have no coordination they will be active and do sports - whatever ones they enjoy, because I think a healthy body does help you in the future!! --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: RE: Dodgeball and Sexism > This just reminds me of my youth... > > At school I DETESTED sports - I had the slowest record at school for the > 100yard dash - somewhere near a minute (I walked it... SLOWLY!) > > At soccer, I would just stand there and watch the others run about... At > cricket I would stand aside and let the bowler get me out... > > It got to the point where the gym teacher didn't ask me to get changed, > he would let me sit things out and read... I was fairly nerdy (saying > that as I looked back), but I also HATED doing homework... Don't ask me > why... I pretty much didn't need to do homework - I came second in the > Maths "mock", only by 1%, so they left me alone <g> > > It's just funny how kids are taught to respect athletic ability when it > doesn't do much for your future life... > > Enough of me going over my childhood <g> > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > F: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
