Aint gotta be organised, just gotta be fun.

Hello Mr Cameron.



 "I want to use the example of competitive sport at the Olympics to lead a revival of competitive sport in primary schools.
"We need to end the 'all must have prizes' culture and get children playing and enjoying competitive sports from a young age, linking them up with sports clubs so they can pursue their dreams.
"That's why the new national curriculum in the autumn will include a requirement for primary schools to provide competitive sport."

OH DEARY ME

So my last blog post was a bit of a rant, this is intended to be more objective but probably wont be. Anyway, olympics fever is in full swing, and now there is a scramble from politicians and public figures to insist that we need to "capitalise" on our "olympic legacy." And other such nice terms for the papers. I dont want to post something like "wiafheklhfhkasef" so I shall say this.

why the eff is there this obsession that competitive sport should be the only kind that should be pushed? Yes, it is nice to see the olympic success stories, but I would be equally as pleased if we didnt have an olympic squad at all. Because those people would be having fun doing other stuff. If this were the case, the media would be shocked and appalled, instead of accepting that there are more ways of having fun through sport/activities than the narrow scope of official, organised stuff.

There is so much money being talked about being put into getting organised sport pushed in schools. Heres an idea, what about setting some money aside, and then saying, hey children, society of the present and future, what do you actually want to do? What do you think will be cool to try?

Because for me, personally, downhill skateboarding is my thing, and I didnt find that through having to do the rugby or cricket or whatever that was on the school sports agenda at the time. If you ask people what they want to do, instead of insisting on what society wants people to do (i.e visible things for the sake of visibility and winning medals and international competitions), people can try stuff. Try stuff they might enjoy, instead of having to do things they might not being enjoying. Maybe one dude wants to sit and play the piano, guitar, whatever, because thats his thing. Maybe some other kid wants to read a book, or do some bloody hard maths problem, or go and climb a hill. And there will be some people who do want rules and organisation and winning medals. And thats cool too.

Society has got to encourage expression and people finding what they want to do in life. That might be something organsed and official. That might be playing skateboards. That might be something that cant at all be classified as a sport. Art, media, music, mucking around, having fun.

People do not have to conform. But they can if they want, obviously.


Will