Monday 13 August 2012

Ed Miliband - Not Quite Real

I nearly forgot again, it keeps happening to me. It is Ed Miliband who leads Labour isn't it? I have to check, you know. Anyway I heard the other day that he says you shouldn't blame teachers for a lack of sporting achievement in schools. Putting ideology before facts or common sense, let alone principle, Ed supports teaching Unions quite blindly.

If they are not to blame, despite the extensive reach of the 'non-competitive sports' beloved of the Left and promulgated throughout the teaching profession by the assiduous work of the teacher training colleges and Universities, the refusal to 'work' outside school hours -meaning sports clubs, then they also cannot be praised when the success is there.

That can't be right. If through dedication, hard work and belief in the kids they teach, our PE teachers turn out stars they deserve the highest praise. If they think the children should be held back to meet some socialist target, then they need to consider their choice of career. They are like some 'anti-Samaritans', encouraging people to suicide, such is their care-less negativity.

Mo Farah is living proof that hard work and effort is rewarded in this country and he said as much. No wonder Ed (it is Ed isn't it?) and his ilk have kept pretty quiet during the exceedingly popular, competitive Olympic Games. We have seen the wonderful British attitude shine through of applauding the people who came last or befell some misfortune; we are a fair people without being told to be so.

We scream and shout about the winners though, for their effort is the greatest and attracts the greatest reward. Those who cannot run faster than Usain Bolt recognise his talent and feel no shame. Instead they praise him and try a bit harder. They do not leave the Games suicidal as the Left and their 'psychologists' would have it.

I don't know if Anthony Joshua was saved from a life of crime by boxing, as is so often claimed in these cases, but what I saw was a talented youngster who was not just proud of his country, but thought of others and was well spoken. He had I'm sure bettered himself through his own efforts and that included respect for others. He didn't talk in some ghetto patois to gain respect, he did it the way you actually earn respect.

Too much youth in Britain is of the Simon Cowell mode; talentless and convinced that 'celebrity' and wealth can be achieved without effort. They see footballers as role models, with their extensive wealth based on a natural ability and little else. These footballers play poorly in competitions, particularly for their country, showing that they cannot effectively pass a ball, read the game or run for 90 minutes. These would seem prerequisites of the game, of their 'profession', but training is just so much effort.

No wonder they were so surprised, coming into contact with Olympic athletes. And also, thick footballers almost always stay thick. Improving themselves just means gold taps to them. A pox on all their houses.

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