A Healthy Spirit of Competition
One of the perks of being in Grade Three is that you get to join teams. Real teams that go to actual events and compete.
Diva Girl went to the cross-country regionals today. It's her first experience with being on a team and with athletic competition. I've spent a lot of time this past week assuring her that placing wasn't the important thing, that the key was to enjoy the experience.
I'm glad to hear she was listening:
"At first we were running really hard, you know, competing against each other.But then we decided to stop and talk for a while to see if we wanted to be friends."
She came in 77th. Her new friend was right behind her at 78. They were wearing daisies in their hair.
Comments
Please, someone give that girl a first place ribbon! And her mom too!!
That's so wonderful and for her to take it to heart like that and even better to develop friendship is wonderful. I just went through an experience like that with my grade 5 son in cross country. I never realized until we've been going through it how much of value there is to learn for those aren't placing anywhere near the top. My son with aspergers had a life changing moment through cross country, sounds crazy I know, but it happened.
lolololol...that's the funniest thing I've heard all day!
WTG Diva Girl and mom!!
That is great!!! lol
