Sports Day - aaaaagh

[UnderPompeii]

Sports Day at DS Senior School is looming once again. They are supposed to sign up for events, but if they don't for whatever reason (e.g. can't be bothered, DS I'm looking at you) no-one checks and they have a day of doing nothing apart from being at school in their PE kits. They threaten detention if you call in sick. I'm generally a rule follower but I wish they'd just organise a sporting day for the sporting students and a study day for the rest. DS attendance is otherwise excellent and he works really hard and achieves good grades. What would you do in my position?

Hope it rains and then issue solved at no inconvenience to yourself?

I wouldn't do anything in your position.

You said your DS couldn't be bothered to sign up for anything, so if he's bored it's his own fault.

Nothing. Let him sign up or not and participate or not. Id expect him to attend but if he didn't he'd have to take the consequences.

Sports day at my senior school was hell. It was expected that you would compete in something (and swimming gala afternoon if you were in the lower years) and I hated it. Thankfully I usually managed to avoid it like the plague.

I think it should be voluntary participation and not forced. I would have far preferred to sit quietly at the edge of the field with a good book and read for the afternoon!!

He goes and spectates maybe? Cheers on his classmates? Takes a book ?

Certainly shouldn't call in sick ffs

Send him to school. He can doss around for the day as I used to do on sports day, or offer to help keep scores, take measurements for long jump for instance. Hopefully he won't be the only non sporty person there so they can hang out together, watch other friends do their sporting events. It's only for a few hours.