Oh my god, been to DS sports day today. He is in juniors and this morning alone there were 35 events, my son being only in 3 (70 events in total for the day). There are some parents that are clearly setting up camp for the day with folding tables, chairs, picnic baskets, flasks, sun unbrellas etc. There are also those with cameras on tripods and designer sunglasses galore.
When I used to have sports days it was nothing like this - is it me or are parents way too competitive these days and have people got nothing better to do than to spend a day watching kids in races that their own kids take part in only a small numer???!!!
All the kids that weren't racing looked completely bored and fidgety and they had the whole day of it as they had to sit through the infants in the afternoon. So not fair on them at all.
It should be renamed PTA Competition Day - as it clearly was. Apologies to any PTA members out there of course ......
I was totally amazed really.
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To think that Sports Day is just an excuse for "who's got the best camera"?
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sticktoit · 11/06/2008 15:23
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