“God, Grades, Then Touchdowns”: 6th Grader Is Too Good At Football, So There’s A Special Rule For Him

More punishment of excellence. We have to make sure at all costs that everyone is mediocre. *SMH*

Oh, okay. So when some people win and excel, it’s unfair for the people who lose. So we must somehow limit freedom and certain people’s capacity to succeed by engineering an certain outcome. A system that has no winners and no losers, no spontaneity and no liberty.That is called ‘egalitarianism’ people. Despotic political correctness run wild. Egalitarianism is stupid and seductive. Karl Marx would be proud of the Madre Hill rule. I hope Demias Jimerson overcomes this, and continues to excel.

The U.S has come to excel in this area at least: We are the Country of the Handicapped!

Wonder how fast he can run with a stolen tv set in his hands?

Depends on who’s chasing him – you and you buddies in your pointed white hoods or your momma looking for her latest Mandingo.

Internet storm over a two minute blurb on a local station that doesn’t give all the facts. 

I KNOW THIS KID – he is a fine kid and an exceptional athlete.  We call him D.

However, it might help everyone to know that this is an intraschool league with only 4 teams.  All 5th and 6th graders from the same school, divided up into the number of teams that it takes so that all interested kids get a chance to play.  When they get to 7th grade, they all play on the same team.  This is purely developmental ball so all these kids from the SAME SCHOOL can learn to play football.  Also, there’s been lots of exceptional Malvern kids in the past who would’ve had the Madre Hill rule invoked, except that no one had to — the coaches made sure that no one kid got the ball all the time.  THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP KIDS FOR FOOTBALL WHEN THEY GET TO JUNIOR HIGH AND LATER.  The coaches of D’s team are new (they began coaching when D was a 5th grader) so I don’t think they GET it.  One of them was interviewed, but they left his portion on the cutting room floor – someone watching the interview told me this coach said that they were winning games because of superior COACHING, not because of D!!!  That’s a laugh.  And, a lot of Demias’ teammates are upset over this TV thing because there is no mention of the rest of the team – he doesn’t do this by himself – there are lots of good athletes on that team BLOCKING for him.

Anyone watching these games could tell you that 2 of the 4 teams dominate (there should probably be a better draft system).  Demias’ team is unbeaten, having beaten the 2nd place team 14 0.  The 2nd place team has only been beaten that one time.  There was no need to invoke the Madre rule in that game – they held the whole team, INCLUDING DEMIAS, to only the 2 TDs.  Some exceptional athletes on that team, too. 

So, all of you complaining that the ”system” is holding this boy back, GROW A BRAIN and realize that you don’t always get all the facts in a 2 minute TV blurb!  Take it for what it is – D is a fine kid and exceptional athlete - watch for him in the future – but don’t say the SYSTEM is holding him back.

Two responses to andthensome’s very helpful post:

1) I stand by my statement that The U.S … is the Country of the Handicapped!

We have “No Child Left Behind”, the result being that we now set the standards for our education according to the needs of the weak and/or the unmotivated.

The fact is There ARE Children Left Behind as a result of this policy; and those children left behind are the Gifted and the Motivated Students. As a result, our jobs are now being exported to China and India, where the weak are not catered to but weeded out as non-competitive.

Having lived in Asia most of my adult life and having owned schools for gifted and motivated students in both the US and Japan, I can honestly tell that the Politically Correct Movement and this misplaced ethic, whereby dullards are catered to and the gifted are shunned, literally scares the hell out of me. More abruptly put, we are rapidly becoming a Nation Left Behind.

2) I have been appalled at the nasty comments made about young Demias. Quite honestly, they sickened me. For whatever my opinion might be worth, I found D to be a really sweet kid and just wished we had more youngsters like him. His athletic skills may ultimately lead to a career in the NFL. Who knows? And who cares? I know I don’t.

For me, it is Demias’ character that I found most impressive. I just wish little D were my kid!