A Lesson from Kindergarten
There is a wonderful little book that was written by a former elementary school principal. Perhaps you have heard of it. It is entitled, “Everything I Needed to Know, I learned in Kindergarten.” The author explains in very simple terms, things that all of us need to know about life. One of the most important things is to “be nice to everybody”. I am bringing this up because a few of my students attended the Jazz game where a former player was booed by our “home crowd.” Confused, one particular student asked me what the former player had done to make so many people be “rude” to him.
It really doesn’t matter what the reason was. The point was that the students recognized rude behavior by people who should have been, at very least, polite. The kids pointed out that since there was no information given to the fans about the situation, that no one had a right to judge why the player had been traded. Really, it isn’t for us to judge. But the situation lead to a wonderful discussion of how we need to treat each other.
Most sixth graders understand the concept, after all they are still not far from having left Kindergarten. One student suggested that maybe the rude fans who acted that way because they hadn’t been to Kindergarten. Whatever the reason, it would be good if we could all remember to “be nice to everyone.” That isn’t a bad rule to live by and it certainly would make life easier for someone else: each of us could be that someone.
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I think that there was also a rule about being honest. I can’t walk up to the player and tell him that he was wrong, and that I am on the coach’s side and that he should have worked harder on the plays and not cut corners. Since I can’t do that, and I was at the game, I booed. I was being honest about how I percieved his behavior and attitude toward our team and coach. Was it rude, maybe, but he forgot another rule: sharing.
Booing can mean allot of things.
But right off the top it for sure makes you appear rather classless.
Gera pretty much built his own future and I’m sure it will be fine as well, just someplace else.
There is a difference between being honest and being disrespectful.
Thank you kindergarteners for reminding a lot of adults the proper way to act. I personally would not feel comfortable booing anyone. Well, that is not completely true. I think I have booed before when an opposing team member hurts one of our players on purpose. I am not proud of the fact that I have done that. There are always blogs where you can reach players if you need to give them your opinion. I agree that booing makes us look very classless. I like to think that we have a pretty mature fan group (that doesn’t mean age, that means actions). I guess it may be easier to boo when you are with a group of friends or when you have had a few beers, but none of those reasons makes it right. I like to think that our fans are up there as #1 but if the other teams in the NBA were to vote on that, I’d bet a lot that we woukldn’t come out very well.
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