Why Malaysia will never be a world class sporting country!
I was having a rear conversation with my mother a few hours ago and suddenly she told me that she’s gona stop sending my youngest brother from tennis lessons because he was slacking in his studies.She also told me that he friend was doing the same thing to her son also!And i was like…..what on earth?
As far as im concerned,the reason Malaysia fail to even get one freaking gold medal at the olympics is this.Parents are not supportive at things their childrens do besides studies.I admit,they give their all to raise us up into somebody but they fail to really see whats important.Im not blaming all parents but some of them!
They dont consider sports as a priority for their childrens.Sports is only seen as a minor part of their childrens life.Because their childrens enjoy doing sports more,they feel its not appropriate for them to play alot.Come on!!!
In western countrie,parents actually accept the fact if their childrens are not very bright at school.They push their childrens in sports instead.They consider sports to be an important element that could actually earn their childrens a living in future.Here in Malaysia,parents are living in denial.They use sports as bribery for their childrens to do better in their studies.If they find that their childrens arn’t doing well in studies,they bar them from sports in the name of PUNISHMENT!!
I am strongly against this.If u ask me,parents should start taking sports seriously and send their childrens to any sports class of their childrens choice to enhance our sporting level.Parents should start punishing their kids if they are not serious in their respective sports.Make a sports a serious thing.Ground your kids if they fail to do well in competitions just like parents do when kids dont do well in exams.
I am not saying its wrong for parents to force their kids to study coz education is evrything these days.If ur kids arnt that good in education,then why not emphasize on sports?
Please improve our countries sports parents!!!!
he he..Hey..I agree with u but did u explain this to ur mom..
[yeah...i actually sat down to type after explainin ]
Comment by aiden — October 4, 2007 @ 8:32 pm
That’s because of the mindset of parents these days thinking education is everything. Haha. It’s also partly because of the education system that wants us students to do everything. Bit dumb because not everyone can be all-rounders. On top of that the syllabus doesn’t give enough flexibility for students to choose what they want to do.
Can’t really blame parents for being (over) pushy in studies too. Haha!
Comment by Adelyn — October 5, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
my dad was somewhat like ur mom too…..until i i took my medals and my koko report and showed him what a big part sports played in my koko marks…
Comment by Ramanan — October 6, 2007 @ 10:51 pm
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Comment by blizzard boy — October 20, 2007 @ 11:44 am
i cant really blame the parents….sports in malaysia dun really have much future…it cant bring in big money….
and most parents want the best for their kids…they want their kids to lead a good life….and getting a real good education wit a uni degree is the safest bet….
whereas sports, unless u r real good, u will never make it to the top and never make enough money to lead a comfortable life…
life’s about getting enough money to survive, ain’t it?
Comment by bobby — November 1, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
That is so so true!! How i wish my parents had sent me for more activities when i was younger. Now it’s just too late
You know i think it’s especially prominent in Indian communities cos 80% of parents want their kids to study till their brains bleed so that they can become doctors. And it’s not like they want them to become doctors so they can save lives…it’s more so that they can tell EVERYONE their son or daughter is a doctor…it’s all very self-serving
Comment by sabrina — January 13, 2008 @ 12:24 am