Hide Article Text (OCR)
Good Or Bad?This teacher, whose husband has coached and whose three sons have each participated in baseball, has even advised some parents to send their child out for a team She recalled one case in which she advised a working-mother todo so with her child, who wasconstantly in trouble, “it kept the child occupied and out of trouble,” the teacher said, “and during that ball season he was no problem, better in school, and his grades came up Also he was much better at getting along with the childrenon the playground.“I think it's just great. she added. “Baseball teaches theboys coordination, sportsmanship and discipline.“If those boys weren't there, they would be on the street and all over Aiken looking for something to do, and there they are supervised. Any one who doesn’t agree should just irive by that park some evening and see those bovs.The psychology teacher was the eight and nine year age “all in favor of Little League level. “It is very definitely baseball.” except that she beneficial as for what it does felt the coaches often looked for individual confidence and for only “perspective big-lea- maturity, things which they guers” and it became a “se- can’t get at home, school or vere shock” for those who do anywhere.not get to play. “As for those things I thinkShe cited one example of a it is marvelous, but my only boy who enjoyed the game of complaint is as a workingbaseball very much, went out teacher is that the coachesfor a team, but did not have the don’t work close enough withcoordination of many his age. the teachers as far as enforc-and therefore did not play, mg good grades,” She says thatThe boy eventually quit saying nearly one-half of the boys inhe wasn’t going out “to sit her class play Little Leagueon the bench The psychology baseball and in every caseteacher added. “I think every- there has been a drop of atbody should have a chance to least one letter grade,play.” A fourth grade teacher in theThe elementary school teach- I same school who is extremelyers were also very much in fa- I enthusiastic about the programvor of the program. “So many i and can find only praise, says of the children are immature j that during baseball season at his age and it is their first ! the player’s grades actually contact with their peer group J rise. “I find that most parents in competition and working j insist that homework must be as a team.” said the third grade done before the boys go toteacher, whose pupils are at games.” she said, and this_helps them considerably_By CHARLES HENSHAWStaff WriterThe article was based upon ofie which appeared in the May iisue of “Today’s Education,” official publication of the National Education Association, apd contended that “Little league can hurt kids ” Addressing the article in theeducational publication was lionald F. Schwertley. assistant principal of Thomas Jefferson High School. CouncilIowa Schwertley con-t^hds that far too much pressure is placed on a boy of nine off 10 by “baseball delerious fathers and mothers” in a far too organized program
Newspaper Details
Aiken Standard
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Fri, May 08, 1970
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
NA, 16 May 2022
Other Publications Near Aiken, South Carolina
Aiken Daily Mail
Aiken County Rambler
Aiken County Register
Aiken County Journal
Aiken Standard
