quote:Originally posted by NIC15:
Without your education, you have nothing... Education will last you a lifetime, Baseball wont..
I disagree. Without your education, you do have something. You have the discipline, confidence, toughness, maturity and other traits you developed or discovered by committing yourself to excellence in baseball. You can always go back to school and finish your degree, but the window for "going for it" in baseball closes fast and stays closed.
Baseball may not last, but what it teaches you can last a lifetime and be worth more than what it costs to return to school as an older student.
We can do kids a disservice by creating the expectation that they must graduate "on time" (Whose time?) and telling them to hedge on their dreams. If a high school graduate has committed himself to baseball and developed himself to the extent that "the dream" is not totally implausible AND he is willing to accept the hardships that might ensue if he falls short or gets hurt, who are we to dissuade him from pursuing greatness?
Maybe the schoolmarm types should lighten up, stop overselling institutional learning as the only path to success, and let the boys do something hard that helps them become MEN! School will still be there if they need and want it.