bay area teacher to chef curry: " i love you, but don't come to my school"

[NZA]

As a teacher, one of the most heartbreaking things (for a number of reasons) is having a classroom full of boys who all want to be a professional athlete, even though none of them have ever played a single day of organized sports or have the least bit of athleticism to them at all. They also don't have the resources or support to get better.

That being said, I have made it a point never to shyt on their dreams. All I ask them to do is have a backup plan. Maybe work their asses off to get a scholarship or something and go to a school to become a sports therapist, or sports manager, or lawyer, or something. Anything.

Sadly there's no fame or recognition in there. Matter of fact, about 4 hours, I literally had a kid tell me that he would rather be the player than the owner (we were having a discussion about about Dan Gilbert and the aftermath of Lebron leaving a few years back). It's crazy, but how do you tell the truth without shytting on these kids' dreams?

it's not a real dream if they arent even playing organized ball. a lot of kids have no clue what they really want to do but adults keep asking them to give answers. a lot of times these kids are just BS'ing.

 

[PointGuard]

Attention whore - is a person (either man or woman), due to their deep-seated need for validation from others, will often try aggressively to takeover any social setting, i.e., media.

 

[Azul]

Some teacher, who wasn't good enough to make it in whatever he wanted to really do with his life, telling kids Steph Curry don't come around and inspire the kids.

What is that assumption based on?

 

[PortCityProphet]

since we wanna play the odds game, odds are pretty high that they'll work at wal mart. call ole boy who overnight stock to give them inspiration and insight on how to steal without getting caught

 

[PS5 Pro]

When u find where I said or even insinuated the bolded, let me know. Ppl dapped my post bc they have basic reading comprehension skills.

The teacher mentioned Dell Curry like he's the only reason steph made the NBA. Michael Jordan's kids had the greatest ever to teach them, had way more advantages financially.....where are they? so in this argument knocking Curry bc of his father and upbringing is pointless.

wasn't that type of father
If it was JUST about money then the majority of rich kids would be athletes
Thought you had a point huh man

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Honestly if your goal is to get an athletic scholarship, you should specialize in something obscure. I knew a girl who was on a full ride because she was on the rowing team.

You have to also remember that the obscure ( i.e. white) sports are not offered in high schools that are predominantly black/latino

there is a reason do you don't see black/latino people participating in crew,Lax,skiing,rifle,equestrian,water polo.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

What is that assumption based on?

The snark, sarcasm, and smugness of the letter give off the vibe of a man who was never good enough at sports, or anything for that matter, to be worth being recognized for it. Probably the last guy picked on teams his entire life. He's projecting his failed dreams and goals onto his students.

Any teacher who truly has their heart in teaching or mentoring would never disrespect his or her students in front of the nation.

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

i aint mad
i get it

shyt wish I had someone like Steph come to my school tho

I had to settle with Bobby Bonilla

My school got World B Free

Teacher acting like Steph didn't overcome any obstacles on the way to success.

Almost as if he tryna shame Steph for growing up in a household that wasn't broken.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Smart dumb shyt.

 

[Azul]

The snark, sarcasm, and smugness of the letter give off the vibe of a man who was never good enough at sports, or anything for that matter, to be worth being recognized for it. Probably the last guy picked on teams his entire life. He's projecting his failed dreams and goals onto his students.

Any teacher who truly has their heart in teaching or mentoring would never disrespect his or her students in front of the nation.

 

[MAGNETO.]

The snark, sarcasm, and smugness of the letter give off the vibe of a man who was never good enough at sports, or anything for that matter, to be worth being recognized for it. Probably the last guy picked on teams his entire life. He's projecting his failed dreams and goals onto his students.

Any teacher who truly has their heart in teaching or mentoring would never disrespect his or her students in front of the nation.

!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

i aint mad
i get it

shyt wish I had someone like Steph come to my school tho

I had to settle with Bobby Bonilla

nikka I'm from Birmingham, only person in the entertainment industry came to my school was PLAY of kid and play. consider yourself lucky.

 

[dem bath salts]

Article was a siccess
It got nikkas talking and thinling about it. Yeah it took a shot a sreph but that teacher probably values his kids future more

 

[True Blue Moon]

This article was smug, pretentious, and made a great deal of assumptions. 1st off, he called Dell Curry an NBA great which tells me he hasn't done enough research into Stephs background. He also assumes Steph always had top trainers at hand 24/7. By this simple ass logic, Michael Jordans kids should be tearing up the league now. Doesn't matter who your father is, how much $ dad has, the work still has to be put in. The talent (if there) has to be developed. I've been to a few Bball camps in my day and have heard a few pros give speeches at them. In my experience NONE of them have ever encouraged hoop dreams. They always talked about life in general. One time Rolando Blackman (Google him if unfamiliar) put it down something serious about how chances of going pro are slim. In this letter this teacher describes his students as children from low income families with poor nutrition and poor study habits. Yet he finds it disingenuous for a Stephen Curry to visit his school but not a lawyer or doctor? Are these students receiving an education that prepares them for law or med school? Are there mentoring programs and internships available to encourage exploring these fields? This teacher probably teaches english lit or creative writing or something to that effect. This letter gets no attention sent to an attorney or hospital chief of staff. Pro athlete tho?? This will garner attention for the upcoming blog or podcasting opportunity it will likely generate. It was well written.

Couldn't have said it better. The article was a bunch of loser talk, especially leading with assumptions of how privileged Steph was and how the stars aligned.

She's really chalking it up to luck as if dude is a reality TV star and not a person who had to sacrifice social time, keep his grades up and train his ass off. And people complain about how much money "pampered" athletes get paid, when the biggest bum on any roster has a job more demanding than just about any 9 to 5er, so imagine how hard you have to work to get as good as Steph.

You don't have to follow in an athlete's footsteps to be inspired by them. If you had a young writer in the class or a nerdy bruh who wants to make video games some day, you don't think they could get something out of his words other than "he's a basketball player, so that's what I need to be "

Nah, kids would be like "Damn, Steph said he practiced his handles until the sun came up every day for an entire summer. The least I can do is stay up a little later on this paper or figure out this piece of code that's fukking up".

I agree that kids shouldn't fukk off their school work and be "NBA or nothing", but the last thing we need in this exciting age is a bunch of drone ass, unimaginative "realistic" kids. And it damn sure shouldn't be rooted in something being impossible because you weren't born to the right family or because you grew up in the wrong neighborhood. Because if that's the case, go ahead and fukking give up on being a doctor or lawyer too, because most of them don't come from the hood.

 

[Maluma]

jimmy butler the true inspiration.