No, your child probably won't be the next Lebron James

[ridedolo]

Dr Boyce Watkins dropping gems as usual




few highlights

-much harder to be an nba player or nfl star than it is to become a surgeon, an attorney, a business owner
-unfortunately our boys are kidnapped at a very early age and recruited into training camps that prepares them for a life of sports
-those who only identify as being next great athlete end up being sad and depressed
-no problem with sports, but kids become hypnotized by sports and believe they'll be the next LJ.
-shouldn't clap harder when your child scores a touch down or scores 30 points at the bball game, than you do when does well on his math test. we must embrace education
-theres a difference between going to school and getting an education
-just bc your child is bringing home good grades doesn't mean they're educated, probably being indoctrinated into a white supremacists way of thinking
-for those who dont talk about education - paving the way for child to have a life of frustration, mediocrity, and racial oppression
-education is one of the keys to freedom for black people and economic empowerment.
-excellence is taught to your children

 

[PhonZhi]

Will watch later. Da gawd Boyce STAY feeding me with wisdom & knowledge

 

[Slaimon Khan Shah]

May Allah guide Boyce to Islam.

 

[Bgreat]

informing threads always get overlooked or moved to "the roots" section wtf is going on

 

[wickedsm]

OP thanks for sharing this.
such truth.

 

[A1aaa]

informing threads always get overlooked or moved to "the roots" section wtf is going on

too many posters crying about TLR supposedly being "militant"

yet the same threads about single mothers and IG thots are posted like clockwork

 

[ridedolo]

informing threads always get overlooked or moved to "the roots" section wtf is going on

yeah, seems like people just ike fukkery. i feel like everyone would rather discuss problems over solutions.

 

[Cynic]

No, but hell be the next Aiko Dangote

 

[Bunchy Carter]

I would rather my son be the next Daymond John or Charles Richard Drew. My mom and pops really did not like me playing football; my sister was the only that did, she just wanted me to go pro so she could just cake off of me. She's lazy anyways.

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

The school system isn't even that good
Parents want the kid to make money
School doesn't teach people how to so that

- blackierobinson

 

[Bgreat]

too many posters crying about TLR supposedly being "militant"

yet the same threads about single mothers and IG thots are posted like clockwork

TLR and militant is a oxymoron

 

[agnosticlady]

I would rather my son be the next Daymond John or Charles Richard Drew. My mom and pops really did not like me playing football; my sister was the only that did, she just wanted me to go pro so she could just cake off of me. She's lazy anyways.

@ bolded


Did your parents make you go into other sports or were they more academically focused?

 

[Bunchy Carter]

@ bolded


Did your parents make you go into other sports or were they more academically focused?

That's kinda hard to say. My parents really focused and pushed my sister with the academics and everything else. Nobody really pushed me into anything besides going to church, I did everything in my own. Soccer was my first love; I was pushed into football by homies and the coaches in highschool. It was that stereotype of black kids black football and basketball.

 

[010101]

all my sons will be genetically engineered killers
prizefighters athletically superior to all their prey


*

 

[Killer Instinct]

Doesn't necessarily have to be either/or.
My parents pushed me into both. Hyper competitive household but I wasn't touching a basketball with any Cs on a report card.
Truth be told, I think sports kept me out of serious trouble. I'm pretty straight laced now but I was a demon as a kid.
The threat of losing basketball kept my face in a book.
Truthfully, I don't think most parents of athletes neglect their kids academic endeavors though.
By all intents, unless they're very hands on, their kid is likely being passed along so they can play ball.
They're just getting an average report card and the parents are satisfied because their child is passing the course.
I was a student athlete and saw so many guys passed through that shouldn't have been. It's only compounded in college when the guy doesn't go pro.
Only reason I could do calculus is because my mom was hands on and tested me herself.
How many parents are doing that, whether their children are athletes or not?
It's definitely the parents responsibility to be sure their seed has a sturdy foundation so they're prepared for the real world, but the teachers get off with too little blame.
It's really swept under the rug and it's not fair to other students nor the guys being set up to fail because their Algebra teacher wants to see them chase a ball Friday night.
If they're not playing for Saban or pro, that same teacher won't even hold a five minute conversation with them six years later.