Comments on: Should Asian Kids Be Forced to Play Sports? http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: T http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-114818 T Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:47:34 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-114818 depends what type of parents you have I guess. Sports have always been important to me, because my parents were varsity athletes, I feel pressured for not doing them well enough. depends what type of parents you have I guess. Sports have always been important to me, because my parents were varsity athletes, I feel pressured for not doing them well enough.

]]> By: T http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-137819 T Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:47:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-137819 depends what type of parents you have I guess. Sports have always been important to me, because my parents were varsity athletes, I feel pressured for not doing them well enough. depends what type of parents you have I guess. Sports have always been important to me, because my parents were varsity athletes, I feel pressured for not doing them well enough.

]]> By: pete http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-60034 pete Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:51:19 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-60034 when you look at the cultural history of china there is not too many sports as we are familiar with i.e. baseball, football, tennis, ... but has a history of it's martial arts, which i may say branches out to gymnastics, acrobatics, ..... also i think music is emphasised because it's something we can do the rest of our lives chinese love longevity things, ,,, and the western thought of the human body as a physical thing of beauty, like point out one naked asain statue as an art form, asian culture emphasize the spirit or virtue than the outward appearances.... and there you have it. when you look at the cultural history of china there is not too many sports as we are familiar with i.e. baseball, football, tennis, … but has a history of it’s martial arts, which i may say branches out to gymnastics, acrobatics, ….. also i think music is emphasised because it’s something we can do the rest of our lives chinese love longevity things, ,,, and the western thought of the human body as a physical thing of beauty, like point out one naked asain statue as an art form, asian culture emphasize the spirit or virtue than the outward appearances…. and there you have it.

]]> By: pete http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-137818 pete Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:51:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-137818 when you look at the cultural history of china there is not too many sports as we are familiar with i.e. baseball, football, tennis, ... but has a history of it's martial arts, which i may say branches out to gymnastics, acrobatics, ..... also i think music is emphasised because it's something we can do the rest of our lives chinese love longevity things, ,,, and the western thought of the human body as a physical thing of beauty, like point out one naked asain statue as an art form, asian culture emphasize the spirit or virtue than the outward appearances.... and there you have it. when you look at the cultural history of china there is not too many sports as we are familiar with i.e. baseball, football, tennis, … but has a history of it’s martial arts, which i may say branches out to gymnastics, acrobatics, ….. also i think music is emphasised because it’s something we can do the rest of our lives chinese love longevity things, ,,, and the western thought of the human body as a physical thing of beauty, like point out one naked asain statue as an art form, asian culture emphasize the spirit or virtue than the outward appearances…. and there you have it.

]]> By: Winnie http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-59526 Winnie Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:27:18 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-59526 This series of conversations reminds me of these ads: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=obay&w=all&s=int This series of conversations reminds me of these ads:
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]]> By: Winnie http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-137817 Winnie Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-137817 This series of conversations reminds me of these ads: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=obay&w=all&s=int This series of conversations reminds me of these ads:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=obay&w=all&s=int

]]> By: Simon Bao http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-59488 Simon Bao Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:56:08 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-59488 I must agree with Ancient One above... what the hell is behind the idea of any kid being "forced" to do things? I hope the Millennial Generation of AsianAms doesn't plan on *forcing* our kids into things, the way some of us were. One can earn AsianAm Parent of the Year ribbons by simply ensuring that kids have countless opportunities to try new things, explore them, play around with them, find out what appeals to them. Team sports, solo sports, music, visual arts, whatever it might be. If a kid prefers rock collections, so be it, she or he might develop into a Nobel Prize winning geologist. But forcing kids into activities like sports seems as ill-advised and harmful as denying kids the chance to play sports. I must agree with Ancient One above… what the hell is behind the idea of any kid being “forced” to do things?

I hope the Millennial Generation of AsianAms doesn’t plan on *forcing* our kids into things, the way some of us were.

One can earn AsianAm Parent of the Year ribbons by simply ensuring that kids have countless opportunities to try new things, explore them, play around with them, find out what appeals to them. Team sports, solo sports, music, visual arts, whatever it might be. If a kid prefers rock collections, so be it, she or he might develop into a Nobel Prize winning geologist.

But forcing kids into activities like sports seems as ill-advised and harmful as denying kids the chance to play sports.

]]> By: Simon Bao http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/comment-page-1/#comment-137816 Simon Bao Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/2008/03/17/should-asian-kids-be-forced-to-play-sports/#comment-137816 I must agree with Ancient One above... what the hell is behind the idea of any kid being "forced" to do things? I hope the Millennial Generation of AsianAms doesn't plan on *forcing* our kids into things, the way some of us were. One can earn AsianAm Parent of the Year ribbons by simply ensuring that kids have countless opportunities to try new things, explore them, play around with them, find out what appeals to them. Team sports, solo sports, music, visual arts, whatever it might be. If a kid prefers rock collections, so be it, she or he might develop into a Nobel Prize winning geologist. But forcing kids into activities like sports seems as ill-advised and harmful as denying kids the chance to play sports. I must agree with Ancient One above… what the hell is behind the idea of any kid being “forced” to do things?

I hope the Millennial Generation of AsianAms doesn’t plan on *forcing* our kids into things, the way some of us were.

One can earn AsianAm Parent of the Year ribbons by simply ensuring that kids have countless opportunities to try new things, explore them, play around with them, find out what appeals to them. Team sports, solo sports, music, visual arts, whatever it might be. If a kid prefers rock collections, so be it, she or he might develop into a Nobel Prize winning geologist.

But forcing kids into activities like sports seems as ill-advised and harmful as denying kids the chance to play sports.

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