for my college friends

i have a few great friends of mine that are leaving for college this summer, and it is sad.  i just wanted to say (you know who you are) that i really do care about all of you very much.  you guys all mean a lot to me and it's not going to be the same without you. 

winning and losing

winning and losing.  here we go.  it seem like the concept of inequality in sports (especially for little kids) is becoming almost controversial.  according to my older sister, when my nephew played T-ball, they didn't keep score because everyone was a winner no matter what.  there is something seriously wrong with that.  not having a winner and a loser is like not having a night and a day, literally.  a winner cannot exist without a loser, night cannot follow anything but day.  i justification (for parents anyway) could be that they dont want their kids to feel bad about losing, or that winners get more than losers.  DUH,  losing sucks, no one likes it, but it builds character.  rewarding a loser the same way you reward a winner steals all of the sense of acomplishment that a winner feels and deserves.  it conditions kids to expect fair and equal treatment in everything they do, which isn't how life works.  winners are winners, they work their butts off to win, losers dont work as hard so they lose, and then they feel bad, and then they get better and work to become winners themselves. that's really all i have to say on the matter.  peace and God bless- Joe