Participation Medals – Yes or No?

What values should be promote in our children?

This is the main theme of the episode and below you will see some of the topics that I will cover

• The education system is too heavy on data
• PE is underavalued.
• My many hats as a governor, parent, business owner, former secondary school PE teacher
• Winning vs Losing
• Medals for participation. My thoughts on this
• Should we celebrate winning?
• Steven Biddulph raising girls
• Other values.  Work ethic, kindness, empathy, resilience 
• Resilience vs winning. 
• What happens when it’s time to get a job or start a business or try to be a professional sportsperson
• Parents evening at secondary – They would rather listen to Brad the coach with his team winning 7-0 every week!
• What happened when our school team started to lose?
• English and Maths aren’t everything.  
• Maths isn’t for everyone.
• I actually did well at school, not amazing, some A’s, B’s, couple of C’s and an A* for PE!
• The main reasons behind where I am now?  Work ethic and resilience!  

Summary.

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