Should kids who are hopeless at team sports and hate PE lessons at school be engineers?

Mark Tickner:


However, it does point to a failing in our enducation system whereby schools only have time to introduce a small set of sports/activities.  Sometimes it is about finding the right niche.  My little one hates cross country running with a passion and is not going to be a star footballer.  However, I've introduced the little one to Brazillian Jui-Jitsu and they are thriving in that.

I have raised this point before, and so have other parents, about a lack of variety of sports along with a bias towards football in school PE lessons. Tradition and populism have a lot to answer for it.


Another point was raised about which sports England wins the Olympic medals in and whether they are taught in many schools or not. There's no point in bolstering school PE lessons using the argument of winning more Olympic medals if all it ends up as are more football and netball games.

Mark Tickner:


However, it does point to a failing in our enducation system whereby schools only have time to introduce a small set of sports/activities.  Sometimes it is about finding the right niche.  My little one hates cross country running with a passion and is not going to be a star footballer.  However, I've introduced the little one to Brazillian Jui-Jitsu and they are thriving in that.

I have raised this point before, and so have other parents, about a lack of variety of sports along with a bias towards football in school PE lessons. Tradition and populism have a lot to answer for it.


Another point was raised about which sports England wins the Olympic medals in and whether they are taught in many schools or not. There's no point in bolstering school PE lessons using the argument of winning more Olympic medals if all it ends up as are more football and netball games.