Originally Posted by cdfox
I read this article on There's a Reason Why Your Kids Aren't Playing (http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/obnoxiousbostonfan/2014/10/were_about_a_month_or.html#comments) and thought how much of it relates to the 99% that are not gifted with academics, art, music, and everything else - not just sports.

The article indirectly, and unintentionally, touches on the nature/nurture part of giftedness debate. Public schools seem willing and ready to accept the 1% of kids who are naturally gifted athletically with mainstream sports (football or soccer for instance, but not circus level acrobatics for instance) - but too often not for others.

That's because school administrators, teachers, and the general public identify much more with mainstream sports.

Because they are *mainstream* by definition.