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It's not football per se of course, it is belonging to a team, having positive activities to fill spare time, and access to a reliable adult role model (the co

It's not football per se of course, it is belonging to a team, having positive activities to fill spare time, and access to a reliable adult role model (the coach).

toomuchtodo 9y ago
Then form a community service group, not a sports team. Build housing for the homeless, maintain community infrastructure that has been languishing, participate in agricultural coops, those sorts of things. Cohesion is built through the journey through a shared struggle or towards a common goal. Build some trade skills while you're at it? Bonus!
- higuys032018 9y ago
  What you said sounds lame and boring. Running fast, yelling as loud as possible, and knocking into other people from time to time sounds like a great time. I'm sure "cohesion built through the journey through a shared struggle" reads very strongly on a resume, but try telling that one girl in class that you're building trade skills on your way towards a common goal.
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  - stickfigure 9y ago
    What you said sounds lame and boring. Snorting a bunch of cocaine and heroin, having unprotected sex with cheerleaders sounds like a great time! ...thus the article. Maybe we can figure out something fun that won't kill them?
    - anonnyj 9y ago
      Competitive team video games.
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    I leave the problem of teaching teenagers how to be decent people to those far more capable than myself.
- closeparen 9y ago
  Our modern litigious society isn't big on letting teenagers use power tools or walk around construction sites without parental supervision (if at all). There are things high school community service groups can do, but housebuilding and infrastructure maintenance aren't among them.
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  - ams6110 9y ago
    In my middle school (ca 1978-80) we used power tools in shop class and one of the kids built a muzzle-loader rifle from a kit. Imagine any of that happening today!

It's not football per se of course, it is belonging to a team, having positive activities to fill spare time, and access to a reliable adult role model (the coach).

toomuchtodo 9y ago

Then form a community service group, not a sports team. Build housing for the homeless, maintain community infrastructure that has been languishing, participate in agricultural coops, those sorts of things. Cohesion is built through the journey through a shared struggle or towards a common goal. Build some trade skills while you're at it? Bonus!

higuys032018 9y ago
What you said sounds lame and boring. Running fast, yelling as loud as possible, and knocking into other people from time to time sounds like a great time. I'm sure "cohesion built through the journey through a shared struggle" reads very strongly on a resume, but try telling that one girl in class that you're building trade skills on your way towards a common goal.
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- stickfigure 9y ago
  What you said sounds lame and boring. Snorting a bunch of cocaine and heroin, having unprotected sex with cheerleaders sounds like a great time! ...thus the article. Maybe we can figure out something fun that won't kill them?
  - anonnyj 9y ago
    Competitive team video games.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  I leave the problem of teaching teenagers how to be decent people to those far more capable than myself.
closeparen 9y ago
Our modern litigious society isn't big on letting teenagers use power tools or walk around construction sites without parental supervision (if at all). There are things high school community service groups can do, but housebuilding and infrastructure maintenance aren't among them.
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- ams6110 9y ago
  In my middle school (ca 1978-80) we used power tools in shop class and one of the kids built a muzzle-loader rifle from a kit. Imagine any of that happening today!