Putting Education on the Table

[Jumping Jerry]

Sounds relaxing. I'm looking to inspire future generations in the sport.

 

[middleofnowhere]

Not only did I give up on expanding pool for juniors I gave up on teaching/coaching completely. Moved on to other endeavors. No more youth involvement for me.

Kind of a sadness on the edge of your words. Something serious must of happened.

 

[straightline]

The big obstacle to pool tables in schools is the student to table ratio and the amount of space tables take up. If a high number of kids can’t be engaged concurrently it will not happen.

That's on the MFGers to develop and market <portable> equipment. It's not grand pianos, it's _<tables>_. Does NASA have a phone number? geez...

 

[mnorwood]

Kind of a sadness on the edge of your words. Something serious must of happened.

It wasn’t a single event. I was a teacher for 22 years and it was a slow year over year erosion of an environment that allowed me to do my job and maintain a productive structure. It’s not a good time in our culture to work with youth in any capacity.

 

[straightline]

Did you teach in a rough area?

 

[mnorwood]

That's on the MFGers to develop and market <portable> equipment. It's not grand pianos, it's _<tables>_. Does NASA have a phone number? geez...

Portable tables are the only real answer. Problem is when I looked in to them they are mostly sold in Australia without a North American supplier. Purist would scoff at the idea of a portable table but you would have to be willing to go this route if you want it to happen on a campus.

 

[Jumping Jerry]

It wasn’t a single event. I was a teacher for 22 years and it was a slow year over year erosion of an environment that allowed me to do my job and maintain a productive structure. It’s not a good time in our culture to work with youth in any capacity

 

[Jumping Jerry]

This is the problem. We have given up on our youth. Sad to say

 

[mnorwood]

This is the problem. We have given up on our youth. Sad to say

I didn’t give up on the youth as much as I gave up on all the structural nonsense surrounding the youth that fosters antisocial behavior. The problem with youth is all the fine print that will take a good program and completely ruin it.

 

[middleofnowhere]

It wasn’t a single event. I was a teacher for 22 years and it was a slow year over year erosion of an environment that allowed me to do my job and maintain a productive structure. It’s not a good time in our culture to work with youth in any capacity.

It's like death by a thousand cuts. We all have stories. Mine is too long nor appropriate to tell here but it has been over 40 years and it changed me permanently. When the SHTF you find who your friends are and are not and it can be surprising. My wife and I let no one in our life anymore.

 

[mfinkelstein3]

Where is this being done? Is there kind of a format or playbook we can see to see how it was done so successfully.

Cathedral High School in NYC. Please reach out to me and I can give you some information.

 

[Jumping Jerry]

Cathedral High School in NYC. Please reach out to me and I can give you some information.

Can you write a petition all joking aside. I will take you up on your offer within the week. Thank you

 

[jeephawk]

This is the problem. We have given up on our youth. Sad to say

What a bunch of overgeneralized nonsense. You are part of "we" - best give up this pipe dream before it goes too far with that outlook.

Lots of unanswered questions - when are those going to be addressed? You want support and signatures but provide virtually no information about what it's all about or explained the basis for whatever the plan is, or your own background and real experiences.