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Are the national youth games abolished?


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Are the Federal Youth Games outdated and abolished?

A mother now demands online to abolish the Federal Youth Games and has launched a petition for it. Over the top? Or necessary?

Most of us had to take part in the Federal Youth Games earlier in school and yes, we admit, one of us might have been looking forward to it, the others rather less.

For some, the Federal Youth Games were a refreshing break from the drögen lessons, for others, a cause for a lot of anguish and embarrassment. Not every one of us is blessed with equally talented athletes, and the Federal Youth Games kept that in mind. And not just one, often the whole year.

Now a worried mother asks, "Does that have to be?"

On her blog "Mama works" author Christine Finke writes that the Bundesjugendspiele live by rating, "appreciation and devaluation of individuals at the expense of others." Children with good athletic performance are praised and celebrated, while those who do not perform so well, not only go out empty-handed, but often also exposed. "It's a part of a competition, " he said, "but what's the point of a competition that you do not volunteer and that you already know be at the bottom of the performance scale?" asks Finke on her blog.

Therefore, she launched a petition to abolish the Federal Youth Games. And if not the abolition of the Federal Youth Games, then participation should at least be voluntary .

Finkes demand causes a lively discussion on her Facebook channel. The single mother receives much encouragement for her idea, but also headwind. "We can not put the kids in wadding" and "The kids also have to learn to deal with failures" is a common tenor in the comments. Some users report that even then, or their children, they were and are more likely to be motivated to do better by bad results at the national youth games.

There is also a lot of criticism of teachers and schools in the comments. Teachers probably put a lot of pressure on their students and the exposure of the less good students would go from them. Since the Federal Youth Games in itself could not do anything and you would have to talk to the schools.

How do you see the whole thing? Should the national youth games be abolished? Vote:

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