There isn't really a good theme to play off of concerning the literature this week, unless you want to talk about good and evil (and if you REALLY don't care at all about sports one way or the other, you may use that as the topic: do you think there are absolutes when it comes to good and evil? Or is it all relative? What makes something good, and what makes something evil? What makes a PERSON good or evil, overall? Have fun with that.), so I thought we could talk about something that has been dominating the world stage of late, because of the Olympics: sports.
So my question is, do you think sports are a good thing? Do they benefit people in a more meaningful way than amusement, or are they simply pastimes? If they are simply pastimes, is that enough to make them good?
Have sports gone bad in recent years, between criminal athletes like Michael Vick and (apparently) the entire Oregon football team, and the steroid use that seems to have taken over every major American sport? Or are they still something good, providing positive experiences for the fans and good role models for kids? (This is assuming you think sports were EVER something good.)
Do you think the Olympics are good, or have the various issues with the athletes and the games (Such as the Summer Games being hosted by Beijing, despite China's horrid and ongoing human rights violations, or the American snowboarder who was sent home for posting dirty pictures on the internet, or the death on the luge track this year) made them no better than the average, everyday sporting events? Are you proud of the American achievements in the Olympics?
Do you think sports should be a part of public schools?
Finally: can you define, either with explanations or through clear examples, exactly what is a sport and what is not?
Responses before next Monday, March 1, please.
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