Yesterday was sports day at my kids' school, and usually it consists of us standing in a field, being baked by the sun, waiting for our kids to come on and do their couple races each. All in all, I'm only ever interested in a couple minutes of the 2.5 hours we stand there. Usually my oldest doesn't try that hard as he struggles with resilience. So if he's not clearly winning, he won't push, he'll give up. And our younger son was always a little too young and therefore uncoordinated, and usually at the back. This year was different. Our youngest tried really hard and was rapid! He ended up winning 2 of his races and coming second in another. Great result. But the stand out was our oldest son. At the end of the day, they give out all the awards and our son won the prized sportsperson of the year award. Not the day…the year. The headteacher talked in great depth about how he is always helpful to the younger kids, how he's always a good sportsman, even if he loses, and how he's happy to…
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