- 23 Jul 14, 01:08#409425
RC, I understand how important it is to stay positive about your favourite team/driver!
More importantly how hard it is to stay calm when it would seem that this is "the" year,
yet circumstances seem to be working against your favourite. It's very similar to being
a parent, because it's difficult to separate the emotion from the logic. It's not easy to
compartmentalize the two, as there always seems to be spillage from one to the other.
I also understand what Roth is saying about parents and I believe it's a good analogy.
As teachers, I'm sure we've both come into contact with that "exact" parent that Roth's
wife described to him. In fact, anyone that has ever been involved with their children
in amateur sports will recognize the cross between fan/parent and just how hard it is
for them to be subjective when it comes to their child. That's because emotions are
involved, that's because parents have a vested interest in their child and that's because
they aren't able to separate the two, which is why a teacher there are difficulties when
teachers have their children attend the school they teach in. Worse, if the child is in the
same grade the parent teaches. Again, because it's difficult to compartmentalize the
emotions and the logic, thus subjectivity suffers.
WB, I realize you were mocking the Tifosi in saying you have more logic; but, in the end,
it's the passion you ridicule in one set of fans that you believe sets Hamilton fans apart
from his "supporters". Not really sure how think you can quantify just how much passion
is too much passion; but, if you think you can, all the more power to you!
After the agony of defeat, success will be sweet!
...I'm a teacher, I see a lot of kids and parents, I can't see the relevance of your comment. This is about how you support your favourite driver not bring up your kids...
... My wife's a teacher also, and she's forever complaining about parents who think their kid's a perfect genius, telling her how to do her job, when apparently they're slightly above average intelligence with an attitude problem. Maybe you're just lucky, I don't know.
RC, I understand how important it is to stay positive about your favourite team/driver!
More importantly how hard it is to stay calm when it would seem that this is "the" year,
yet circumstances seem to be working against your favourite. It's very similar to being
a parent, because it's difficult to separate the emotion from the logic. It's not easy to
compartmentalize the two, as there always seems to be spillage from one to the other.
I also understand what Roth is saying about parents and I believe it's a good analogy.
As teachers, I'm sure we've both come into contact with that "exact" parent that Roth's
wife described to him. In fact, anyone that has ever been involved with their children
in amateur sports will recognize the cross between fan/parent and just how hard it is
for them to be subjective when it comes to their child. That's because emotions are
involved, that's because parents have a vested interest in their child and that's because
they aren't able to separate the two, which is why a teacher there are difficulties when
teachers have their children attend the school they teach in. Worse, if the child is in the
same grade the parent teaches. Again, because it's difficult to compartmentalize the
emotions and the logic, thus subjectivity suffers.
WB, I realize you were mocking the Tifosi in saying you have more logic; but, in the end,
it's the passion you ridicule in one set of fans that you believe sets Hamilton fans apart
from his "supporters". Not really sure how think you can quantify just how much passion
is too much passion; but, if you think you can, all the more power to you!
