bay area teacher to chef curry: " i love you, but don't come to my school"

[Roid Jones]

My teacher told me I would not be a professional athlete...............................why did he have to be right :MJ bowler:

 

[Real]

It's amazing how many people think they can be a pro athlete.

 

[USSInsiders]

Cliff notes please

TLDR: Steph is gonna fukk his wife

 

[Scientific Playa]

stopped reading after the tutor hatorade.

Matt Amaral -- an English teacher at Mt. Eden High School in Hayward, California

 

[USSInsiders]

As a teacher, one of the most heartbreaking things (for a number of reasons) is having a classroom full of boys who all want to be a professional athlete, even though none of them have ever played a single day of organized sports or have the least bit of athleticism to them at all. They also don't have the resources or support to get better.

That being said, I have made it a point never to shyt on their dreams. All I ask them to do is have a backup plan. Maybe work their asses off to get a scholarship or something and go to a school to become a sports therapist, or sports manager, or lawyer, or something. Anything.

Sadly there's no fame or recognition in there. Matter of fact, about 4 hours, I literally had a kid tell me that he would rather be the player than the owner (we were having a discussion about about Dan Gilbert and the aftermath of Lebron leaving a few years back). It's crazy, but how do you tell the truth without shytting on these kids' dreams?

I don't use the word "dream." I prefer goal. Goal is something you're working towards; it's tangible. A dream is just a fantastical notion imo.

 

[USSInsiders]

1st of all I thought this was written by a women. "I love me some draymond green" is straight sista in lust talk.
And secondly why not tell him to come visit the kids and tell them ABOUT BEING A FATHER AND WHAT A CHILD CAN DO WHEN HE HAS A FATHER IN HIS LIFE. A lot of these kids don't have that from what it seems and they're in high school so it's a good chance that they'll be father's in the next 5 years or so (Unfortunately). But don't straight up disregard Steph and throw him in the bushes because he had advantages. Use him to tell them what having advantages can do for your family.

Based on how his kid acts it's obvious Steph is a p*ssy for a dad. Either that or the kid has some kind of spectrum disorder like other posters pointed out

 

[unit321]

As a teacher, one of the most heartbreaking things (for a number of reasons) is having a classroom full of boys who all want to be a professional athlete, even though none of them have ever played a single day of organized sports or have the least bit of athleticism to them at all. They also don't have the resources or support to get better.

That being said, I have made it a point never to shyt on their dreams. All I ask them to do is have a backup plan. Maybe work their asses off to get a scholarship or something and go to a school to become a sports therapist, or sports manager, or lawyer, or something. Anything.

Sadly there's no fame or recognition in there. Matter of fact, about 4 hours, I literally had a kid tell me that he would rather be the player than the owner (we were having a discussion about about Dan Gilbert and the aftermath of Lebron leaving a few years back). It's crazy, but how do you tell the truth without shytting on these kids' dreams?

That's cool what you are doing.
Well, you can be brutally honest with them and tell them are great options without ruining their dreams. Don't put all your eggs in one basket would be a nice and honest way to say, 'keep your options open'.

 

[ryderldb]

fukk this teacher. His points are valid but the message he has to his kids is basically "aim low cuz you won't amount to shyt".

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Nah breh. You don't sell ppl a short outlook on life. You gotta water the seeds.

People function best with positive motivation.

Steph Curry coming could the reason a kid puts forth effort to study harder, make As and go to college. Listening to this teachers logic the kid might as well give up on life at 15 and accept becoming that bus driver.

NBA odds might not be in your favor but living a better life than ur parents gave you can be.

judging from dudes twitter and link in his bio... he is upset that a system that affords us so much,is damn near useless to these kids because of inequality.

but to stoop to those levels in an attempt to fight the good fight? dude should be ashamed of himself.

 

[Fade Runner 2049]

 

[Geek Nasty]

As a teacher, one of the most heartbreaking things (for a number of reasons) is having a classroom full of boys who all want to be a professional athlete, even though none of them have ever played a single day of organized sports or have the least bit of athleticism to them at all. They also don't have the resources or support to get better.

That being said, I have made it a point never to shyt on their dreams. All I ask them to do is have a backup plan. Maybe work their asses off to get a scholarship or something and go to a school to become a sports therapist, or sports manager, or lawyer, or something. Anything.

Sadly there's no fame or recognition in there. Matter of fact, about 4 hours, I literally had a kid tell me that he would rather be the player than the owner (we were having a discussion about about Dan Gilbert and the aftermath of Lebron leaving a few years back). It's crazy, but how do you tell the truth without shytting on these kids' dreams?

Shyt all over their dreams. Kids need a wakeup call. "Son, you're not going pro if you can't make a layup. But, I foresee a layoff in your future!"

 

[MAKAVELI25]

fukk this teacher. His points are valid but the message he has to his kids is basically "aim low cuz you won't amount to shyt".

Is that really the message? Some of you might need to up your reading comprension

 

[Geek Nasty]

This teacher is being mad melodramatic and attention whoring with this letter.

He could simply tell Steph to emphasize hard work and pursuing their dreams while making sure they get an education. Emphasize the importance of college and how they need to start getting prepared for it now. By the time you reach highschool, nikkas know most aint got a chance to make the league, especially if you aint a super star in your own area already. These kids already know the deal, why can't they just meet the local sports hero for a day of fun?

I was just about to post the same thing. I bet if an actress or model was from their school, he wouldn't be writing a letter telling girls "get your grades right, you aren't that pretty"

 

[rapbeats]

I had to settle for Don Ford, Ac Green and Kurt Rambis. All the kids were like and i was why couldnt they bring nick van exel or Eddie Jones instead of these struggle lakers

lol at struggle lakers. green and rambis has rings. are champions as great as eddie and nick looked on the court. those guys were not winners. i think eddie may have stole a ring with the heat on his last leg. but neither of those guys were winners back in their laker days. you learn something when you're in the presence of winners. and especially "struggle" players. because they will tell you about the hardwork and how hard it was for them not having all the god given talent and or size.

 

[rapbeats]

This teacher is being mad melodramatic and attention whoring with this letter.

He could simply tell Steph to emphasize hard work and pursuing their dreams while making sure they get an education. Emphasize the importance of college and how they need to start getting prepared for it now. By the time you reach highschool, nikkas know most aint got a chance to make the league, especially if you aint a super star in your own area already. These kids already know the deal, why can't they just meet the local sports hero for a day of fun?

you missed the point. no matter what Curry says it will go in one ear and out of the other. the moment they see him, they will believe they can be him. thats the point of the letter. yall missed it too. lol.

its nothing steph could say to change their minds. literally the moment he steps foot on campus the dreams start as if they already havent started while watching him on TV. it gets more ridiculous in dreamville when they meet him in person.

there isnt a single accountant, office worker, or blue collar dude that says "if it wasnt for X player from X pro team, i would not have been a normal average joe worker bee. thats mildly successful." no one says that. because when these guys come thru you start dreaming about being them. not being who you will most likely end up being.