Nurturing Talent

Enough already with the table tennis celebrations!!! If we really want to win a medal without outsourcing it, we have to remember that developing and nurturing talent takes a long, a very long time...generations sometimes, and probably combined with some pretty nifty genes. See how long it finally took the Jamaicans to win a Gold? Even Afghanistan won a medal...and it was an Afghan who won the medal! Another thing we need to do is to completely change our mindset with regard to sport. Remember Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences? not everyone is academically endowed. Maybe we should move away from the obsession of attaining academic achievements for individuals who are more gifted in other areas. Think about it...would Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt have been straight A 'O' Level students?