Letter to the Coach

123 Main Street
Penticton, British Columbia,
V2A 3W1

May 16, 2011

Mr. Kleats
Soccer Coach
123 Main Street,
Sportstown, British Columbia
V2A 3W1

Dear Mr. Kleats:

My name is Jacob Hollenbeck; I am the father of Richard Hollenbeck. I have recognized and appreciate your time and dedication you put in with our children. I do realize that like most parents you have a busy life but and on behalf of myself and the other parents I do have a few concerns I would like to address to you.

I attend my sons practices and games regularly and I can’t help but notice that you tend to arrive to practice late. Also once you arrive and practice has started it seems to me that you come unprepared because the practices seem unorganized. Another concern I have is that even though my son gets a lot of playing time, being your star player, I have realized that there are several boys that do not get very much playing time, including your son. Not to mention the select few that do not receive any time on the field during games. One last concern is your emphasis on winning. Yes it is fun for both the players and coach to win every game but the boys are only 11 and I believe it isn't all about winning.

Noticing that you are a busy parent with work and such me and the other parents have come up with some solutions that you may consider in helping you out with coaching. Perhaps you could assign an assistant coach that gets off work early enough to prepare a structured practice and be able to arrive to practice on time and have the kids started with a warm up. I do think that if the boys have well planned practices that you may not need to overplay the star players and some of the weaker boys may get some valuable playing time and the winning may still come. It would be great if you could reply with who you may want to assist you as coach and what else you have to say about our concerns and any other way you think we could help you out.

Sincerely,



Jacob Hollenbeck

School teaches great work habits

School is school in an essence of itself with the inner deep thought of children growing old in a society where the government conforms you into a sophisticated individual that has no "out of the box thinking" but a mere "somebody" who grabs a pen, writes, and is finished with no recollection of the assignment or task. Therefore learning nothing but to copy.


School is the hardest phase any one has to go through in life. High school teaches very good work habits and life skills to prepare students for post secondary education and the outside world. That’s why when kids graduate and go into high school the average student’s grade decreases on an average of 20-30% and 20% of first year college students end up dropping out. Learning the special techniques of how to perfectly copy Sahils work and to make it look and sound slightly different but still getting a 100%. Getting your homework in on time is like asking Darren Hogg to show up to class, not worth the time. To bad this doesn’t fly in college. Teachers who allow students to send and receive text messages in class contribute to the 3000 texts per month while they are mainly in classes at school for the majority of their day. This a great way to teach kids English writing and allowing them to develop a professional education in speaking slang. Blog assignments are the primary reason why so many students are well prepared and ready for college-level reading. Its a good thing high school prepares us for after-graduation as much as it does.