For you baseball fans, be on the lookout for a 17 year old major league baseball player in 2010 (he’s 16 right now). His name is Bryce Harper and nothing short of a prodigy. He’s got a gift and has opted to go to his local community college in Las Vegas and get his GED. By that time, he’ll be eligible for the draft (most likely 1st pick) and probably get to play for the Senators.
At first, I thought this was crazy. A 17 year old playing pro ball? Then I read the article below:
The author makes a compelling argument, especially regarding the prep we give to tennis, skating and hockey athletes, practically strapping on their gear from diapers on to get them ready for their sport. The concern I have is the same concern he expresses in his article: we already have so many parents convinced their kids are ’special’ and have ‘uber-talent’, when they really aren’t and don’t. Now, we’ll have these same out-of-touch parents trying to groom the next Bryce Harper, with no real perspective on their child’s abilities.
I don’t fault the Harpers for this – they’re obviously not wrong about their child’s abilities.
