I find it interesting that, just about one hour after today’s HIGH SCHOOL SHOW, I’ve received so much reaction - by e-mail and voice mail - for the wrong reasons. Let me explain.
On the show, a pot pourri of things. We had information about a weekend football camp in May with in-studio guest Nick Burns. Also, Peter Morris spoke about the football Bowl games back at the Rogers Centre. Rugby player Jason Durst, from St. Andrew’s, talked about the National invitational tournament going on. Former teacher and hockey coach Al Rose offered opinions about school hockey and his new venture as a poet and author. Teacher and coach Adil Askari helped us learn about the booming sport of school cricket in Toronto and sprinter Dushane Farrier was sincere and straightforward about grades, his future and helping others at his school.
Bit of everything. Right?
The people who e-mailed or called, and there were nine in 53 minutes after the show on a Sunday, all had complaints and beefs. Not one had anything complimentary - even a mention that we had a diverse group of topics and guests or a show on school sports. Come on folks, easy now.
They took issue with - facts. That I mentioned a coach was killed in a car accident. It happened. News, yes. We wanted to draw attention to this great guy. They complained about reference to two rugby players from Uxbridge injured in a game. It happened. They complained that too much emphasis was put on a 19-year old helping troubled kids when more should have been stressed about sports. And yes, they complained why no mention was made of high school baseball.
Nothing more for me to say.
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