College football is a sport that bears the same relation to education that bullfighting does to agriculture.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- College football often distracts from or contradicts the purpose of education.
- In plain terms
- College football relates to education like bullfighting relates to farming.
- What can you take from it?
- Priorities in education can be misplaced toward entertainment.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What distracts from your learning?
- Is this activity truly educational?
Another view
Sports can also build teamwork and school spirit which have educational value.
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