A Different Street

You might not think that jock culture could be present as early as third grade. I’m here to tell you that you are mistaken. There are three boys in my kid’s class who play football — play it, watch it, read it, sleep it, eat and drink it as far as I can tell. They do the chest bumps and the “YES COACH!” hollers in class, but they also, I believe, are already developing that sense of being special, apart … dare I say “better”? … and “tough,” whatever that means. It seems wrong somehow.

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