David and Goliath
Monday 3rd May 2010
We all know the story of David and Goliath and it is one that is often told in schools as it contains so many lessons for young boys to learn from. I was reminded of this during the week when our 1st XI beat Bedford Modern in the first round of the JET cup, a national under 13 competition for independent schools. It was an excellent result and an exciting game of cricket; I congratulate the boys and their coaches. Although I hope that the lessons learned the next day in defeat were also taken on board!
We have seen several instances this year where our boys have performed really well in competition against much bigger schools. On the soccer pitch our 1st defeated Dulwich College in the first term and last term our General Knowledge Team defeated Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in qualifying for the national stages of that competition. It does go to show that with the right environment boys can achieve great things and often exceed their expectations.
The boys must continue to think about their targets and how they can achieve them. By setting them appropriately they may find that they too can beat Goliath – in whatever form he may appear to them. I hope that as the term progresses our boys will be able to achieve what David did, but perhaps without the same violent ending……….
