I have been doing some research for an Olympic unit the middle girl and I are going to do for home schooling assignment. I am shocked at all the sites state that medal tracking should be done as part of the unit. I always thought that the Olympic games were about pride of competeing for your country and doing your best not how many medals each country has. The best scenes for me from the Olympics and watching that last struggling athlete push to finish the competition. The fact that the athlete didn't give up to me is what the Olympics stand for. It is sad for me to see it turned it a competition to see what country gets the most medals. It is a sad statement of what is going on in the world when this has become the most important thing In the Olympics.
What do you think?
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I've seen many unit studies include the same trivial stuff because it was expected to be included-not because it had any educational value. So, I wouldn't read more into it than intended and would just leave it out.
Medal tracking has always been a big deal with the Olympics. It is, after all, a competition between countries. It is also about the pride of competing for your country and doing your best.
I always root for Switzerland in the skiing-most of the best Swiss competitors are farm guys. My favorite memories of the Winter Olympics were watching Robin Cousins (UK) compete in skating. He was always so incredibly graceful (in a sport where height is a severe disadvantage). Oh, and the 1980 hockey game between US and USSR.