Sometimes silence is strength. And when I was given the award for sportsmanlike conduct at the end of the season, the point was underscored. The sports field is a child's classroom of life, it is said. It's a place where we allow our charges to strike out or drop the pass without fear. Here, failure is all right.
Tears are OK, too.
And everybody plays. In this classroom, our children learn responsibility and cooperation and a sense that every slight need not be avenged. Roqua Montez IV is a Mercury News editorial writer. The Mercury News. The information you receive online from The Mercury News is protected by the copyright laws of the United States.