17 REASONS WHY FOOTBALL PROVIDES BETTER TEACHING MODELS ...

HERB CHILDRESS holds a doctorate in Environment-Behavior Studies from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. His ethnography af a Northern California High School, "Landscapes of Betrayal, Land- scapes of Joy" is available from University Microfilms Interna- tional, Ann Arbor, MI. He can be reached miakixca@aol.com

As an ethnographer, Mr. Childress was able to watch more than a hundred high school students in a variety of circumstances. Here is what he learned.

"I use football as my specific example not because I love foot- ball; I use it because l hate football. it's been said that football combines the two worst elements of American society; violence and committee meetings. You can substitute "music" or "theater" or "soccer" for "football;' and everything l say will stay the same; so when I say that football is better than school, what l really mean is that even football is better than school."

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