“Who cares that she’s black? Who are the people for whom this is important? She is, apparently, an excellent American gymnast. What else matters?”
Thank you!! I’m so TIRED of that crap. I think it was on “The Five” this week, when one of the ladies mentioned Jesse Owens’ win in Hitler’s heyday. She started to say “black”, but only got out “bl” and then went on to “American”. Finally!
And all this money for training...? Piano lessons are much cheaper, and probably are probably more useful throughout a lifetime. You might not get your face on a Wheaties box, but might be able to serve your church for years.
Oh please! The piano? I say this as a wife and mother of musically gifted people, of which I am not. Talent is talent. Why would you think playing the piano is better than anything else that showcases one’s God given talent?
Again, the ignorance on this thread is astounding.
Do you know if Gabby plays the piano? I do not. But I would not be surprised though she has spent most of her days for the last 8 years in a gym training and being homeschooled. Homeschooled in the gymnastics world does not necessarily mean that a gymnast is taught in the home. A lot of gyms have school right there at the gym. A lot of elite gymnasts take correspondence courses but call it homeschooling.
I’m a big college gymnastics fan and have watched a lot of gymnasts earn degrees in many disciplines. The key word there is discipline. They make excellent college students due to their need to overachieve. I’m a Bama gymnastics fan, but I have followed the careers of a lot of UGA and Florida gymnasts. College gymnastics appears to be a lot of fun for these girls who have spent so many years training to be on the US team. All of these schools promote gymnastics.
I can’t think of any pianists from Bama, but it’s not exactly a music school. I can name a whole lot of gymnasts from UCLA to Utah to UGA to UArkansas and a few schools in between. I know a lot of football fans who can name SEC gymnasts off the tops of their heads. It’s kind of bizarre, but the SEC is a little crazy about sports.