Teenagers and Sport
There are no teenagers lingering around on street corners in Amsterdam. You often see them whizzing past you on a bike, holding a hockey stick or wearing sports clothes. There are very few teenage pregnancies too.
Which makes me come to the conclusion that the teenagers are not bored. They are playing sport or studying for exams. A test is taken at school each academic year in secondary school/high school. If that test is failed then the student repeats the year.
Which makes me come to the conclusion that the teenagers are not bored. They are playing sport or studying for exams. A test is taken at school each academic year in secondary school/high school. If that test is failed then the student repeats the year.
Sport is big in Amsterdam. Firstly, most people cycle to wherever they're going and it doesn't count as sport. There aren't very many fat people here. It's been surprisingly very easy to sign the children up for sporting activities of our choice.
I spoke to one parent tonight while watching my daughter do gymnastics. He said there is too much to choose from and the problem is that the parents end up ferrying their children from one activity to another.
In London, we couldn't find football or gymnastics for either of my children. There are waiting lists, the organisers don't return your calls, the activities were only on Saturday's. A myriad of reasons why swimming had been the only activity my children had done for some time. Oh, and tennis. In Amsterdam, one email and they can do it. You can pick your day, there is an activity nearby. So Ava is loving gymnastics and we've managed to sign Aaron up for English speaking football on a Sunday morning. The gymnastics takes place in a huge gymnasium, see the below link. Aaron's football takes place on astro turn, in a very well kept ptich and with an indoor provision available if the temperature is below 0 degrees. Happy days and healthy kids.
I spoke to one parent tonight while watching my daughter do gymnastics. He said there is too much to choose from and the problem is that the parents end up ferrying their children from one activity to another.
In London, we couldn't find football or gymnastics for either of my children. There are waiting lists, the organisers don't return your calls, the activities were only on Saturday's. A myriad of reasons why swimming had been the only activity my children had done for some time. Oh, and tennis. In Amsterdam, one email and they can do it. You can pick your day, there is an activity nearby. So Ava is loving gymnastics and we've managed to sign Aaron up for English speaking football on a Sunday morning. The gymnastics takes place in a huge gymnasium, see the below link. Aaron's football takes place on astro turn, in a very well kept ptich and with an indoor provision available if the temperature is below 0 degrees. Happy days and healthy kids.
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