Should our Schools teach fishing as a sport?

Since our schools teach our kids the sport of football, baseball, basket ball, tennis, volleyball, soccer, golf and just about every other sport that one can think of, should our schools teach our kids the sport of fishing, one of the oldest sports known to man?

It really seems strange that our schools are "not teaching" this to our kids today! WHY NOT? If you think about it, it's one of the purest and oldest sports that a kid can learn or do. They can learn how to be completive; they can learn sportsmanship, and they can do it all without the need for using drugs to enhance their abilities to be really good at it! What more could a parent ask for?

It would help the kids to understand the "balance" between man, fish and nature and how everything relates to the "bigger picture" in life. Can anyone explain how the sport of football, baseball, basket ball, tennis, volleyball, soccer, and golf can do that?

If you think that fishing shouldn't be taught as a sport in our schools, will you tell us why?

So what do you think people, since we have several teachers on our board, it should very informative to hear their thought on this issue too (come on elkrun, we both can probably agree on this one )

No one should get too offended about this thread, because we all love our this sport so much!


Cowlitzfisherman