Why play sport? Just look at the great education Danelle Tan is getting
Most Singaporean athletes just shrug. They've heard a version of these whys. Sometimes they are questions with concern, sometimes they are just patronising. And maybe they're just too tired after practice to explain the university they go to, the one of almost no off-days, where the field is the classroom, and tests come daily, and the marking is harsh, and the lessons are in character building (try losing in front of thousands of people).
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