Zac received a 1GB SanDisk MP3 player as a gift from Grandpa. The on switch was tough to press just right to get the thing to turn on yet he worked with it and didn't complain. Eventually I made it over to the SanDisk website to look up support options. All I could find was an email address so I send a pleasant email detailing the tough button problem; no response.
Several months go by and Zac report that the unit won't turn on at all. I give 'er a go and find if one presses real hard and wiggles it just right the unit will fire up. Still, I returned to the SanDisk website to look up that support email address once again. I was really going to let them have it. I was pleasantly surprised to see they had a real support system inplace so I registered and submitted my complaint, again.
After a few amazingly prompt exchanges Zac problematic unit was on its way back to SanDisk. The 'extra mile' part is where they sent out a new in the package replacement unit. They didn't badger me for a receipt (it was a gift and I didn't have one), they didn't suggest a repair price, shipping cost; they just replaced it with no questions asked.
In todays world that gets my attention in a very positive way. I had read where the Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg had a high opinion of SanDisk and so was happy to echo his kudos.
SanDisk sits at #2 in the MP3 player wars. Apple's Ipod is on top. Zac also has a 30GB IPOD (thanks Grandma and Grandpa) but generally prefers to use the SanDisk. He explains it is more convenient overall.
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Then there was the guy on the evening news with a swastika tattooed dead center on his forehead. He moaned that prospective employers often unfairly judged him by something as superficial as his tattoo. This is a true story!
On January 2, 2003 Laura Langendorf posted an article on the Sports Esteem blog.
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This article starts in the traditional way;
According to the National Alliance for Sports, of the 20 million kids who sign up, 70 percent quit playing league sports by the age of 13 and never play again. The media points to enraged parents and bad sportsmanship as the biggest problem in youth sports.
The key word is ‘Media’. Not only the traditional media but the uninformed players, fans and family too.
It is genius to point out that seventy percent of parents don’t go south at age 13 on the sports scene with their kids. After all they made it quite a few years. If the kid started hockey at age three or four then the parent enjoyed nine or ten years of success! Pretty good track record don’t you think?
So we are left with statistics from the National Alliance for Sports to explain why it goes south for seven out of ten kids. Unfortunately and as is often the case the ’statistics’ don’t take into consideration reality. Giving a bunch of thirteen year old sports drop-outs a survey form and asking them to select the check box that best answers the question on why they quit doesn’t really let you see behind the mask (or mirror in some cases).
What is missing is an understanding of child brain development. As kids hit puberty they take on a new sense of self yet do not have the brain development to explain it to National Alliance for Sports, their parents, coaches or even themselves. So IMHO talking to your child to understand how he or she feels, helping guide them through their emotions or sort out their innermost thoughts is one big waste of time.
The human brain doesn’t fully develop its capacity for rational thought until the age of 18 years! A researcher on the subject quipped teenagers act like they don’t care because they don’t!
For my money if you want to give your teenagers a fighting chance at sports then you will have to make it a requirement, not an option. If you leave the rationally challenged youths to their own means seventy percent of them will sit in front of the video screen all day, every day. In my play book that is not an option.
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I'm a fan of the Wall Street Journal and of Walter Mossberg. When Mr. Mossberg discussed VOX I just had to give 'er a go.
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