[Magdalen] Wrestling

[Scott Knitter]

Being spurred on to learn and improve after an apparent failure will
get that kid far in life!

On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 1:40 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, Jim, Ryan is a most determined kid. You may remember that he weighed 1-1/2 lbs. at birth and is legally blind and has mild cerebral palsy. Also extremely bright!
> He's thrilled to have found a sport he likes, and one of the varsity players made a point of telling my daughter a couple of weeks ago how hard Ryan works during practice.
> Last week, after I heard that he had lost all three matches, I asked if he was getting discouraged, my daughter said no--that, in fact, when he got home that night, he asked his dad if he could try a couple of moves (half of their garage is now occupied by a wrestling mat.). Apparently he took his dad down immediately!
> At a meet last week he finally won a match, and Michelle said the whole place exploded in cheers!




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA