"I don't want my child to take part in this contest you've dreamed up," a visiting parent told me on the grounds of my camp. "I don't want him to lose. He's not good at this." She pointed out to the playing field where campers were practicing throwing bamboo spears, hurling rock ‘shot puts,' and leaping over high jump crossbars."
"It's called the 'Primitive Olympics,'" I explained. "Everyone is excited about it. Including your son."
She frowned out at the activity on the field. "But he can't do these things. He'll lose."
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