Imagine how you would feel if every time you sat down at your desk to start working, some jerk standing ten feet away started screaming “type faster,” or “no, no i before e, can’t you spell?” I know I wouldn’t be very productive.

What if when a kid went to take their SATs, parents sat at the front of the room screaming instructions and throwing things every time they missed a question?

Those actions would obviously never be acceptable, and no one in their right mind would think they were. So why is it that at school sporting events, spectators can get away with berating kids, taunting the opposing team and making themselves look like utter morons?

I like to assume that spectators at most sporting events cheer in a good natured way and behave in an acceptable manner, but after receiving a letter sent home from my school district this week, I’m not so sure.