Whenever I wonder why things dont work all that well in Australia, or I look at Asia and see some of the stunning progress that is being made by countries that lack all of our natural advantages. I am reminded that young people who do things such as winning a Gold Medal at the International Maths Olympiad have their achievements buried deep in the media whereas drunken, surly, poor behaving loser athletes have gallons of ink wasted on their non achievements.
Let me guess upon which young person the countries future rests…..
How very true. No wonder we are an underperforming nation when mediocre sports “stars” earn many times the income of our top scientists & we are burdened by a poor quality political class whose primary objective is point scoring & who have no vision for the future of our country. It is no wonder that many of our most gifted scientists & surgeons etc. come from an asian background.
An excellent result for Seyoon!
Shame his teammate Andrew, who scored higher in 4th place, wasn’t also pictured and interviewed.
I’d much rather read about what our future direction-setters are achieving, than what some dude in shorts is doing on a patch of grass.