_____ 1. First, I think we’ve all seen how the Chinese athletes have come out of nowhere in the last twenty years or so and have started to dominate in a number of sports. _____ 2. In the United States, young athletes and their families have to foot the bill. Sometimes, if they’re very good, the athletes can get funding from other sources, such as companies or individuals that want to invest in their athletic careers. _____ 3. They are proud of their athletes and want their athletes to represent the country on the world stage. _____ 4. But sometime in the middle of the last century, educators bowed out, and the parents took over, sometimes as coaches, but most often as very active spectators. _____ 5. And their ambitions often got the best of them.