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So I talked to my teacher AND.... she basically told me I can't do science olympiad becuase HER SON :o is in all my events- even though I beat him in some events. UGGGHHH I'M SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
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wow... the way coaches base the events sounds really odd... dunno if it'll be that way in my high school
robotman09 wrote:when i was a sixth grader i did 6 events and than 8 as a 7th grader
how on earth can you do 8 whole events? on our team everybody has 2 to 5 events (the higher score you got in tryouts, the more events you have) so i have 5 events; last year i had two. does your team have less people? (we have 15, no alternates)
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Well, you could do different events at different levels. If you base things this way I had 7 events last year!

And for slrichardson, try talking to your parents, and see if they can help. If not, there's not much else you can do, unless you want to give your coach this thread's URL!
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EASTstroudsburg13 wrote:Well, you could do different events at different levels. If you base things this way I had 7 events last year!
ah, that makes sense. i've only been to regionals, so i didn't really know that...
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slrichardson wrote:So I talked to my teacher AND.... she basically told me I can't do science olympiad becuase HER SON :o is in all my events- even though I beat him in some events. UGGGHHH I'M SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
That's really not cool. That's like the play director who always cast her son as the lead, whether he deserved it or not. He became one of the most hated kids in school. Her twin daughters actually asked not to have the lead, because they wanted to have friends. They still got substantial parts though.
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slrichardson wrote:So I talked to my teacher AND.... she basically told me I can't do science olympiad becuase HER SON :o is in all my events- even though I beat him in some events. UGGGHHH I'M SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
Are you kidding me?! Is she even allowed to do that? I think that if you can prove that you are the best at those events (with test scores) and she still doesn't let you compete, you should go straight to the principal. Doesn't he have to do something about it?
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denmarksoccer wrote:
slrichardson wrote:So I talked to my teacher AND.... she basically told me I can't do science olympiad becuase HER SON :o is in all my events- even though I beat him in some events. UGGGHHH I'M SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
Are you kidding me?! Is she even allowed to do that? I think that if you can prove that you are the best at those events (with test scores) and she still doesn't let you compete, you should go straight to the principal. Doesn't he have to do something about it?
the coach can usually do whatever they want, and why would the principle be involved in SO?
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don't worry about being an alternate. My school has 2 teams, and we pick who is actually on the team based on how much work each person does, but it just ends up being that the upperclassmen are on team whereas the underclassmen are usually alternates. Keep practicing, you should be on the team this year
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rocketman1555 wrote:
denmarksoccer wrote:
slrichardson wrote:So I talked to my teacher AND.... she basically told me I can't do science olympiad becuase HER SON :o is in all my events- even though I beat him in some events. UGGGHHH I'M SO MAD!!!!!!!!!!!! :evil:
Are you kidding me?! Is she even allowed to do that? I think that if you can prove that you are the best at those events (with test scores) and she still doesn't let you compete, you should go straight to the principal. Doesn't he have to do something about it?
the coach can usually do whatever they want, and why would the principle be involved in SO?
Well, why not? The principal could probably do something to right the situation. I still suggest to also tell your parents.
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It's not a class...thus does the principal (a) care, or (b) have any authority?

The principal in any case is going to take the teacher's word. I'm sure she has some reason, even if you don't like it or believe it.

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