You know you've been in SO too long when...

[Unome]

We do have some structure, but the school won't let us have a student-run team. Plus, most of the students aren't that interested in science olympiad, because their parents forced them to try out.

What specifically do you mean by our school won't let you? If it's that there has to be a staff member (or in less restrictive cases an adult), then if you tell it well you can probably get a teacher to do some of the administrative stuff that the school requires (for example, our school district requires that students can't handle the money). It doesn't even have to be a science teacher; our school's academic bowl team (one of the best in the nation) is coached by a Spanish teacher.

There aren't a lot of staff members or teachers willing to be our head coach. Our assistant coaches from last year might step up, but both of them have little kids (one of them is separated and has a kid going to kindergarten, and the other barely shows up to tournaments).

It'll be difficult, but you can definitely find someone. From a google search, you school has a larger number of teachers than Chattahoochee; there's probably someone out there willing to do it if you phrase it to them well (<- I suggest you ask one of the more experienced people for more info about this)

[texas]

What specifically do you mean by our school won't let you? If it's that there has to be a staff member (or in less restrictive cases an adult), then if you tell it well you can probably get a teacher to do some of the administrative stuff that the school requires (for example, our school district requires that students can't handle the money). It doesn't even have to be a science teacher; our school's academic bowl team (one of the best in the nation) is coached by a Spanish teacher.

There aren't a lot of staff members or teachers willing to be our head coach. Our assistant coaches from last year might step up, but both of them have little kids (one of them is separated and has a kid going to kindergarten, and the other barely shows up to tournaments).

It'll be difficult, but you can definitely find someone. From a google search, you school has a larger number of teachers than Chattahoochee; there's probably someone out there willing to do it if you phrase it to them well (<- I suggest you ask one of the more experienced people for more info about this)

Our school doesn't really need anyone to actually coach us. we just need someone who can do all of the financial/administrative stuff. I'm pretty sure we don't even need a teacher to show up to competitions. The problem is that our school also requires that any club or team that meets afterschool has to be supervised by a teacher. And believe me, there are not that many teachers willing to supervise us (just come to our school at 2:45 any Tuesday or Thursday and you will see Indians randomly scattered across the school, taking over the teacher's lounge, and setting up a buffet in the computer lab). Also, a lot of teachers have kids and other stuff to do afterschool, so they can't really be our coach.

[Unome]

There aren't a lot of staff members or teachers willing to be our head coach. Our assistant coaches from last year might step up, but both of them have little kids (one of them is separated and has a kid going to kindergarten, and the other barely shows up to tournaments).

It'll be difficult, but you can definitely find someone. From a google search, you school has a larger number of teachers than Chattahoochee; there's probably someone out there willing to do it if you phrase it to them well (<- I suggest you ask one of the more experienced people for more info about this)

Our school doesn't really need anyone to actually coach us. we just need someone who can do all of the financial/administrative stuff. I'm pretty sure we don't even need a teacher to show up to competitions. The problem is that our school also requires that any club or team that meets afterschool has to be supervised by a teacher. And believe me, there are not that many teachers willing to supervise us (just come to our school at 2:45 any Tuesday or Thursday and you will see Indians randomly scattered across the school, taking over the teacher's lounge, and setting up a buffet in the computer lab). Also, a lot of teachers have kids and other stuff to do afterschool, so they can't really be our coach.

Still try. Think it through and ask for advice from people who know what they're talking about, and approach some teachers about it.

[Raven]

When you completely ignore your friends on a road trip as you stare out of the car windows, internally screaming in pain at all the invasive species you see racing by the window.

[[NerdyTotoro]]

When you spend your whole afternoon yelling at people to join Science Olympiad for 6 hours straight and lose your voice at the end.

[Fibonacci924]

You cry yourself to sleep because you miss Meteorology so much that you can not function. And you see all these younglings enjoying it but you just can't.

[Panda Weasley]

You consider collecting squirrel hairs from roadkill you find for Forensics.

[Unome]

When you spend one and a half hours a day on SO...

...while in school.

[daydreamer0023]

You consider collecting squirrel hairs from roadkill you find for Forensics.

You know, you kind of got me thinking a bit...I'm probably going insane.

[texas]

When you freak the crap out when you find out that BPL is leaving