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re: Special Needs Student Told To Remove His Varsity Letter
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:32 am to lsupride87
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:32 am to lsupride87
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I admit the school didnt handle this very well either. What they should have done when they saw him at school with the letter is called him and the mom into a meeting and said something like this, "Now Johnny, Im going to hold onto this jacket for a bit. But you are going to be able to earn it back. What we need from you is to be the loudest and most vocal guy on the team for the next 3 games, and the first one to practice for the next two weeks. Then, we will have a letterman presentation for you the next week at assembly"
If that happened, that kid would have been so fricking pumped to do actually get that jacket in front of his peers, especially being told he had to "earn" it. Yall would be shocked at how much downs kids respond to having goals and jobs that make them feel like they are being treated equal and depended on. That is how they grow and become able to semi live on their own
That's actually a pretty good idea right there.
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:32 am to Tigerlaff
quote:Who has argued that? I havent seen anyone. I have noticed alot of that on the OT lately. Argue against made up posts that dont exist
Absolutely mind-blowing to me that anyone here thinks a high school letter is some kind of huge exclusive achievement to the extent that you can't give one to a retarded kid. Pathetic
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:33 am to southernelite
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I put my 2 academic all-state awards, academic endorsement, and beta on mine
You still list it as an adult?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:33 am to MottLaneKid
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I'm sure 99 % of high school letter winners have outgrown their jackets by the time they are 25 years old anyway
Anyone who wears a varsity jacket at any point past high school graduation is probably the type in this thread to be up in arms about a downs-syndrome kid wearing an unearned letter.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:34 am to lsupride87
quote:but they didn't do that...I agree the important lessons to learn from adolescence, but come on...that would have been the best way, and what I would have offered before it became a subject...but I can tell you looking at the picture of that fricking guy
admit the school didnt handle this very well either. What they should have done when they saw him at school with the letter is called him and the mom into a meeting and said something like this, "Now Johnny, Im going to hold onto this jacket for a bit. But you are going to be able to earn it back. What we need from you is to be the loudest and most vocal guy on the team for the next 3 games, and the first one to practice for the next two weeks. Then, we will have a letterman presentation for you the next week at assembly"
If that happened, that kid would have been so fricking pumped to do actually get that jacket in front of his peers, especially being told he had to "earn" it. Yall would be shocked at how much downs kids respond to having goals and jobs that make them feel like they are being treated equal and depended on. That is how they grow and become able to semi live on their own
that was never going to happenPosted on 3/27/15 at 10:36 am to DelU249
quote:Yeh both sides fricked up. But the people in here that simply want to throw the cookie to the "retarded" kid piss me off more. That is more degrading to me than anything
but they didn't do that.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:36 am to Tigerfan56
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:37 am to lsupride87
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But the people in here that simply want to throw the cookie to the "retarded" kid piss me off more. That is more degrading to me than anything
and nobody said that...
basically just "let him wear the fricking jacket, nobody fricking cares"
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:37 am to lsupride87
quote:
But the people in here that simply want to throw the cookie to the "retarded" kid piss me off more. That is more degrading to me than anything
Yep
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:37 am to lsupride87
No. The mother didn't frick up. Girls wear their boyfriend's letter jackets. It's totally pointless, it means absolutely nothing to no one, including most athletes. I can't imagine the people who give a shite, real Al Bundy dumb jock trapped in their glory days of high school shite. Good fricking God.
I was a letterman btw, football and basketball
I was a letterman btw, football and basketball
This post was edited on 3/27/15 at 10:38 am
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:37 am to Tigerfan56
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lol at people in here acting like "the letter must be earned". It's a fricking HS varsity letter, not some prestigious rhodes-scholarship type honor.
Is this similar to stolen valor?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:38 am to AubieALUMdvm
I thought the come at me bro part properly conveyed my sarcasm. But since I apparently need to clarify, no. I don't even list what high school I went to because I don't have the room on it. I think the fact i have a colleg degree properly conveys I hold a HS diploma
This post was edited on 3/27/15 at 10:40 am
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:39 am to CadesCove
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Is this similar to stolen valor?
Only if the one stealing the valor has special needs.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:39 am to lsupride87
quote:
But the people in here that simply want to throw the cookie to the "retarded" kid piss me off more.
Its not giving him a cookie, its about taking the cookie away. Who gives a shite if the kid has a varsity letter that his mom gave him?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:39 am to GrammarKnotsi
Or......the people in this thread who never earned one and are regretful that they were born without any athletic ability?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:40 am to southernelite
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I don't even list what high school I went to because I don't have the room on it.
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:40 am to GrammarKnotsi
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Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:40 am to Green Chili Tiger
how is it degrading? there was no structure in place for him to earn one and he desperately wanted one.
handicap parking is degrading, this is just nice, and the fact that his mom had to buy him one, and the school never offered a way to earn one, or to give him an honorary one, is pretty bad
handicap parking is degrading, this is just nice, and the fact that his mom had to buy him one, and the school never offered a way to earn one, or to give him an honorary one, is pretty bad
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:40 am to GrammarKnotsi
People with college degrees put their HS education on their resume?
Posted on 3/27/15 at 10:40 am to Salmon
quote:To me that is the "feel sorry for the downs kid, just give him what he wants" I know yall prolly arent like this, but I have seen this attitude at so many events from parents and others and it is amazing how bad this is for the kids. It keeps them at a lower functioning level
basically just "let him wear the fricking jacket, nobody fricking cares"
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