Anyone know the score of the Sidwell Flint Hill game?

[Anonymous]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/josh-hart-makes-the-most-of-second-chance-at-sidwell-friends-on-and-off-the-court/2012/12/25/892c5bc8-4aa7-11e2-b709-667035ff9029_story.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:FH is a crummy academic school


Sidwell is a crummy athletic school. Amazing nonathletic Sidwell parents are blaming their nonathletic sons losing by 62 points on FH having older kids.

Even it that were true, that kind of excuse making says a lot about Sidwell parents.

Clearly you don’t keep up with basketball in the DMV. Guess which school’s Varsity Team beat St. John’s, DeMatha, Gonzaga, and Wilson last year for the state championship. Do your homework!

Uhhh... I think you want us to say Sidwell, but they definitely didn't beat DeMatha or Gonzaga so I guess we'll all just wait for the correct answer. Not here to bash, but let's work with facts.

Did they beat SJC or Wilson?

Yes, why yes they did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beyond the back and forth about the lopsided scores, doesn't it occur to anyone else here that it's a fairly dangerous situation? And if the complaints about the big older players at Flint Hill are correct, then even more reason to question why these teams are on the same field. They're getting hammered, and that has to raise safety concerns beyond the risks that other teams face. Even if Sidwell doesn't end football altogether, maybe it should cancel the rest of this season before someone gets hurt.

that's one of the most important points raised in the discussion so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/josh-hart-makes-the-most-of-second-chance-at-sidwell-friends-on-and-off-the-court/2012/12/25/892c5bc8-4aa7-11e2-b709-667035ff9029_story.html

is the point of posting this article that Sidwell lowered its academic standards and rescinded a dismissal from the school for a gifted athlete? maybe sidwell is more like other schools.

[Anonymous]

No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

They were going to dismiss him but didn't. The community stepped up and offered the academic and other support that other students have, but that he didn't have. There are long threads about this in this forum from the time. It isn't that hard. He was a beloved student and classmate and got a lot from the Sidwell community. He didn't "hate" it there as someone suggested. He didn't like aspects of the school community, which are the same as all of the other independent schools in the region where there are huge economic disparities. The bottom line, he was on one trajectory at his previous school, transferred to Sidwell and eventually lead a team to an NCAA national championship, became an academic all-american and is currently worth more than the people commenting on this thread, combined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

what other kid dismissed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

They were going to dismiss him but didn't. The community stepped up and offered the academic and other support that other students have, but that he didn't have. There are long threads about this in this forum from the time. It isn't that hard. He was a beloved student and classmate and got a lot from the Sidwell community. He didn't "hate" it there as someone suggested. He didn't like aspects of the school community, which are the same as all of the other independent schools in the region where there are huge economic disparities. The bottom line, he was on one trajectory at his previous school, transferred to Sidwell and eventually lead a team to an NCAA national championship, became an academic all-american and is currently worth more than the people commenting on this thread, combined.

Sorry, but that's just not correct. From the article: What had seemed as the perfect marriage dissolved at the close of his sophomore year with a letter from the headmaster dismissing Hart from Sidwell for poor academic performance.. They reversed the dismissal.

what Josh Hart did after the decision was reversed, hey, that's great. The question is whether Sidwell compromised its own standards. It sure looks like it did, maybe for good reasons and with good intentions, but I don't see how you can deny that it did.

BTW, who gives a sh*t how much he's worth these days? Is that how you determine who is eligible to speak and who isn't?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

what other kid dismissed?

Any other kid. Was he the first student in the history of Sidwell to be dismissed for academic reasons? If not, how many other academic dismissals were reversed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

what other kid dismissed?

Any other kid. Was he the first student in the history of Sidwell to be dismissed for academic reasons? If not, how many other academic dismissals were reversed?

I don't know. Ask the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No the point is that it didn’t lower standards. Parents in the community stepped forward and helped him succeed.

they had already dismissed him from the school for academic reasons. the community stepped in, so they rescinded the dismissal. at what point of that process did he raise his performance to meet their standards?

sure, the community helped him out AFTER the dismissal was rescinded, but at the time Sidwell admins changed their mind, he was below the previous minimum acceptable standard.

was the community so vocal about any other kid dismissed from Sidwell for academic reasons?

what other kid dismissed?

Any other kid. Was he the first student in the history of Sidwell to be dismissed for academic reasons? If not, how many other academic dismissals were reversed?

I don't know. Ask the school.

I thought maybe someone could post another heartwarming article about how the Sidwell community banded together to rescue some other poor kid from academic oblivion.

[Anonymous]

Are heartwarming articles the only evidence of whether something happened or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are heartwarming articles the only evidence of whether something happened or not?

yes they are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are heartwarming articles the only evidence of whether something happened or not?

yes they are.

So, if a tree falls in a forest...