Wheaton HS unjustly punished

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Don't really care about this one way or the other. I'd rather they put more focus on academics and less on these ECs.

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Anonymous wrote:Instead of being upset about the consequence(s). Be upset that the coach cared so little about his team.

Why can't we be upset about both?

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Anonymous wrote:Can't really give the students a full pass or the parents. I know for a fact when I was in school seniors would have said something if a coach was about to ruin there season. That coach knew it wasn't just going to be on him that's bs. We see kids with bad grades cost teams playoff spots. In that case yiu might not know as a teammate what Timmy is doing. However a kid that doesn't go to your school you know. I also don't get the moronic comment "so we're teaching kids to snitch?" That person obviously doesn't know what switching is.

The entire team doesn’t forfeit because one kid is failing. The others still get to play.

Minors are not supposed to learn, know, memorize, or follow MCPS rules for sports. Give me a break. It is not their job. It is administration and the coaches.

Sure they are...

So if a peer is bullying a student and 10 others don’t report what they saw, they should all be expelled?

That's not even analogous. This was a coaching decision. I don't think the kids had any say and likely had no idea what was allowable. The kid that participated was not some ringer and not expected to win. So, it wouldn't have been some "moral dilemma" for the kids. Their coach made a decision.

and the kids sat back and did nothing which makes them complicit

somehow PP is not getting that part. i just she just doesn't want to get it when her kid is one of them

It's not that people are saying that the kids are totally innocent.

It's that the punishment is disproportionate to the offense

I’m not sure about that. If they made it to the post season did in part to unqualified kids competing for the team, they didn’t actually qualify for post season. So it’s not actually a punishment.

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Anonymous wrote:Instead of being upset about the consequence(s). Be upset that the coach cared so little about his team.

Why can't we be upset about both?

Because the coach's conduct, not the punishment, violated rules.

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Anonymous wrote:Instead of being upset about the consequence(s). Be upset that the coach cared so little about his team.

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Anonymous wrote:Can't really give the students a full pass or the parents. I know for a fact when I was in school seniors would have said something if a coach was about to ruin there season. That coach knew it wasn't just going to be on him that's bs. We see kids with bad grades cost teams playoff spots. In that case yiu might not know as a teammate what Timmy is doing. However a kid that doesn't go to your school you know. I also don't get the moronic comment "so we're teaching kids to snitch?" That person obviously doesn't know what switching is.

The entire team doesn’t forfeit because one kid is failing. The others still get to play.

Minors are not supposed to learn, know, memorize, or follow MCPS rules for sports. Give me a break. It is not their job. It is administration and the coaches.

Sure they are...

So if a peer is bullying a student and 10 others don’t report what they saw, they should all be expelled?

That's not even analogous. This was a coaching decision. I don't think the kids had any say and likely had no idea what was allowable. The kid that participated was not some ringer and not expected to win. So, it wouldn't have been some "moral dilemma" for the kids. Their coach made a decision.

and the kids sat back and did nothing which makes them complicit

somehow PP is not getting that part. i just she just doesn't want to get it when her kid is one of them

It's not that people are saying that the kids are totally innocent.

It's that the punishment is disproportionate to the offense

I’m not sure about that. If they made it to the post season did in part to unqualified kids competing for the team, they didn’t actually qualify for post season. So it’s not actually a punishment.

Regardless, it may be time to let it go and move on.