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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to play devils advocate here. My son was a very good (everyone would agree on this) soccer player, I will go far as to even say outstanding.
He was not selected for all conference but everyone expected him to get it. He was the highest scoring defender IN THE STATE (most defenders do not score). My husband met with the coaches and they both admitted he should have made it, it went back "up for discussion" with the panel I guess and they came back saying it was an oversight. He was given it afterall and this is not parents thinking he was better than he was, he was heavily recruited and now plays for Dartmouth, so this is NOT the case of a kids parents thinking he is better than he is. Things do happen and yes sometimes things slip between the cracks.
I feel like if you can say it very politely and come from a place of genuine confusion (IF your son is really that good) that you are just surprised and wanted to know how these selections were made, etc...maybe they won't e defensive and instead will want to explain things. In our case it paid off in spades, I didn't do it so much for myself but for my son who had worked incredibly hard, had been featured in a few magazine articles, news,etc....and then to not have gotten that just was bewildering so if your case OP is like this..then I say there is nothing wrong with asking.[/quote]

Interesting.  This happened to me with phi beta kappa.  It was just an oversight.  Not that it's done me any good![/quote]

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