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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes!!!  
i have 3 kids (high schoolers).

One has normal luck.

My Son has terrible luck.  He always got the terrible teachers, bad coaches, crappy assignments.  I could go on and on and on.  If he tried out for something and there were 23 spots he would be number 24.  If there were 2 spots he would be number 3.  Just terrible, horrible luck all through childhood.
He's a lovely kid and has many friends.  Just bad luck.

The third lives a charmed life.  Everything works out for her.  She gets everything she applies for or tries out for.  She gets the best teachers, etc.  She routinely wins raffles and lotteries (like every time anything is a random draw or lottery she wins---WEIRD but it's been going on for years).  
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Yes, OP here and this is what I mean, you get it!  After I posted I felt like it might be an insensitive post because obviously our kids haven't had anything really bad happen to them, it is just that things like what you posted seem to happen.

Older son gets the basketball coach who has twin sons and another son a year younger. Coach plays his three kids the whole game while he makes the other kids do paper rocks and scissors to see who gets the last two spots on the court. And my son seemed never to win that. He came home one game after barely playing and said he needed to practice paper rock and scissors. I said don't you mean you have to practice basketball and he explained that wasn't how the coach decided who played because he needed to concentrate on his kids playing. I thought it was a joke until another parent called me. Younger son gets a retired high school basketball coach who just liked to coach for fun but had no kids and did such an amazing job of coaching and including every player. Younger son tries baseball and get a coach who has a friend who works for some athletic company and gives all the kids free bats.

Older son gets the horrifically awful teacher who either retired or was finally fired the next year and the younger one for that year gets the most amazing teacher who had parents who were retired and really generous. They would do things like purchase amazing science project materials for the whole class and then come in and teach lessons, help direct class plays and spring for really cute costumes, bring in healthy food to do cooking projects, etc. It was such a fun year. We go to a zoo in another city and younger son finds $20 on the ground with no one around.[/quote]

Lady, you have to make your own luck. You have to help your child by making sure he gets on a good team with friends or with a reputable coach who you know personally. You have to get involved at the school, volunteer at the PTA to have influence over what teacher he gets. you should be the room mom at school and have a personal relationship with the teacher to influence what field trip they go on — it sounds like you just sit back and wait for life to happen to your kids and, it sounds like one is definitely getting the short end of the stick. You have so much influence over some of this stuff and you’re not using and it’s very strange to me Youre complaining complaining complaining , and not helping your child. Get off the board and start using your adultness to improve your child’s life! [/quote]

What you are describing is just plain old corruption and some of us are morally opposed to it. Maybe if people like you were not getting favors then the rest of us would be able to have balance.[/quote]

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