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Post by chancelucky on Mar 28, 2007 12:40:01 GMT -5
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Post by bigfan on Mar 28, 2007 16:19:10 GMT -5
Funny...and something I would never want to do.
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Post by BoilerUp! on Mar 28, 2007 16:43:50 GMT -5
I think it is always fun being a chaparone. Of course, my daughter was always mad I was one...  |
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 29, 2007 11:27:15 GMT -5
I have two daughters. And one ill. son.
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Post by PierreAmi on Mar 29, 2007 13:00:15 GMT -5
So sorry to hear that your son is ill. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
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Post by bigfan on Mar 29, 2007 13:04:25 GMT -5
So sorry to hear that your son is ill. Best wishes for a speedy recovery! I too am sorry wilson is sick. |
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Post by bunnywailer on Mar 29, 2007 14:48:43 GMT -5
*Yawn* Yet another angle on white, upper-middle-class, entitlement driven club kids and their parents spending $$$$ to go to some faraway tournament in the hopes of landing the almighty holy grail of a college scholarship. Russ Rose and Andy Banachowski would be tickled pink to read about how much their presence drives club kids and parents to obsess about paying 4 bucks a bottle for water to prevent on-court dehydration for a match that lasts less than an hour-and-a-half and involves breaks after every play. Oh..the dilemma of a club volleyball chaperone parent. Do I try to be cool, permissive, and their friends during the course of the weekend? Do I attempt to crack the whip on these Sex In the City wannabees who have never had the whip cracked on them by their own parents at any time during their upbringing? Oh...the agony of it all.... |
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Post by chancelucky on Mar 29, 2007 17:45:21 GMT -5
thanks all who took the time to read the article and for your kind comments.
Wolfgang I'm sorry too to hear that your son is in Illinois. I know how close you are to your children, well actually I can only imagine....
Skynyrd: I doubt that it makes any difference to you but I'm not white. I also wouldn't judge kids or their parents whom you've never met. You're basically calling my kid and her friends names here and it's not okay.
feel free to criticize me or whatever I've written though.
I'm personally not a fan of the current junior structure myself at least partly because it is too expensive. I can also say that I've done something about it. Are you or have you?
fwiw, I've worked with thousands of kids and a college scholarship seems like a pretty good goal to me. Should it be less dependent on who your parents are? absolutely.
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Post by BearClause on Mar 29, 2007 18:08:24 GMT -5
*Yawn* Yet another angle on white, upper-middle-class, entitlement driven club kids and their parents spending $$$$ to go to some faraway tournament in the hopes of landing the almighty holy grail of a college scholarship. Russ Rose and Andy Banachowski would be tickled pink to read about how much their presence drives club kids and parents to obsess about paying 4 bucks a bottle for water to prevent on-court dehydration for a match that lasts less than an hour-and-a-half and involves breaks after every play. Well - upper-middle-class and entitlement driven may be it, but these teams are hardly "whites only" establishments. Definitely not the team he's talking about as he's already stated. Russ Rose and Andy Banachowski? I better not say anything. |
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Post by Wolfgang on Mar 29, 2007 18:35:35 GMT -5
I have two daughters. And one ill. son. I did not want to spell out "ill." for fear of retribution by the more prurient segment of this VT society. My son is not ill and he is not in Illinois. Okay, sorry for the interruption. Carry on where you last left off. |
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Post by chancelucky on Mar 29, 2007 19:00:45 GMT -5
Geez, what could it be? Those seemed like the only legitimate choices.
Well, at least he's not "entitled." Could you ask if he'd rather date Charlotte or Miranda for us?
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Post by levi on Mar 29, 2007 20:43:41 GMT -5
I'm sure that he meant that his son is illustrious.
Enjoyed your chaperoning story. I can relate to your problems in providing entertainment boundaries for other peoples kids. It gives you new appreciation for teachers.
I too grow weary with hearing these girls get slagged as spoiled for attending these tournaments, and their parents as insipid for funding them. Most families make sacrifices to participate. But they do it because their daughter has a passion to be an athlete, and play volleyball, and it's kind of thrilling to be able to help your kid realize her potential.
A scholarship is a wonderful bonus, but payback has already come because your daughter has been involved with a nice group of girls in a healthy and character-building pursuit, in which mom and dad can share, at least a little. That's worth a generous allocation from the family budget.
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Post by bunnywailer on Mar 30, 2007 0:08:09 GMT -5
Let's see some demographic data of all participants in Junior Olympic volleyball.
Oh wait...USAV volleyball doesn't have that data. USAV has never had that data. Gee...I wonder why?
Yup, it's the same thing EVERYTIME I bring up this argument.
"Well....MY DAUGHTER'S club isn't like that. I don't know what Skynyrd is talking about..."
"We are all one big multicultural, happy family in club ball. We have kids from ALL socioeconomic backgrounds and all races and yadda yadda yadda...."
Yeah, right. Poke your head into any major club tournament around the country for 5 minutes and tell me what you see.
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Post by bunnywailer on Mar 30, 2007 0:25:36 GMT -5
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Post by bunnywailer on Mar 30, 2007 2:04:33 GMT -5
You know, I was looking at those pics and what the hell is up with these uber club coaches? Someone PLEASE teach them how to dress. You're at the freakin' National Championship of the organization that is sponsoring the whole she-bang of this sport you've been coaching for months/years/decades/etc., and you freakin' dress like you're going to go have a stupid margarita with Jimmy Buffet at Key West or something. Geez Louise.
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