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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => WarZone => Topic started by: IRRebel on March 26, 2011, 12:12:54 AM
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So here I am at the shop, quiet, jammin' Sammy, and the GF calls in absolute tears. She took her 12 year old daughter to Albuquerque this weekend for a Karate Tournament (Her daughter is a Black Belt....been doing this since she could walk..... :o ) In between sobs I get the jist of the story, then had to talk to Olivia as her mom was a basket-case. Understand Olivia usually wins EVERY local tourney, and this is a Regional event from the southwest to go on to the Nationals. The little thing scares me.......... :sly:
I get the parents and the sporting thing and their little "cliques".........(not that we have any here........ >:D)....but when the parents of students IN HER OWN SCHOOL AND CLASS, walk over to the parents, coaches, and kids from other parts of the country that are to spar with Olivia and tell them to "go for her head" and "if she does this move, do this as her chin is exposed", how and when to leg sweep her........there were about a dozen other references, some designed to REALLY HURT the kid, basically..........I have cause for concern. I did not know how bad this was. Carol made reference to "not fitting the mold" with the other parents before, which is why she usually has a friend or relative go with her on these trips. Noone was available, I'm working or else I'd be in Parker right now anyway :P
But really WTF? In the end, Olivia just did her thing, with a LOT more voracity, and broke one kids nose and dislocated anothers shoulder when they tried throwing illegal sparring moves on her. She came in third and advances to spar again tomorrow, but I'm quite sure this just compounded the issue.
Between us, and Carol doesn't need to know this guys, I'm proud of the kid for standing her ground and not taking that kinda crap, first. Second, I shoulda told her to then proceed to kick every parents ass that she knew had done these things if it happens again tomorrow! But as it is, Carol's worried about lawsuits and liability now. I told her just write down the names, what was said to whom, etc, the Sensei needs to be in the loop, or is involved. The kid just defended herself, and her pride. Nothing more.
Probably a good thing I'm not there as chances are pretty damn good I would be armed, and my little ass woulda at least showed some attitude and been politicing to the officials that the kids of these parents need be disqualified and banned from future Tourneys........But that's just me.........I'm sure the Sensei would never go for that because he would lose a LOT of tuition money, :mad:
Am I wrong? So what? She's better than your kid! Lots of kids are better at what my kids are good at, I don't try and get your kid killed over it! WTF is wrong with people?????
Rant Over......
Ray
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I feel you should NEVER LIE to your children! Yet so many douche bag parents tell them santa is real. What do you think they learn by age 5-7. They learned to lie, get one over on someone, get rewarded for it and they people they love/trust the most have taught them this....So when your kid lies to you dont punish them or your a hyprocrite...oh to late, you taught them that to. There is no excuse to lie period....even telling them a giant bunny craps eggs for you to eat and its somehow related to jesus. It comes down to proper parenting not hop on the band wagon. If you dont have time to raise your kid then give em up or dont have em.