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Edited on Thu Nov-10-11 01:07 AM by ScreamingMeemie
This is Texas, and football is---well we all know what football here is. My son works hard and basically will take the word of his coach and assistant coach over anything I have to say. Going as far as switching from the offensive side of the ball to the defensive, and those who know football know how tough that can be. My son, and his team mates, spend a lot of time with their coaches, and I trust them. Because I believe (or believed) that, if one of them were to be found acting in an inappropriate manner with my son, the police would be called...not the principal. Because that is what is supposed to happen in the right world, when one sees a minor being assaulted. What is not supposed to happen is fumbling and bumbling and telephone calls within an organization. If that were to happen I can tell you this, the person who lays a hand on my son would be but a memory, the person who decided to call a "higher up" within the school would get no pass, and certainly no peace...
Sadly, as a football fan, I was naive (and more than a little stupid)...and I never thought I would have to have the discussion that I had about coaches with my son this week.
It takes a village to raise a child, but what if that village is more interested in personal pursuits?
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