http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic ... d=11421919
I know we have some rowers on here, and many rowers have come across to cycling. So I'd like to hear their perspective on this or anybody else's for that matter).
But to me this is just wrong.
by Rik on Tue 24/Mar/15 9:13am
by znomit on Tue 24/Mar/15 10:29am
by great uncle bulgaria on Tue 24/Mar/15 12:28pm
by Rik on Tue 24/Mar/15 12:35pm
great uncle bulgaria wrote:action >> consequence - unless you can afford a very expensive lawyer
by dwgknz on Tue 24/Mar/15 12:41pm
by scatter on Tue 24/Mar/15 1:00pm
dwgknz wrote:I think there has to be some kind of allowance for teenage boys to be teenage boys.
by ryda on Tue 24/Mar/15 1:02pm
16 and 17 yr olds are old enough to know what right and wrong, even read signs....dwgknz wrote:Coaches shouldn't have left the kids alone in an airport knowing they could cause trouble.
by ryda on Tue 24/Mar/15 1:06pm
scatter wrote:Having just traveled away with a representative team, we were ALL (no matter if you were Masters, U15, U17, accompanied or not) made to sign a extensive Code of Conduct. I'm sure that these boys would have signed similar.
Stuff wrote:But the school said the code of conduct, which the boys and their parents signed, required them to comply with instructions, school rules and societal laws, and warned that any serious breach might lead to them being sent home.
by dwgknz on Tue 24/Mar/15 1:07pm
by dwgknz on Tue 24/Mar/15 1:13pm
ryda wrote:16 and 17 yr olds are old enough to know what right and wrong, even read signs....dwgknz wrote:Coaches shouldn't have left the kids alone in an airport knowing they could cause trouble.
Should they have been kicked of the team? not sure, but then they broke rules that allowed them to be!
Should the parents undermine the school Authority, definitely not.
Pretty clear message here... do what ever you want, break what ever laws you want so long as you have rich mummy and daddy.
The sad thing is pottentially the crime may one day be bad enough Daddy's lawyer may not be able to bail them out.
by ryda on Tue 24/Mar/15 1:24pm
open your eyes...sitting on a baggage conveyor is not the issue... if they had just ridden it around the public area they would have got bollocking and end of storydwgknz wrote:ryda wrote:16 and 17 yr olds are old enough to know what right and wrong, even read signs....dwgknz wrote:Coaches shouldn't have left the kids alone in an airport knowing they could cause trouble.
Should they have been kicked of the team? not sure, but then they broke rules that allowed them to be!
Should the parents undermine the school Authority, definitely not.
Pretty clear message here... do what ever you want, break what ever laws you want so long as you have rich mummy and daddy.
The sad thing is pottentially the crime may one day be bad enough Daddy's lawyer may not be able to bail them out.
16 and 17 year olds are old enough to know right from wrong, but sitting on a baggage conveyor is not the kind of thing you spend a lot of time drilling into your kids. At that age you're focused on teaching them to respect other people and their choices.
The litigious parents issue is becoming a much larger part of society though so we just have to accept it, schools need to have policies and processes that protect them and allow them the ability to make measured decisions.
by scatter on Tue 24/Mar/15 2:31pm
dwgknz wrote:16 and 17 year olds are old enough to know right from wrong, but sitting on a baggage conveyor is not the kind of thing you spend a lot of time drilling into your kids. At that age you're focused on teaching them to respect other people and their choices.
by hpg on Tue 24/Mar/15 2:46pm
by dwgknz on Tue 24/Mar/15 3:08pm
by ryda on Tue 24/Mar/15 3:28pm
it's alright "League" would have signed them up pretty quickdwgknz wrote: These kids were entering into a major sporting competition that being stood down from could have a significant impact on their future in the sport.
if saying being a F'wit is there best interest...finedwgknz wrote:The parents are just in their view protecting their kids best interests,
46 Users browsing this website: DotBot, Google [Bot] and 43 guests
|