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Originally Posted by GaryV1188
And did you miss the part where they said they knew everyone wouldn't go to every regional? That they said team members couldn't miss that much school to attend all the regionals?
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No, I did not miss this part. This does not explain why they segregated the people who went to this regional. If missing school was an issue, then each student should have attended the same number of regionals.
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Originally Posted by GaryV1188
It was one of 3 regionals.... [] ... Did you miss the part where they said many of the girls then didn't go to the following regional?
Choosing to send only the girls to one regional was just a method of deciding which regional(s) the team members - any and all of them, regardless of gender - would attend. That it gave them a unique experience - an all girls team for one regional - was a bonus.
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I agree that sending an all girls team could be an added value. And since many of the girls could not attend the following regional, why not make that an all-boys regional, so that the boys could have the same experience? This would make perfect sense to me (having one girls, one boys, and one co-ed regional)... And if this did happen, would there have been a post that said "We left the girls at home" ? I am simply after providing an equal opportunity to each student.
Our team is an comprised of an intercity school. We have a considerably high percentage of minority students compared to most other teams (that i've seen, perhaps I can be pleasantly surprised and be corrected on this)(somewhere near 35-40%). This is another, sadly, underprivileged group, just as girls are. However, we do not send the minority students away to a competition just for them to experience what it's like to be an all minority team. We would never consider this. These students are just as much a part of the team as anyone else, and people who travel are based on merit and fundraising requirements and time put in etc.
At first, when I made my first comment to this thread, I thought that perhaps I could be completely off-base about this issue. However, I have recieved
SEVERAL PMs from various people who feel the same as I do. I think that these people are perhaps afraid to post because what I'm saying is probably not politically correct. I really don't care about politically correctness, I only care about whats right. And if my Rep goes to hell because of that, fine. They're just dots. But what I'm talking about is something much deeper than that.
The whole point of all of these posts is that everyone on the team should have an equal opportunity in every aspect. If it is decided to send an all-girls team, why not send an all-boys team the next time? I believe that both of these event could be a positive experience. But not creating an equal opportunity is just wrong.
On my team, there are 4 students going to ATL on Wed. night. Some of them asked if they could go to the 'prom'. The answer was immediatly 'no', because the rest of the team wasn't there, and it would not be fair to them. Just because these students were fortunate enough to qualify to come early (the rest of the team is coming late thurs night to save $ on hotel) doesn't mean that you can go out and do things without the rest of the team. If the team doesn't go, you don't go. Period.
Now the majority of you reading this thread are probably like "Shut up Jake! Stop posting and make this thread get off the portal page!" I guess I do sound like one person complaining. And perhaps I'll shut up now. This is just a subject that really, really bothers me (Equal Opportunity). I just wanted to express my opinion on this matter, and make my stance clear.
Remember, They're Just Dots!
Jacob