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Re: Where was the GP at Championships?

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Originally Posted by KathieK View Post
The lack of GP can be blatent or subtle.

Many people were wearing team Media badges with no intent on taking photos or writing articles about their teams... but were OK when I asked them to leave the field unless they were truly media people (I think that's horrible that someone would try and use that badge just to have access to the field so they can coach their teams or scout).
I couldn't agree with this more, Kathie. Subtle acts of GP are sometimes even more rude and disrespectful than blatant ones. One of my biggest pet peeves about the Championship event is that there were many people down on the playing field who did not have the proper permission to do so. I saw a highly respected mentor of one team tell someone else to take a pit crew badge off of a student and put it on so they could go down to the field.

There were also instances where I saw people wearing badges of whom they did not belong to. I saw a highly respected mentor give their VIP badge to someone else so they could wear it on the field.

To me, neither of these acts were gracious, professional and instead just selfish. When will this stop?

Sorry, now that my rant is over, I would like to echo and sum up what people have said as a possible solution to all of this:

-It starts with one person, you don't have to be the head mentor or the student leader to spread the idea of GP, it starts with a small voice
-Everything you do is contagious, your actions one minute can be someone else's the next.
-When you're about to make a decision, say anything or take an action, just remember, "would my grandma approve?" If not, chances are you shouldn't.
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