As an educator myself, this infuriates me:
Brad Young was a high school softball coach in Walkersville, Maryland. The team had a good year going 15 and 4 and to the state semifinals this season.
So, he held an end-of-season cookout for his team and their parental units. One parent brought some beer to the shin-dig.
Some of the other parents drank one or two beers. None of the softball team members drank the beer, nor did Brad.
One of the other parents who obviously didn't drink the beer, called the School Board.
Ergo, Brad, for his trouble and for hosting a cook-out at his house...fired and banned from coaching for three years.
I don't drink, I hate bars, I hate big parties where there is drinking...but, WOW. This is truly pathetic. Even I wouldn't have called to complain.
This is one among many reasons why people don't want to go into teaching anymore...this exact type of bullshit. You can't do something nice anymore and not get shit on because of something not being EXACTLY perfect.
I'd be marginally okay with a small censure of the guy for not remembering the rules and not realizing this would be considered an "official team function." But, to fire and ban the guy is a gross overreaction.
At least he wasn't fucking his star pitcher...there are much bigger problems administrators should be worried about.
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I have the utmost respect for teachers. I know it is a profession that I could never handle. It is really sad to hear things like this. There are so many other issues in schools that should be targeted. OR how about for once we point the finger at parents, especially the ones that think it is the educational system's job to raise children...not just teach them. Oh, but don't tell kids no and never tell them what they are doing wrong. So many issues. But kudos to all the teachers that keep at it. It is such an important and under-appreciated profession.
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