Monday, November 26, 2007

I have an unfair story

I have been on Fremd's Swimming and Diving team for three years now, this year would have been the forth. Ever since I became a diver, the swim coach has not liked us very much. From Reef's personal vendetta to Battles recklessness for the whole sport, divers have always gotten the shaft. It is difficult to be part of a 'family' when there are two totally different sports. Coach Labeau has always said that we are one team with one honor and a bunch of things along that line, and then turns around and screws over the divers. We are one team, so the divers can not make diving T-shirts it would separate you too much from the rest of the team, but it is mandatory for all varsity swimmers to swim during morning practices or you miss meets, but it doesn't matter if divers don't come. No one cares about us, and this year I had enough.

So the first day of the year Ms. Labeau did not even tell the divers we had a morning practice. 1st day of the season and she doesn't care about the divers. So I tried to confront her about the situation. She blew right past me and didn't even give a damn. That pissed me off so much. So i sat there for a minute getting more enraged. I stormed to her 1st period class to tell her how i felt. She told me she didn't have 30 seconds to talk to me about the sport she coaches. I lost it. I started screaming and yelling at her, using some not so "appropriate" words, but totally just in my actions. I may have crossed the line a little bit, well I did cross it, by fare. But now she has kicked me off of the team because of the outburst. I wanted to dive more, she did not let me, I got upset, she kicked me off of the team. I was very disrespectful to her, but she also disrespected me. Now the whole situation is viewed as how I was disrespectful to her and now how she was to me. People say I can't say things like that to her because:

She is:
A women
Older
A teacher
A coach

Well that is just bullshit! She is given a certain amount of respect because she has been given those titles, but as soon as she crosses the line and begins to disrespect me, all respect for her is lost. Hitler was an older man, Gandhi was an older man. Respect is not a right, it is something you earn. She earned my respect when she gained those titles, but she lost it when she lied. I do not respect her because she shows no respect towards me. Is that not a fair conclusion? Does it not make sense that when someone tells 90 kids one thing and then turns around and does the complete opposite and continues to tell those children that she is correct, that the one she is screwing over, and being lied to, would not get upset.

I'm sorry it was so long you guys. You did not have to read this if you did not want to, so sorry. I just think it is unfair and she has no rights to do what she did, this is the short version of the story, I know crazy but it is.

Let me know your thoughts on this whole situation.

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