• Politics infect bicycle race

    From AMuzi@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 25 07:55:06 2025
    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition
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  • From Catrike Ryder@21:1/5 to AMuzi on Fri Apr 25 09:13:53 2025
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:55:06 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

    Do the teacher's unions control the schools in New Zealand like they
    do in the USA?

    --
    C'est bon
    Soloman

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  • From Shadow@21:1/5 to AMuzi on Fri Apr 25 15:19:05 2025
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:55:06 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

    Not politics, just common sense

    "homeschooled students have an unfair advantage because they
    can train all day while their peers are in school."

    TRUE

    "What parent is actually going to think that it’s sensible
    even that their kid just trains all day and doesn’t prepare for
    everything else in life?"

    Every single sociopathic parent that ever existed. Just look
    at the lives of "child" models, actors, singers and most athletes.
    Their parents get rich, and at 30 they are sometimes pennyless and
    usually more ignorant than someone that didn't go to school at all.
    IMHO
    []'s

    PS Britney Jean Spears started her "professional career" when
    she was 3 years old. Her father, a religious fanatic and a raving
    alcoholic (IOW, a "conservative") held her purse-strings until she was
    over 30.... "for her own good" of course.
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  • From AMuzi@21:1/5 to Shadow on Fri Apr 25 15:22:57 2025
    On 4/25/2025 1:19 PM, Shadow wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:55:06 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

    Not politics, just common sense

    "homeschooled students have an unfair advantage because they
    can train all day while their peers are in school."

    TRUE

    "What parent is actually going to think that it’s sensible
    even that their kid just trains all day and doesn’t prepare for
    everything else in life?"

    Every single sociopathic parent that ever existed. Just look
    at the lives of "child" models, actors, singers and most athletes.
    Their parents get rich, and at 30 they are sometimes pennyless and
    usually more ignorant than someone that didn't go to school at all.
    IMHO
    []'s

    PS Britney Jean Spears started her "professional career" when
    she was 3 years old. Her father, a religious fanatic and a raving
    alcoholic (IOW, a "conservative") held her purse-strings until she was
    over 30.... "for her own good" of course.

    Along those lines of thought, the organizers should not have
    collected entry fees from disfavored contestants.

    --
    Andrew Muzi
    am@yellowjersey.org
    Open every day since 1 April, 1971

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  • From Mark J cleary@21:1/5 to AMuzi on Fri Apr 25 16:47:30 2025
    On 4/25/2025 7:55 AM, AMuzi wrote:
    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal- new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

    Reminds me about my oldest son about 20 years ago. He was the guitarist
    in the high school jazz band and won the solo competition for playing
    the best jazz solo. They did not take the award from him because his dad
    ( me ) happen to be a working jazz guitarist and therefore my son had
    unfair advantage.

    --
    Deacon Mark

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  • From Shadow@21:1/5 to AMuzi on Fri Apr 25 20:38:11 2025
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:22:57 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/25/2025 1:19 PM, Shadow wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:55:06 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

    Not politics, just common sense

    "homeschooled students have an unfair advantage because they
    can train all day while their peers are in school."

    TRUE

    "What parent is actually going to think that it’s sensible
    even that their kid just trains all day and doesn’t prepare for
    everything else in life?"

    Every single sociopathic parent that ever existed. Just look
    at the lives of "child" models, actors, singers and most athletes.
    Their parents get rich, and at 30 they are sometimes pennyless and
    usually more ignorant than someone that didn't go to school at all.
    IMHO
    []'s

    PS Britney Jean Spears started her "professional career" when
    she was 3 years old. Her father, a religious fanatic and a raving
    alcoholic (IOW, a "conservative") held her purse-strings until she was
    over 30.... "for her own good" of course.

    Along those lines of thought, the organizers should not have
    collected entry fees from disfavored contestants.

    Almost a scam, unless the rules said quite clearly that
    home-schooled children would get a "certificate" and not a medal. In
    which case the parents were probably "home-schooled" as well, IOW
    unable to understand the rules.
    I'd often do public contests just for the "certificate" and to
    test my medical knowledge. When I was called up to take the job, I'd
    just say "I did it for the certificate". LOL.
    []'s
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  • From Rolf Mantel@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 28 13:19:18 2025
    Am 26.04.2025 um 01:38 schrieb Shadow:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:22:57 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/25/2025 1:19 PM, Shadow wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:55:06 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

    Not politics, just common sense

    "homeschooled students have an unfair advantage because they
    can train all day while their peers are in school."

    TRUE

    "What parent is actually going to think that it’s sensible
    even that their kid just trains all day and doesn’t prepare for
    everything else in life?"

    Every single sociopathic parent that ever existed. Just look
    at the lives of "child" models, actors, singers and most athletes.
    Their parents get rich, and at 30 they are sometimes pennyless and
    usually more ignorant than someone that didn't go to school at all.
    IMHO
    []'s

    PS Britney Jean Spears started her "professional career" when
    she was 3 years old. Her father, a religious fanatic and a raving
    alcoholic (IOW, a "conservative") held her purse-strings until she was
    over 30.... "for her own good" of course.

    Along those lines of thought, the organizers should not have
    collected entry fees from disfavored contestants.

    Almost a scam, unless the rules said quite clearly that
    home-schooled children would get a "certificate" and not a medal.

    This reminds me of my grandad. A few weeks before his School Finals, he
    took part in the German Rowing Championships (Dresden, 1921) as a cox,
    winning the 8's easily by more than a boat length.
    They got a gold medal but the second finishers were celebrated as German Champions (Aussig - today Usti - was in Czechoslovakia).

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  • From zen cycle@21:1/5 to Rolf Mantel on Tue Apr 29 19:50:59 2025
    On 4/28/2025 7:19 AM, Rolf Mantel wrote:
    Am 26.04.2025 um 01:38 schrieb Shadow:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:22:57 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

    On 4/25/2025 1:19 PM, Shadow wrote:
    On Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:55:06 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >>>>
    https://catholicvote.org/homeschooled-student-denied-first-place-
    medal-new-zealand-mountain-bike-competition

        Not politics, just common sense

        "homeschooled students have an unfair advantage because they
    can train all day while their peers are in school."

        TRUE

        "What parent is actually going to think that it’s sensible
    even that their kid just trains all day and doesn’t prepare for
    everything else in life?"

        Every single sociopathic parent that ever existed. Just look
    at the lives of "child" models, actors, singers and most athletes.
    Their parents get rich, and at 30 they are sometimes pennyless and
    usually more ignorant than someone that didn't go to school at all.
        IMHO
        []'s

        PS Britney Jean Spears started her "professional career" when
    she was 3 years old. Her father, a religious fanatic and a raving
    alcoholic (IOW, a "conservative") held her purse-strings until she was >>>> over 30.... "for her own good" of course.

    Along those lines of thought, the organizers should not have
    collected entry fees from disfavored contestants.

        Almost a scam, unless the rules said quite clearly that
    home-schooled children would get a "certificate" and not a medal.

    This reminds me of my grandad.  A few weeks before his School Finals, he took part in the German Rowing Championships (Dresden, 1921) as a cox, winning the 8's easily by more than a boat length.
    They got a gold medal but the second finishers were celebrated as German Champions (Aussig - today Usti - was in Czechoslovakia).

    That sounds like a fascinating story. I for one would be interested in
    reading more about it from you if you're willing to share.

    I saw the movie "Boys In The Boat" recently, the film adaptation of the
    Daniel James Brown non-fiction novel about the University of Washington
    rowing team competing in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856080/

    I thought it was well-done as well as an inspiring underdog story.

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